Week 9

Craft:

For our magazine project, I used the Adobe InDesign program. I opened it and created a new document. I chose a letter sized portrait. For the page length, i chose 25 so i will be able to add to the magazine document. The first page I left blank because i wanted the first page to start on the left side and be incorporated with the second page, to introduce my style of art, Sou-Si POP.

On every idd numbered page, i created a black triangle. In the triangular shape, at the top left corner, the reader will the page number in a bright, flourescent color.

I then created 2 boxes on the first page, one for the title and one for my first photo. The first rectangular box also consists of a text box for my title. The title of my spread is SHADES which is pretty self explanatory. I then created the second box and "placed' and "proportionally fit" my photo. On the second page i created a large rectangle to fill the entire page. Then i "placed" and "proportionally fit" my style title image to show the reader the kind of art they will be focusing on.

On the third and fourth pages, the reader will find the artists favorite illustration and text containing important information about it. I created the page number illustration once again, this time with the number 3. I then created a rectangle and "placed" and "proportionally fit" my favorite illustration, "Eye Spy." I then created a few text boxes to place the information containing craft, composition and concept.

Composition:

I composed the start of my magazine spread using Adobe InDesign, using 25 pages. To insert, or place, pictures and texts i made rectangles and used the place and fit proportionally options. For texts i would click the red X at the bottom right to show more of my texts. I also used the rectangle option to create my triangles and used the white arrow to make them triangles and then insert a 60 point number using a bright color.

Concept:

I wanted my spread to show what kind of artist I am and what kind of style i use. So naturally a black with bright colors were used. I used a magazine from class, "BAIL," as my inspiration as to why i wanted a two page introduction, instead of one.