The VH1 Save the music homepage was definitely my inspiration for my magazine project. I love the colors, they are very kid friendly. The shapes are round, much like my web design. It has links to videos as well as social media. Their donation bar is very unique and it stands out. Overall I really love this homepage. It is also easy to navigate through it
It was hard finding a magazine spread that I liked. This one is ok but I feel like it is a little too busy. I feel like the shapes are competing with the dominant images. And I don’t like the fact that the font is going into the picture. Things I do like about this spread is the color and the way they used shapes to write the headline of the article. I’m no expert but this is my example of an OK spread. But in the end I feel like there is too much going on.
This cover was my inspiration for my magazine cover. Although it is in a different language, I like the colors, the fonts used, the way they have a close up picture of JLO. The shapes they used to outline their articles. It’s clean and yet fun and not boring. To me this is what I would envision my magazine to look like.
I stumbled upon this website and thought it was really cool. It has all types of lists with different inspiring images or ideas. It’s good to look at whenever you are stuck and can’t think of new ideas.
Although the web design project is over, this website was actually used to create my project. Though I was unable to use the various colors and styles, I liked the font of the website. This website can be used for future students who might need help looking for inspiration.
This is really cool. I want to make things like this.
I have a crush on Ray Ban ads. They are graphically stunning! Though I will probably never find myself buying their expensive sunglasses, they do make it tempting. Each ad is bright and crazy and colorful and inspiring for sure.
My magazine needed a few changes for the redo. On the front cover I added the date of the magazine and brought the subheads closer together. They were spaced farther apart in my first version which made it awkward for the eye to travel across the page.
On my first spread I changed the color of “Discovering” to a less opaque swatch of the word “Florence” this way it maintains visual continuity and is more readable. I also eliminated the hyphenation in the intro text.
On the second spread, Professor Harper commented that the type should only be left justified. I double-checked and the text is indeed left justified. It may look like it is fully justified because the final lines of each paragraph stretch most of the way across the columns. I also changed my grid. Previously my increment was not set to be the same as my leading in order for the text to “breathe.” Now my grid is set to be the same as leading, condensing the text more.
On the third spread I carefully adjusted the text wraps in order to minimize any awkward jumps between words. As with any oddly shaped text wrap, sentences are going to be broken up unless it is a perfect shape. Now the sentences flow more smoothly around the strangely shaped images. I also lightened the images by about 50% so they would be lighter for printing.
Hopefully these changes make my magazine easier to read and visually appealing. The redo helped me learn more technical knowledge of how to design layouts.
