Overall I'm pleased with my magazine pages as I feel I have completed the brief of the task. I feel my magazine does relate and have similarities to other fashion magazines you'd find in the shelves of most shops like Elle, Cosmopolitian, Vogue ect. The layout of my magazine played a large part as I felt this was the most important part; the layout essentially is everything as its visually what makes a magazine a magazine. The text is obviously also important but to understands its actually a magazine and of a specific genre, getting the layout right it key.
Use Of Colour
Colour was very important with my magazine as the genre I was going for (Fashion) often use colour a lot to excite the reader, show the mood of the article ect. The colour theme I went for was black, white and pink as they all are colours often seen in fashion magazines and also show femininty. I decided to make the background of my pages pastel pink as I felt it added a summery look to the pages and also complimented the black and white. I also added what looked like a mascara line down the side of 'the mac review' page as I wanted it to connect with the article being about make up. I often added a black text box with white writing onto to create a mordern and fashionable look. The colours on my page layouts are very bold and will grab the attention of my audience which I wanted.
Use Of Text
Text also played a very important part in my magazine pages as I wanted to use text which was similar to some you'd find in fashion magazines. Often I'd go onto popular website 'Dafont' to find text to use as headlines on my magazine. The process of creating the main headlines and putting them onto the pages were simple; after I found the text I wanted I copied onto a different page of Indesign, I then traced around it and removed all the white background so it would just be the outline and then paste it where I want it. Sometimes I kept the white background ('The Fashion Enthusiast' and 'The Contents' page) as I felt it added boldness to the pages. Most of the text I used on the articles were just a simple Arial as although I wanted it to look interested I still wanted the reader to be able to read it.
Hierachy of Information
The way I have layed out my images and texts makes the images the most eye catching which I wanted.
Tool and techniques used
The tools and techniques I used when creating my magazine pages were from multiple different softwares. I used photoshop alot to edit my photos which were used as I wanted them to look more glossy and professional. I used websites like Dafont to creates good fonts for articles and headlines. I also used Indesign to them trace and copy/paste the fonts I created off Dafont. But the most used software was Indesign as that was what I actually created my page layouts on. I changed background colours, added different coloured boxes to paste text over, placed images and texts in postions on the layout. I also created my front cover on Indesign, where I cropped the main image into the correct positon (which I found difficult). Also pasted barcodes, headlines, the issue and price all on the front cover.
What is most successful about your design or designs?
What I feel is most successful about my design is the similarites it has to fashion magazines around at the moment. I like how I tried to create it as professional as I can, I also like the layout I used with the pink background and white text over black box look, as I feel it makes it stand out more and look more mordern. If I could alter anything about my page layout I would try and incorporate more colours as I although I like the black/white/pink colour theme on some of the pages it could look more interesting if I added a different main colour like grey or another pastel colour.
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