Practice

 I made an attempt at reproducing a content page for the XXL magazine:

Mine

Original

Key takeaways:

What I took from this is that I could possibly make the page less text heavy or reducing the size of the image to balance it out. In terms of spacing, I could've definitely made more space between the sections of text. This will make the page less cluttered. 

The placement of the Aspire logo would work better if it was centered. Lastly, could incorporate more colors to reinforce the brand identity. 

With all these ideas in mind, I decided to redesign my content page