A focus group double page spread

I asked a group of boys in my target range for my magazine and asked what they thought about drafts for the double page spreads I made.

 

The first double page spread draft -
Likes- The way they pictures are positioned and that they look quite natural.
Likes the poses of the main image of Kinsley.

 

Dislikes - the font colour hurts the eyes and the blue on the grey background doesn't work well.
The background colour is dim and dull, too dark.



Improvement - have a brighter colour, simple colour for the background like white.
A colour that is able to be read better than the blue over the background.+

The second double page spread draft -
Likes - styles is better and is more readable due to the orange colour.
The layout is better more organized.
Main image central as other pictures look like they are pushed to the side.



Dislikes - To change the background colour but keep the colour of the font to match a different background colour.
The main image to not be so central and more to the right slightly and make other pictures larger.



Improvements - Main image needs to less central.
Change the background colour to be able to make it brighter.