My first ever try at editorial design
Disclaimer: None of the works shown in this post are meant for commercial use. Photographs and graphics unless otherwise noted are not mine. I give credit to the rightful owners of those images and graphics. This post is only meant to showcase a new thing that I tried and that I had no idea that I was good at.
I’m not a designer. I love design, I love aesthetics, I enjoy colors and I enjoy the geometry and math that design entails but I’m not a designer. I’m an engineer first and a Google-er second, that’s how I learn so many things that they don’t teach me at school.
When my friend’s friend asked me to help her create a magazine cover (meaning I would have to do it by myself with no input at all), I told her that I wasn’t a designer. That, yes, I knew how to use Photoshop and that I had time to do it, but that I was unsure that I could be able to deliver something that would be good enough for her class. She said it was fine, that she wanted a simple thing and told me not to worry. So, I said yes.
I have to say that I didn’t regret it at all.
How the heck do you design a magazine?
That was my biggest question. I know magazine covers and the folks over at Stylista made it seem simple enough. I just went with my instincts and used my NYLON Mexico and my ELLE for guidance. I decided to stick with what I know and use an AWESOME image. Once I had the graphics and the header done, I sent it over for approval and conitnued with the headlines and finished. It was quick and easy. I really think that my choice of image and my inexperience made me not stress over every little thing.
Here’s my cover:
Image property of Steve Prue
Found on Sam Fox’s portfolio
The headlines have nothing to do with the cover, but my friends liked it a lot so they kept it. Personally, I love it! It looks pretty awesome and to be my first cover I think that it turned out beautifully :D.
The next part was to make an ad for a backcover. I decided to use Sugarpill as the company that I would do an ad for. I used images found on their site (thus, propoerty of SugarPill) and this is what came out:
Images property of SugarPill cosmetics
I really loved it as well. It would certainly catch my attention if I saw it on a magazine :DDD.
So what do you think? Have you ever done something you didn’t know you could be good at?
Kisses,
Julie.
on June 17th, 2010 at 2:58 pm Said:
i think most mags use indesign and play around with it. it’s hard!! i’ve tried before!
on June 17th, 2010 at 3:06 pm Said:
I’ve never used inDesign before. Itried to it there but I didn’t have the patience for it. I just used photoshop.
on June 17th, 2010 at 4:16 pm Said:
Hasta precio traaaae y toda la cosa. ¿Son euros o dólares? XD
n_n /
on June 17th, 2010 at 4:24 pm Said:
Obvio son dólares Pakito XDD Naaa, para nada, ninguna revista vale 50 dólares :S.
on June 24th, 2010 at 4:31 am Said:
Oh! That cover looks awesome…I love love love making magazine covers, I did not know this until I had a similar assignment and I was told to do the front cover…I loved that assignment like my own child. I took on extra pages, I was unstoppable! haha. I am horrible at drawing, perspective, sewing…everything to do with design but if I can rip a few pictutres off the net and mess around with a publishing program…wonderful things happen.
on June 24th, 2010 at 1:12 pm Said:
I liked making that cover but I don’t think that editorial design is my thing. I’d much rather stick with making websites that makes me super happy.
I like when you find something that you totally love to do by accident.