Magazine Reworked
I spent the past week working on project 6 - my magazine cover/contents/spread. I made major changes based on peer feedback, as well as my own self-critique. Here's the background- the concept of the magazine is body positivity, which is the radical acceptance of one's body as it is, with all of it's' perceived "flaws" - weight, wrinkles, stretch marks, etc. I named it Flawsome at the time. I have renamed it Bodacious - which means "excellent, attractive, and audacious in an admirable way. I am happy with the changes I've made, which were considerable. All of the graphics (t shirts, buttons) in the design I did with mockups in photoshop, as well.
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Cover
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Spread
I am in love with the concept and design of your magazine! I think Changing the name was a great idea because it is so fitting for the overall message. What I have noticed is you work really well with designing elements to have that three dimentiality. I noticed several spelling errors such as "presenters" on the contents page and "encouraging" on the first spread page. I find it so helpful to write out my copy in Word and then copy it over to InDesign. I think InDesign also has spell check now if you highlight and right click over text. I also noticed on the final spread on the bottom right hand, I think you meant for it to say April 2020. I think that whole line could be moved over to the right some as well.
ReplyDeleteHere are a few thoughts: Do we see the name of the magazine clearly on the cover, or it is fighting with numerous other elements? I would recommend enlarging the name, and reducing all the teasers. The colored type with an outline stroke makes this feel a bit dated... that isn't a technique that has been used in contemporary design much... especially for serif fonts... mostly because it often detracts from readability... as I think it does here because of the thin serif font choice. So consider the placement of the text and fill color carefully rather than using a stroke to address a contrast problem. Last page: is the type wrap around those 3 circles making sensible text blocks and organized negative space? It appears a bit awkward to me... so maybe no text wrap would be a more clear solution?
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