The introduction to the interview:
As you can see, there have been some major improvements and changes. I decided to change the colors in the left page because they correlate to the colors on the food in the consecutive page. Also, as you can see, I made the background picture a little bit more opaque so it wouldn't be distracting at the time of reading the words. I absolutely love the bottom details of the line and the page number, next to the name and issue of the magazine. As you will soon see, that is a constant as you flip through the pages of RAW. On the top left corner of the first page I identified the story as a features article, which is also stated in the table of contents that I will show below. I just think this allows the readers to be clear that what their reading is not a current article but a fun and interesting interview with a suburban mother/chef that adores to cook. As for the picture on the right I chose that primarily because you can clearly see the subject of the interview displaying a plate of her own creation (also my mom made it very clear that she had to approve whatever picture I was planning on placing in the magazine). I don't know yet how I feel about the text on that page... I don't know if it's distracting or if it's right. As for that, maybe I'll take it out or maybe not, I just find it fun to have a small sneak peak of what the interviewee could say in the following pages.
As I said before, this is the introduction to an interview. So, there are 2 following pages that need to be done after these two. Yup, that's a lot of work to do... Obviously I'm overdoing it but I cannot just leave it here without actually writing the article, for me, it feels wrong (meet my perfectionist side). On the following pages I want to write the interview and maybe adding one of my mom's recipes on the bottom of the second page. Honestly, that's just an idea that is subject to drastic change.
As for the table of contents (I'M IN LOVE WITH MY BABY):
Honestly, if anyone doesn't like it, I don't need to hear it. I adore my page, it just looks sophisticated, simple, organic, it looks RAW. This is the perfect portrayal of what I envisioned. Obviously inspiration is a major key... in this case it came from this image.
As you can see, they both embody similar but different ideas. What I changed was not only the color of the pasta but in my picture the pasta is made out only of red and black beans which adds to my theme of organic products. Also, I included more variety of vegetables and drops of salt to add depth and white color to the background. As you can see, the yellow color of the pepper is extremely bright so I connected it with the title of the magazine located on the first page in order for the colors to have combination and make sense. The line between the page numbers is broken so it appears to be scraps on the board made by knives or cooking. Another detail that I adore is the "Table Of Contents" title located on the left page on top of the kitchen towel, specially because it merges with the picture without obstructing any section of the image.
There are many magazines that decide to have several pages of table of contents, displaying their features stories in one page and the rest of the articles in the consecutive pages. RAW follows these conventions. The table of contents that I created is mainly for the most prominent feature stories in the magazine while the rest of the table of contents will be located behind this double-page spread. As an example of this convention here is National Geographic and Rolling Stones.
Okay guys, see you really soon with more updated and new pages...
-SP
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