igcse gr.9 art u-2 p-2: magazine cover
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This is the second project of the graphic design unit.TRANSCRIPT
IGCSE Gr.9 ART Unit-‐2: Graphic Design-‐Project 2: Magazine Cover Bobby Yoshinami-‐Hitachi 9M Aim: Design a magazine cover for the TIME magazine. Make a cover for a special edition issue concerning the following topic: climate change (Global warming) or the economic crash. The topic of climate change should relate to the current issue of global warming that this world is facing. Make an attractive cover that can easily be noticed that it is about the rising temperature. Make sure that the design is addressed to a wide range of adults and that it is in an appropriate form. The topic of the economic crash should refer to the most recent economic slump, which includes the Lehman Shock of September 2008 and other activity. Again this design should be directed to adults from young to old, high-‐class businessmen to housewives. This design will be assigned to be due for the 15th of February, 2011, two weeks from to day. Good luck
Developing Ideas: 1. For this project I particularly struggled with choosing my final design. I had a lot of ideas, however many of them were either too complex or just unrealistic. For example, when I first started this project I had an Idea for the topic of the economic crash. My idea was to put people from the bill such as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and other people on a big luxury boat, which was going to represent America, all rich big and wealthy. Then I was going to put a hole in the boat and make it sink. However this is how far I got to till I realized that it was to complex to finish. I got the idea of this from a few magazine covers.
2. Because my design ideas were too complex I tried making a simpler, this became my final design. I got inspired by This picture is composed of many letters. Although this looks complex I made my design simple.
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Process:
1. To make the background magazine layout I first got a plane red background. Then I used the grid to measure the size of the red border. After I highlighted the area I used the brush tool to color the center white. Then my time magazine border was done.
2. For this design I used text edit. For the “TIME” I first made a big text box and then typed, “TIME” using a large font. Then I made another text box and using small $ signs I traced it. I used the same technique for the “is” and the “$”.
3. However before I got to this final piece I tested a few other designs. , Which were:
Test 1 Test 2
FINAL DESIGN: