School Project: Magazine Cover

The class is called Digital Layout. Though we just started last week, we’re already hitting QuarkXPress pretty hard. We’re supposed to learn Quark then Adobe InDesign by the end of the quarter.

Thankfully, I’m pretty experienced in page layout programs since I worked in a couple of print shops that required the skill (more Quark than InDesign)

Anyway, the project was simple. Create a “mockup” magazine cover using only Quark for layout/text and photoshop or illustrator for images/vectors.

I didn’t start it til today though I had the idea in my head. So I decided to use Radio Revolution as a magazine and used a shot from our photoshoot by DaJo Photography (my super talented friends). I used the girls since, one - they are gorgeous and two - the shot is amazing. I used Relevant Magazine for inspiration and if you’re a subscriber, you can see the resemblance. My target audience was twenty-somethings using the “Relevant Magazine” style of design. They have great design work!

So thats pretty much it. I came up with all the verbiage and what-nots. I really liked the way it came out, and hopefully (God willing) this one day can be an actual magazine. Below is a list of all the schematics, maybe it can help you see how it was done. Click Download: for full view

BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR MY NEXT PROJECT! A FULL BLOW MAGAZINE... THE REVOLUTION MAGAZINE DEBUT.

• Program - QuarkXPress 7.2
• Photo by - DaJoPhotography.com (RadioRev photo shoot)
• Models - Andrea [left] Tianny [right]
• Font - Century Gothic, Eurostyle, Century Schoolbook
• Texture/Vectors - none

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