PPP: WHO ARE YOU? further development

I started to experiment with possible ways of editing the below image of Imogen (image belongs to Imogen).

In order to gain the 'simplicity' of her desired aesthetics, I decided to change the image to greyscale. This would allow me to play around with colours elsewhere within the double page spread. I also feel that the colours in the original image are a little yellowy, therefore they'd look much better saturated. The brightness and contrast was also altered slightly.

Putting the image into a double page spread...

I began by putting an opacity filter over the top of the image in order to send it backwards and bring the content forwards. I didn't want it to be the main focus, however, its scale obviously wouldn't deter away from it.

A background was used around the text to make it pop and stand out, keeping simplicity in mind.

Content then needed to be added. This would be taken from the two interviews with Imogen, and anything extra that would be put in with Imogen's consent.

Below are some initial layouts that were experimented with.

Within these layouts, simplicity was key, as well as there being a lot of focus on Imogen's favourite quote. I think it's something that really stood out to me when investigation her blog, and it's definitely something that should be included. A sub heading format was therefore used, with a lot of emphasis around it. The lines were used to draw the reader's attention straight to the quote in order to tempt them to read more.

You can see from the above layouts, that they're very text heavy. There is a lot of content on the right hand side in comparison to it's facing page. This contrast is a little bit outweighed and doesn't quite work.

The same style and ideas were to be kept, however the layout of the content needed to be moved around a bit.

The text is now focused on the left hand side, and the subheading has been moved across, lay out on top of the image.

Both pages will have white space around the outlines of the boxes.