Cloning a Magazine to Perfection

For this assignment, we had to find a good, well designed magazine layout and duplicate it so that the audience will be fooled.

Here is the original layout:

Here is my duplicate copy:

As you can see both are extremely similar, except for the images. I had to use different images since I couldn't find the same one. The only difference is the color of the spread. Mine is a lighter gray but overall I think it came out really good.

Learning InDesign

We started learning the basics on InDesign in class. We created a 3 page magazine spread to learn how to place and link images, insert dummy texts, and use shapes.

For some reason I cannot upload the first 2 pages of the spread on the blog, even though it is a .jpg. I'll have to work that out.

Illustrator Final Project

This is my final Illustrator project! I decided to do the alphabet, and this was the most time consuming project I have ever done! I think that from doing this it has given me more experience with working with Illustrator because I had to make 26 images from scratch. I am overall happy with the end result.

Illustrator to Photoshop

Before:

After:

Here is my Illustrator to Photoshop piece. I still think I like Illustrator better than Photoshop, even when combining them together. I did some paste intos for the stars and that cupcake background.  I did enjoy doing some retouches to the image by using Photoshop. I think I just like being able to create my own work in illustrator compared to Photoshop where you are refining and changing an image.

Final Photoshop Project

This is my photoshop project! I am really happy with how it came out. I think my favorite one is the CD or the front of the CD case. For the front of the CD case I just used gradients and layer masks to incorporate Beyonce, and the two different flower backgrounds. I think it looks really pretty. For the actual CD, I just selected and pasted into the CD with a pattern I found online. I always find it hard to choose a good font, but I think that this one is the best. I decided to continue with my flower theme and for the back of the CD case, I just pasted into the case of the pattern and Beyonce.

Pen Tool

I used the pen tool for this. I found a cartoon online of a peace sign and traced it using the pen tool. It really amazes me what you can do with the pen tool. I also really like tracing images. I found the word "peace" online and traced that as well. 

Squares

I am very pleased with how my 9 squares came out. I think this really helped me get a basic understanding of tools used in Illustrator. The only square that really bothers me is the the top left square. For some reason the last one I copied on that pattern I made didn't continue and now it looks out of place. I wasn't too sure how to fix that. My favorite square is the one of the two birds kissing or the clouds.