Magazine Project

Before After I pasted the story, I had to be mindful of the format of the two page spread. Magazines usually have paragraphs formatted to be side by side with each other, which is what I had to do. I put the first sentence in bold to bring attention to the story, which is a common method used in many magazines. I also put a quote on the side to add extra embellishment to the page. I had to crop Nicole's picture to fit the page, but I still managed to keep the picture a full shot. I attempted to add orange to the page by adding the circle, but I realized I had no meaningful text to add to it, so I had to delete it. The page appeared a little bland, so I highlighted the title of the story in orange to give the page more color. I also highlighted the issue in the top left corner in orange. After

I typed my story on a word document and planned what text would go on which page of my two page spread. I planned for the first page to act as background for my story. This includes introducing Nicole and her internship program for young fashion designers at Ringling College in Sarasota. I then introduced the problem, which is that the program has little publicity or funding. This transitions to the introduction to the idea of the annual Halloween fashion show that was created to gain publicity for the work Nicole's students do, as well as show how the event has prospered and helped expand Nicole's internship program over the years. I planned for the second page to be reserved for the Q&A. I got my ideas from the research I did on the questions fashion designers are asked during interviews. I started with asking questions about the fashion show and then transitioned to asking questions about the internship program. I used the questions about the internship program and t...

Before I designed the table of contents page itself, I wrote a list of the stories I might use on a word document. The goal was to come up with at least 12 story ideas to feature in the table of contents. I took note of autumn-related themes I have seen on social media ads and commercials to brainstorm trend-related stories to appeal to the "young adult" related theme of the magazine. To appeal to the "college-life" aspect of the magazine, I added the mention of midterm advice, because October and November is around the time college students take their midterms, and the mention of sororities, to emphasize that the magazine is meant for a female audience. I then began to design the table of contents. I put a sentence description under each title while still maintaining the tone of a magazine for young adults. I had to cut the number of stories featured on the table of contents to ten so I could be able to make the font larger and bolder to make it easier to rea...

As everyone as a group made progress, we began to stray away from having a unified house style. We had different fonts and layouts, so we had an in-class discussion on what styles we should compromise on. I made the most progress on the magazine cover, so everyone agreed to mimic the style I had. Because Jillian made the most progress out of all of us on the other two pages, we conformed to the templates she used for the two page spread. We both had to compromise on the table of contents because we were in the same spot. We did so by choosing a table of contents template that will be easy for everyone to use, which was the one I used already. The things we had to change were that we put a dragonfly logo in the banner to make our style more unique, along with the slogan "spread your wings." We also took out the banner option in the table of contents to make more room for text. Later on for the table of contents, I came up with the idea to put a dragonfly watermark on the tab...

Now that I added Nicole's photo to the cover page, I had to change the colors I originally had. The brown did not compliment the red on Nicole's sweater, or the masthead. The yellow was barely visible. So, I decided to stay with only red and orange, which corresponded well with the masthead and Nicole's picture. I also had to slightly edit the image because the white background was too bright for some of the puffs. I lessened the brightness of the photo slightly to make the words contrast better. I also added a vignette effect to the photo to not only allow the words to pop, but to also add a dramatic effect to Nicole's photo. I also had to change the font of the subheading of each puff as well as the sub headline because the default font, Monsterrat light, did not seem fitting for a magazine; it was plain and unnoticeable. I changed the font to Aileron Regular italicized the font to make the words bolder.

Instead of placing the picture on the side, I placed it on the top to make it look more natural and part of the page. However, because one of the models was wearing a white sweater, the front part of the text "Contents" was difficult to see. I tried to flip the image to see if the white sweater would cover up less of the text, but it made the end of "Contents" difficult to see instead of the front. I found through Canva that you can adjust the brightness of the picture, so I made the image slightly darker so that "Contents" is more visible.                        Before                                                                            After I tried to find a way to add hints of orange into the layout to insinuate that this i...

For the question and answer section in my magazine, I had to be mindful that I had to match the tone of a fashion designer. So, I did research by looking at online question and answer interviews magazines had with fashion designers. I referenced a Q&A from Anna Sui, a well-known 80's fashion designer. The questions were based off of her inspiration, the secret to her work ethic, and her favorite fashion trend. The answers she gave were given in a casual manner. She rarely used any fashion terminology. I was mindful to remember the questions she was asked that I would like the use in my Q&A. I also looked at an interview from fashion designer Petria Lenhan. The questions were based on what inspires her, how she became a fashion designer, where her shows take place, and how she balances home and work. These questions made me mindful to not only ask about the fashion designer's work, but their upbringing as well. Petria Lenham, like Anna Sui, also answered the questio...