Done! Whoo hoo!
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Let's never Fight again
Turned out I was a bit harsh on my computer -- it wasn't to blame after all! It was my flash drive! We're on friendly terms again (for now).
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Final Mag Design
Well, the computer wars are near an end. I've fought valiantly, but my computer continues to prevail. Urgh. Nevertheless, after hours of saving, resaving and rebooting, I finally have the final pieces printed out (except for the cover and table of contents, which remain in limbo because KINKOS sucks... more on that to follow shortly).
Anywho, without further ado, here are the final designs!!!
Here, I blocked up the main title and kerned the lettering. I then gridded off the main text so it would fit exactly under the main titles, making a larger box grid. I really like how it came out. I also rescanned everything in order to better remove the moire pattern. I'm actually really happy with the outcome. I'm scared to reread it now, though, for fear that I'll find an evil typo!
This is an interior spread. evened out the columns and recentered the images. The strip on the right page goes all the way to the center margin. I wanted everything to have a very streamlined look. Pretty happy with the results.
Now for another rant... KINKOS, my ultimate frenemy. They're a friend because the one near my house is open 24 hours, which suits my insomniac nature. They're an enemy because I've often been befuddled by strange printing errors. Well, first I went around 5pm and printed everything. However, once I got everything mounted, I discovered some printer roller marks on the editorial... so I wanted to reprint. I went back to KINKOS just an hour later, and was told they don't have any 12 by 18 paper... strange considering they had this size just an hour earlier. I pointed that out, and was told "we may have it, and I just don't know where it is." ... here's a thought... look for it! YOU HAD IT JUST A MOMENT AGO!!!!
Argh... it's the lack of sleep and finals speaking. End of rant.
Anywho, without further ado, here are the final designs!!!
Here, I blocked up the main title and kerned the lettering. I then gridded off the main text so it would fit exactly under the main titles, making a larger box grid. I really like how it came out. I also rescanned everything in order to better remove the moire pattern. I'm actually really happy with the outcome. I'm scared to reread it now, though, for fear that I'll find an evil typo!
This is an interior spread. evened out the columns and recentered the images. The strip on the right page goes all the way to the center margin. I wanted everything to have a very streamlined look. Pretty happy with the results.
Now for another rant... KINKOS, my ultimate frenemy. They're a friend because the one near my house is open 24 hours, which suits my insomniac nature. They're an enemy because I've often been befuddled by strange printing errors. Well, first I went around 5pm and printed everything. However, once I got everything mounted, I discovered some printer roller marks on the editorial... so I wanted to reprint. I went back to KINKOS just an hour later, and was told they don't have any 12 by 18 paper... strange considering they had this size just an hour earlier. I pointed that out, and was told "we may have it, and I just don't know where it is." ... here's a thought... look for it! YOU HAD IT JUST A MOMENT AGO!!!!
Argh... it's the lack of sleep and finals speaking. End of rant.
Book Covers FINAL POST
Done with the book covers! YAY! So happy. I think they came out pretty well. Here they are in all their glory!
Just played around with the color a bit on the sticky. To give a brief rundown on the entire process, the book covers are intended to each mimic the main character's writing style, as well as embody their overall aesthetic. In this case, Lolita is a teenage girl. Therefore, her book cover is made to look like a teenage girl's notebook scribblings. The crumpled texture is intended to refelct the loss of innocence common to each book.
Finalized the color here, too. Holly Golightly is more sophisticate than Lolita, so I designed the cover to mimic a page out of date book and incorporated cursive typography.
Finally -- Baby Doll: The ypography is meant to look simple -- more in keeping with Baby Doll's character. It's written on young children's type paper.
Please see earlier posts for full process description.
Just played around with the color a bit on the sticky. To give a brief rundown on the entire process, the book covers are intended to each mimic the main character's writing style, as well as embody their overall aesthetic. In this case, Lolita is a teenage girl. Therefore, her book cover is made to look like a teenage girl's notebook scribblings. The crumpled texture is intended to refelct the loss of innocence common to each book.
