Double Page Spread Evaluation

After creating my double page spread, I felt that it was good for a first time. It was more difficult making it on two pages and having more writing. The picture I used could have been edited a little more but I was beginning to experiment with the editing. The font used was clear and it went well with the color scheme. For my final magazine, I will add more text and make it more thorough. Since this was just a sample, I did not spend as much time on it.

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