I have added text onto my double page spread here, to make it more official and proffesioinal.
I kept the kicker from the front page as the name of the artist, and added two quotes on both sides of the page.
I split up the main image on the right because i think it looks edgy and eye catching, and shows that the artist is different.
To make it look like a proper double page spread I added page numbers and a continued with and arrow > to show that the article is continued on another page.

Here I split my double page spread into two halfs where the page actually splits, keeping again the black and white them
I then added 3 coloured boxes on the opposite side, putting over them three diffferent images of the artist from the front cover Rizzo. I arranged them so they werent all the same side, so it didnt look to organised.
then I added my third image to the opposite side of the page ontop of a white box.

It didnt take long to do my contents, I kept the black white and red them again, yet added grey which is in all three of the issues our group created.

Our group has exactly the same contents, except the colours, images and information is different.
We made the conents look edgy simple yet interesting and eye catching. We did this by keeping the layout simple and structure, having the pictures on the left keeping the page as asplit focus. We followed the normal conventions of a contents page in a music magazine, by heading the different sections and using page numbers.

To make my magazine look more professional and realistic I added things, such as a pug on the right hand side in a circle, a statement under the masthead, the date and issue number, and a bit of information on the bottom of the front page to emphaise on whats in the magazine.
I have tried to even everything out, so it doesnt look cramped on one side of the front page, also I have placed things around the page to fit around the main image.

I broke the left side of the magazine which is red up, by adding black, outlined by white lines, to remove its bland and simple look. When I was adding the images in the straplined I tried to position them around the image, so they complimented it and didnt take the focus away from it. I kept the red black and white colour them throughout. I used white and red for the font, using a font which is bold and stands out.
I put an effect on the kicker because at the magazines I looked on, there main word/s in the kicker had a slight effect on the.

This is my first stage of my magazine front cover, I took the image, and positioned it on the page, so it will allow me to write straplines around it. The models clothing / makeup compliment the background colours. As I am working in a group, we all decided to pick the same font title, we used that font because it looked egdy which fits in with are images which we had taken. We used the normal convention of magazine front covers by keeping the masthead at the top and the bar code at the bottom. The masthead on the three different issues of my groups magazine are hidden a little bit by the models, however we have done this because it shows it is a well known and recognised magazine, so people will recognise it even if they cant see half of the masthead.