When starting to make my layouts I am going to show the stages in which I went through to make the grid and how I start to create the layouts.
Here is the set up options screen grab for InDesign and creating the document. Using page sizes of 200mm by 200mm and 4 pages for the 2 double page spreads that I am making. As you can see here I have chosen to use 6 columns, from my research I think that this is a good amount of columns to use.
Here are the thumbnails of my layouts designs. I tried to do quite a few for a variety to choose from when doing experiments. I have done these as a base, they might even change slightly when I am making the designs because what I have done on paper, may not work as well on screen with the grids on InDesign.
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These two screen grabs are just the first idea I have had for a layout. Because this is a photography magazine I would like to keep the text and layout of the text simple and make the images stronger and the main thing to look at. I think with this choice of type this does exactly that. It's clean, simple and easy to read.
This is only the first page so I still have a lot of development left to do with these layouts. I am working with the grids within InDesign to keep everything in line which in previous project I haven't done this as much and I think it will definitely pay off to make this a habit of using.
The only thing that I think that wouldn't work with this first design I have done is that the image I have chosen to use doesn't really link to the title of "forgotten Brighton' as it doesn't portray Brighton as much as some of my other images might do.
A way to change this and make it work with the images rather than changing this to work with the image is to change the title. I could use the word 'forgotten'. This will link to the images that I am going to use.
Here I have slightly altered my idea with the image and the title. I have chosen here some derelict arches that I think make the title make more sense that the last idea. The colour scheme in this layout idea I think also links together really well.
What I am going to try as an idea next is to use the whole image as a page. As after doing the reaserch into editorial magazine layouts, some have used just the whole image with a small piece of text over the top.
Also, with the ideas that I am going to produce next I am going to use the knowledge that I have learnt about columns and grids and use around 8 columns to help me divide the page up, this will give the layout a more editorial and clean.
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Here I have mirrored an image that I have taken of some huts in the arches in Brighton. I think this looks quite visually effective but I don't think it is quite strong enough layout design for this project.
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I really like this first double page layout design that I have done. I think that by using the strongest image that I have has realy put the title to use. I think that I have found the best link of title and photograph that I wanted to get. I am going to continue with this by creating the second double page spread to go with this design.
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I have linked this idea to a layout that I looked at whilst doing my research.
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| http://www.behance.net/gallery/Still-Editorial-design-Magazine-layout/1397173 |
I think that this layout design works, I want to keep changing small parts around, seeing what would be visually exciting. I think that the image being reflected is effective but I'm not sure that it works for this project. I would like the keep the banner like type of positioning on the page as I think it directs the eye straight to the main focal point which of course is the burnt down pier, then I find my eye goes straight to the title next, linking to two perfectly together.
This is the other layout of the previous layout. I don't think that the big image really works as well. I think that there needs to be something smaller and more variety of images there. I like the layout of the second page here because the images all lay up. I have used 6 columns here in the layout too, with each part taking 2 columns.
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These two screen grabs are some layouts that I have been working on for a few hours trying to tweek things to get the placing in the grids perfect. I have been having difficulty trying to fit images in, in a good way on the second layout. I am getting there slowly but my next step here is to add the text so that I can get this to fit in with the images. I am really happy with my first double page spread from this set, there is just a few small things that I want to do to just make it better layout wise.
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Here is a screen grab of how I am using the grids. Here with the paragraph of text I have gone slightly out of the original grid as looking at it within 1 column I think it looked slightly too skinny as a piece of text. So I have used the gutters here to make that slightly wider.
These screen grabs here are what I have chosen for my final. I have tweaked the second double page layout a few ways and need to look at the pros and cons of each and decide which one I think works better for a reader. From my point of view I think that the second double page spread is the one that is best readable and grabs attention most. I am going to ask a few friends to see what they think as I would class these as the audience.
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