Still working on the midterm

I put a lot of work into the spread today. I'm pretty happy with the result, although I'm not done yet. I finally got the text in and instead of having it be four columns of around size 14 pt. font, I narrowed it down to two columns of size 10 pt. font, and left the other 2 columns for the 2 other pictures. I like how it has symmetrical values to it, with the text columns in the middle and the 2 other pictures on the outsides. I still have a lot of tweaking to do, such as adjusting the opacity and shade of the background green, behind the text and the title. It still looks like it could use some more work also, but I don't know exactly what. I'm going to google minimalistic magazine examples next time I work on it and see what ideas I come up with.

Figuring out how I was going to create a magazine layout was interesting. The way I would have normally done it compared to the way it came out in the end was very different. My first layout, which isn't shown here, looked very uninteresting and bland. But after looking at the tutorials and google-ing magazine examples, I came up with what I think are much more intersting and visually pleasing layouts. They are simple with white backgrounds, but sometimes I like to make graphics like that.

I have never worked with In Design and Bridge before so this is all a new experience for me. I had a hard time putting the actualy short story text in, so I did placeholder text for now, figuring that it wouldn't really matter, as long as the basic vidual design idea is apparent.

The examples from the book were very interesting and sparked new ideas in my head for revisions or new layouts. I especially like the example on page 18 which shows a fist with text surrounding it. Doing something like that with pine branches would look good.

Children Story Picture 2

Thought maybe the black and white on the stump could help better illustrate the story's themes metaphorically.

Children's Story

When reading the children's story about the wind king allowing the pine tree to keep its leaves in the winter because he helped a bird, I developed a few images in my head. I drew a bird in a nest on a pine branch, appearing warm and cozy with two barren looking trees in the background while I was listening to the story for the first time. We then went out for a re-shoot to try and take some more usable photos for the magazine spread. I edited a few of them, but decided because the assignment is for children, I would choose my original green sky pine tree picture because I think it fits well.