Finalized the color here, too. Holly Golightly is more sophisticate than Lolita, so I designed the cover to mimic a page out of date book and incorporated cursive typography.
Finally -- Baby Doll: The ypography is meant to look simple -- more in keeping with Baby Doll's character. It's written on young children's type paper.
Please see earlier posts for full process description.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Books and Brides
It's been awhile since I've posted -- most of that has to do with the fact that my computer hates me. Still have exporting and importing problems. About a month ago I took my computer in to have additional memory put in. The problems have persisted since that time. I know-- I need to go back and have them look at it. But that seems like so much more work than spending hours cursing at my computer while banging my head against a desk.
Anywho, here's what I've been up to.
Finalized by book covers (yippie!) Here they are:
(February has been deleted from the final file).
Also, began work on my magazine spreads. Feel free to browse my flickr stream to see full description of process up to this point. Here is the cover as it stands now:
I'm still working with typography along the side. I'm thinking of replacing Perpetua with Futura Light.
I also started working on the TOC. It came down to two choices:
1.
2.
I discussed the two options in class, and decided that option 2 is the best to pursue. I will also continue working on the typography here... add a little color!
Finally, I started working on the interior spreads. Here's what I have so far:
I'm hoping the title is legible now. I'm thinking about adding color to the "trendsetters" to set it off a bit more.
I think I need to widen the distance between columns and the pictures -- but it's a general idea of the layout.
Now that I've discussed a bit about where I am in the process... I now want to rant about scanners to my undoubtedly captive audience.
Scanners are nearly as bad as computers. I have scanned, rescanned and re-rescanned so many of my picture that I'm beginning to see resolution controls in my sleep! Why can't a descreener really descreen? Do they just put that button there to mock those of us who might even consider the possibility that the moire pattern might be removed by simple technology during the scanning process? It's a conspiracy in my humble opinion -- a conspiracy designed ingeniously to drive design students crazy.
Anywho... that's my theory... meticulously conceived by overwrought design student/ insomniac at 1am in the morning (as trustworthy as that sounds).
Anywho, here's what I've been up to.
Finalized by book covers (yippie!) Here they are:
(February has been deleted from the final file).
Also, began work on my magazine spreads. Feel free to browse my flickr stream to see full description of process up to this point. Here is the cover as it stands now:
I'm still working with typography along the side. I'm thinking of replacing Perpetua with Futura Light.
I also started working on the TOC. It came down to two choices:
1.
2.
I discussed the two options in class, and decided that option 2 is the best to pursue. I will also continue working on the typography here... add a little color!
Finally, I started working on the interior spreads. Here's what I have so far:
I'm hoping the title is legible now. I'm thinking about adding color to the "trendsetters" to set it off a bit more.
I think I need to widen the distance between columns and the pictures -- but it's a general idea of the layout.
Now that I've discussed a bit about where I am in the process... I now want to rant about scanners to my undoubtedly captive audience.
Scanners are nearly as bad as computers. I have scanned, rescanned and re-rescanned so many of my picture that I'm beginning to see resolution controls in my sleep! Why can't a descreener really descreen? Do they just put that button there to mock those of us who might even consider the possibility that the moire pattern might be removed by simple technology during the scanning process? It's a conspiracy in my humble opinion -- a conspiracy designed ingeniously to drive design students crazy.
Anywho... that's my theory... meticulously conceived by overwrought design student/ insomniac at 1am in the morning (as trustworthy as that sounds).
Friday, May 22, 2009
Computer Hell
Computer problems -- story of my life. My computer has temporarily decided that it wants to corrupt my files. This is not making me very happy. Sadly, technical difficulties have kept me from posting... will post once they're figured out. Everything seems to work internal to my computer... but it won't export anywhere.
This is what pissed chick has to say about all that:
Somehow I feel better now.
This is what pissed chick has to say about all that:
Somehow I feel better now.
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