Catch up with Jamie . . .

I haven't as of yet had a proper sit down tutorial with Jamie for him to look through my publication. I had pretty much got the content and layout sorted before going to see him, but he pointed out a few things regarding the layout that needed fixing, which I am going to rectify over the weekend, ready for stage review next week, below are the comments he made -

- Rounded corners on the images gets a bit monotonous as you go through the publication.

- Too much text, the ratio should be 60% image and white space to 40% text.

- There are no continuing layout features throughout the publication, each page is different, try and come up with some features that can be transferred from page to page. For example have a marker on pages where you will not put text above.

- Experiment with the placement of images, doesn't have to be the traditional layout.

- Pick a different font for the book shop shoot.

- Really like the layout of the contributors page, try and replicate this layout elsewhere in the publication.

- The Champagne Limousines font works well on the pages, nice clean look.

Jamie gave me a lot to think about, and I have made a start on some of the points made above, I've been told by a few people about the rounded corners on the images, so I've removed these from the majority of the images. I have also used the dashed line boxes (used on the recipe pages) to create more continuity throughout the publication, giving these boxes rounded edges instead, which now looks a lot better.