assignment five

This is my final zine, and i am able to say that i am very proud of what i have done. I like the way it looks and i have enjoyed working with indesign to create it. I learned a lot about how to layout pages and also about font size and leadings. I liked being able to create something I'm passionate about in a way like this where i was able to put down all the information i wanted in whatever style i chose for the zine.

But overall I did like this assignment and I really have liked using indesign and want to use it again soon

Assignment four

These are two of my layouts of pages of for my travel zine. I wanted there to be variety between the layout of each page while still incorporating similar colors from one page to the next to have a feel of some sort of flow. I played around with one font family and all of its' variants, as well as manually manipulating the leadings to my liking. The captions I may still work on to give some more breathing room between each line, whether that be to change the font size or the leading. 

inside layouts

updated assignment 3

12 column grid

This article helps to explain how a grid is used as a basis for any well made design. In order to have good alignment between text and images a grid is necessary. Having a grid allows for there to be specific columns and areas for each piece of information, whether it is text or an image, and therefore specific places for those items to line up with one another. Magazines started to use this idea before there was a program online and a person would have to measure out all the columns, margins, gutters, and everything else by hand with a ruler and paper. A three column grid is a very basic form but can have slight variety with having a picture or text be two or three columns wide rather than fit in the one. In 1988 the 12 column grid was introduced. This type of grid allows for there to be very structured alignment as well as a lot of freedom as to where text and photos can be placed. The 12 column grid allows for the grid to be used as a 2, 3, 4, and 6 column grid all within itself. Also those can be used for different aspects, such as text being used as a 2 column grid while the photos get a 4 column set up all within the 12.

assignment 3