Project 2; Part 2

From my first draft, I didn't like the borders which I put round the images so I took them off, I liked how I arranged the images on page two, I think that is very effective, I also am very pleased with how page 3 & 4 look. On this version I put the boxes back in at the top like they have on the original article, as I think this is a nice way to set off the article. However I didn't like how I'd done page 4 & 5 so I have changed the layout of that completely which I think works really well. Finally by putting the random images of leaves occasionally it makes it a lot more contemporary in my view and I think it sets the article off very nicely.

This is my second draft.

Project 2; Part 2

For Project 2, Part 2 I have been asked to reproduce the article I chose earlier and reproduce it to make it indidualised, so it's re-structured, re-styled and re-presented.

There are many things that I don't like about the layout of the article, one being that there's the writing straight down the middle, i prefer it in magazines where it's written in columns like in Vogue and Vanity Fair. I find that the article is also too ridgid and has no flexibility to it, again you wouldn't find this in a magazine like Vogue. However I do like the heading and how well it stands out, I think that works very well for the article. I also like how they've put quotes in boxes throughout the texts it makes the reader read them and it intices them into the article. I didn't like how they have used some of the images, as I feel the last page spread doesn't fit in with the article at all as it has no autumn feeling within it at all, and that last image makes me feel very wintery. Keeping all of my views in mind I then reproduced it which is shown below to how I thought it looked best.

This is my first draft.

Project 2; Part 1

In Project 2, Part 1 I have been asked to reproduce the article I chose earlier and reproduce it accurately, exactly and identically, which is shown below. I used in design to present it the way I have.

My Chosen Article; Project 2

Below is the article which I picked out of Wonderland.

I chose this article, because I found the story very interesting to me and I also found the majority of pictures visually interested. I liked how it brought the current season into the article.

Project 2; Magazine Feature Article; Represented & Individualised

For project two we have to select one main feature article from any Fashion, Communication, Design or Culture magazine that personally inspires and interests me. The article should include a double page spread and be a total of 6 pages.

The magazine which I have chosen for this project is Wonderland, I have chosen Wonderland because I find it visually interesting and the way that it's set out and laid out appeals to me.

I find Wonderland very interesting in it's approach because the way it looks now isnt the way it was when they launched the magazine. Below is an image of what it looked like when they launched the magazine.

I quite like this style which they have used now but I feel there's not really anything special and unique about it it's just following everyone else, and the type face for 'Wonderland' I don't think is visually appealing at all. They used this style up until Issue 7, and then they changed it looked like the image below:


I didnt like this style as much as I like the first one I felt this stlye was very childlike and didnt represent what they are as a magazine. They then changed their style again for Issue 14:


I this is my favourite style out of all the styles Wonderland have gone through and unsure why they changed their style again after this, I think this says something about them and gives off positive vibes of them as a magazine. They then changed their style slightly in their 17th issue which they have stuck to ever since.

I wouldn't be suprised if they changed their style again in the next couple of issues considering their past of changing their style of the magazine.

Wednesday 13th October; Digital Technology & Print Production; Adobe In Design & Photoshop Workshop

In this weeks workshop we made progress on what we had done last week. Firstly I was on Photoshop and was talked through the different types of selection tools. Then I practised how to use the magnetic lasso tool, which takes out the background of an image, and then after using the normal lasso tool to make the edges which need to be straight, straight so there aren't jaged edges for example around the border.

Then I learned how to make my own path.

After that I went onto working on In Design and put the work I had done in Photoshop onto design.

Finally we were breifed with Project 2.

Wednesday 6th October; Digital Technology & Print Production; Adobe In Design Workshop

Yesturday in my Digital Technology & Print Production workshop, George came and spoke to us about how to use Adobe In Design, which I've never used before so I found it quite a daunting experience. What I learnt from George, is as follows below.

Notes
Gutter means the space between each column. Bleeding an image is so that you don't have any white space around an image, this maybe used for a front cover of a magazine like Vogue.

The white space around the document is used for placing things there which you havn't decided what you're putting where yet.

Page Tool is used to make a certain page bigger, so if you wanted to have a front cover which flapped over in the inside cover, you would use this tool.

Gap Tool is used to move a picture and to change the size of the picture.

Type Tool is used to insert text and font size. For a publication it's wise to type it in a word document first and then import it into in design.

To import a text file:
Click 'File' then 'Place', find the file you want to attach click 'Open' and then place the text in which ever column you want it in. To make the text follow on to as many columns as it needs too and adds pages automatically from opening the file you just hold 'Shift' down on the column you want it to start at.

I know feel confident using In Design to make columns, importing text and images, make the text follow on to as many pages as needed, to crop images and select the bits we need from them and to wrap the text around the image.