Thank you to my Focus Group :D

So, today I met up with my focus group and further reviewed and critiqued deeper than the first time and here's what I was told:
  • change the saturation of your pictures to make them brighter; edit your content a bit more so that it fits the vibe of the magazine better
  • change the placement of the captions in the TOC and check grammar (on the left)
  • consider making the page numbers red (TOC)
  • possibly change the picture you used on the left of the TOC--something brighter and that screams music and Latin more
  • put a low-opacity box for your captions (spread)--maybe make them the same pink as the title of the article
  • put the "Article by" on the left, right above the article itself
  • proofread
I'm going to take all of these comments into account and see how it goes.

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