I did all my first designs on a very basic online software called ‘Canva’ and although it was useful for designing my first drafts it had limitations when it came to advanced designing in terms of layouts and typography.
However my Media Studies teacher then introduced me to 3 different softwares that would be of use to me when I map and produce my second drafts and the final product: Adobe Photoshop CS6, Adobe Illustrator CS6 and Adobe InDesign CS6.
I was not at all familiar with these softwares and I wanted to familiarise myself with them before I started with the actual designing process. I started off by practicing on Photoshop with the help of some tutorials. Then I was able to move on to InDesign where I was able to use some templates to help designing the magazine more professionally.
Attached below are time-lapses, screenshots and documents of the basic layouts and designs I made to get a better handle on the software.
[Some images in the above design were taken from Google Photos. Text used was taken from Pinterest.]
I noticed when designing the above design I need more practice in terms of layout and typography. Knowing that, I put more focus into developing those areas in particular.
[Image of Lela Smith taken from Google Photos.]
[Images taken from the Internet. Text used was taken from the Internet.]
I liked this layout a lot and was happy with how the colour palette was enhancing the double spread. However this palette is not appropriate for my magazine concept.
I designed the double spread pages above as a layout practice for my final production, using images taken off the Internet. Although I was able to get a better handle on typography in these designs with the help of YouTube tutorials, I was still not satisfied. Hence I decided to do more practice and learn the ropes of InDesign as much as possible before my mock shoot, after which I would be designing my second draft.
[Recordings of few designs I made on InDesign. Text and images are taken from the Internet.]
[Newspaper design made on InDesign. Text and Images from Internet.]
[Interactive brochure design made on InDesign. Text and Images from Internet.]
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