Ex 9 - Magazine Design

The Line.
A large part of the designing process involved in magazine design is using lines to create an idea of the layout you want to use. While the line is active in the process and the final outcome, the final outcome is cleaner (if meant to be) and a direct result from the beginning sketches. You start deciding the layout with simple strokes which leads you to having a layout that moves the eye around and gets people interested. The line as well shows a sort of progression of thought by the way it's applied. The font choice is also part of “the line”, without text in a magazine a large part of the communication is lost.

The Color.
The use of color (rainbow pattern) is very strong in this picture though the black background and haze around the lights. It attracts the person to the picture. The repeated use of the same color scheme connects each design. The contrast between the bright colors and a dark color, as well as the white font choice, keep your eye moving around the picture. I think color is added in the middle of development or at least the choices as a whole.

Scale.
I found it hard choosing a picture related to magazine design for scale but I hope this comes out clearly. Scale is important because without the proper size of an image or the text, the page won’t be visually clear. The picture of the cupcakes isn’t shown actual size but the scale of them shows the detail of them which is the point of the piece. The large text of CUPCAKES and compared to the smaller font beneath it, scale shows us what is most important.