Editorial Design - Project 4

The final project for Editorial design was a 5 page illustrative/photographic article.
We had free reign over what we wanted to use on the pages, so long as it was our own work (or work that we art directed).

Again, the colours are richer in person.

Editorial Design - Project 3

VENTURE wouldn't be a magazine without a cover to go with it.
Better yet, have two covers. The red cover is the one being printed to go on the final magazine mockup that I'm working on as I type (it's behind me drying out on the floor, and you will see photos soon).

The idea was to use the cover image to get the colours for the masthead (VENTURE), the coverlines, and the coloured bars. The red one took a darker shade of red from the temple, and the sable from the sand. The green cover is from the foliage around the lake, and the purple from the irises. The masthead never moves, but the coverlines and secondary coverline bar can be moved around the page so that more or less of the image is shown.

These are both my own photos.
And, as usual, the conversion to a web-safe format has ruined the colour.
Imagine both of those REALLY bright.

Editorial Design - Project 2

Here's something a little different for you to take a look at.
A specification board for my magazine.
It shows all the details of type size, placement of things like headers and footers, what to do with drop caps (the over-sized letters that often start paragraphs), how captions for images will be treated... you name it.

This is a little different from how the final magazine turned out.
We all decided that as we went we would change things. Most of what changed in mine is overall dimensions. The magazine is now another inch longer. 9x13 inches instead of 9x12 like this says.
It made it a nice coffee table size, so people can leave it around and leaf through.

Editorial Design - Project 1

After a long wait, here is the first layout I created for my magazine.
This article had to be made using only typographic elements, and basic shapes. You weren't allowed to do any illustrations, use photos, etc.

The magazine is called VENTURE, and as an excuse to finally get to use all my photos from Japan I made it a travel magazine. But a travel magazine with a focus on the spiritual destinations of the world, rather than the top ten hotels or beaches.

The article is about a zen garden in Kyoto Japan called Ryoanji. Google some pictures of this place. It's worth a look. But it's better in person (hahahah!)

No I didn't write the article. I wish I had had the time, because I have lots of memories of how gorgeous Ryoanji was, but there's only so much you can do when you have two weeks to make 3 pages look good together!

Thank You

Little thank you card I made for the professor my group interviewed for a project.
He saved our butts by answering so fast.

Bevan and Lauren

For my wonderful cousin, Bevan, who asked his girlfriend Lauren to marry him and got a resounding yes.
Congrats, you two!

It's 3 x 9 inches

Belated Hearts and Kisses

I planned to do a little something for Valentine's day this year.
For once my impromptu project got off the ground and was drawn a week before, but I wasn't anywhere near a scanner to actually finish it until well after Valentine's day had passed me by. A minor setback seeing as though the time was spent on the couch watching Mythbusters with my mom!

Here. Have some late Valentine's letters.
H(appy) V(alentine's)!