Final Magazine Spread and Poster for Typography

I will definitely continue to work on my poster. I want to make it better and print it out again for my portfolio. As for my magazine spread, I'll make the suggested edits, but I won't continue to with the piece. It was good to do, but I'm most into the poster than magazine spread.

Basically I just need to keeping working with text, it's placement, and choosing the appropriate typeface to go with my design. I do well with layout and composition, but I need to the whole piece to come together and sometimes it doesn't because of the typography.



Pics coming soon!

Final Piece for Final Project in D.A.

Overall I think this turn out well, with the exception the we didn't get  to print it how we wanted, and some elements of the magazine definitely needs more edits. My classmate and I did put a lot of work into, trying to combine our different ways of designing, and make a cohesive piece to present.

From the critique we were told the magazine has potential, just need to work on the text alignment and style. It is an inspired urban magazine, so we need to make sure each page elements matched that genre.

Here are the final results:

Rhythm & Type Project

So this is my final and I really took to heart what the class critiqued about it. I focused the light more on the door and not it bushes and I brought the characters out more with making the background behind them look more like a sunrise. Someone mentioned what it would look like if I made the quote look like its following them on a journey. I got a lot of positive feedback with it so I decided to stick with it. It gives the poster more flow and energy and gives it a sense of going adventure. 

Overall, I am very happy with how it turned out. It was the most fun I've had with a project in Typography and it really helped me think more outside the box. 

P.S. Go see The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug! In theaters December 13! :)

Process for Magazine #2

For my final I have tweaked my magazine spread and took in consideration what my peers have given me during critiques and outside of class. I believe that it turned out better than what I thought and I'm glad with the process of this piece. The advice of my peers really helped out where the direction I should take it further and without it I would still be a bit lost.
Here is my final for the magazine spread project. The white line is suppose to give you an idea of where it's suppose to be folded.

Progress for magazine #1

Starting on this project I knew I wanted to do something on an older picture. I also wanted to so something about someone that wasn't from this country and that not too many Americans are well aware of. The photo I chose was of a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk by the name of Thich Quang Duc who burned himself to death at a busy Saigon road intersection on June 11, 1963. a lot of Americans believe that it was in protest of the Vietnam War. It was actually in protest of the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government led by Ngo Dinh Diem.

Here is my rough draft for my magazine spread.

Poster

So I was inspired by the song "Cinderella's Waltz" for the live action movie. It's full of orchestra music, with flutes, violins, and bells. At first it evoke the feeling for dreaming and being in a fantasy. Then I thought about it a little more and after some critique, I want to incorporate bineg imaginative as well.

Here's idea 1 that got critique in class. I was told enlarge the image and the words. I made some other small adjustments.

This poster is my second idea. I wanted to have a angel-type character or fairy to be the main image. It symbolizes more of being fantasy or magical.

 

This one is my final idea...I'm still working on it. The left bottom corner of the previous posted seems empty, so I'm trying to figure out what to put there.

FInal Project for D.A. 1

Well I know that working on a website is not ideal for me to do as my final project for class.  So I'm doing a 8 paged magazine with Shara about music. We'll make it so it can be shown on the web and be printed as well. We're still figuring out some of the details, but here's a "sample" cover we're working on in the meantime.The magazine is going to be called "True Jams" and is targeted for the age group 18-30.

More details to come as we work on our project.