Inspiration for Article Pages

 I had planned for the article pages of my magazine to be elegant, minimalistic yet attractive. I wanted a unique design for the article pages. I visualized the page to have any one element that stands out, covering majority of the page so that the article I wrote can be divided into 2 pages.

While going through this particular magazine:


I came across two pages, where I found simplicity yet attractiveness:


I absolutely loved the idea of how they made a semi-circle in the last picture and added two pictures of food items there. This is when it clicked me, why not add a semi-circle picture of a food plate in my magazine? 

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