Grid Structure

I made these grids but they are the same on both sides which is not interesting and would lose an audience right away from the lack of attention grabbing structure. I am having trouble coming up with a flexible grid structure. I havent used grids in a long time and at that it was very little. I usually just go at it and throw out guidelines and go from there but I am trying to come up with something that works for the entire annual. Something that can be easily adapted to the next spread

Trying Type Solutions for CMYK Soldier

I tried angling and cropping the picture of the soldier for a more interesting look but the use of the tri colors and the typ on top seemed like way too much. I tried to cut half of the soldiers face and replace it with type but it still looks too busy

CMYK Soldier Ideas

I have been looking at different type solutions for this poster. I found some possible solutions for this.

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