For my magazine cover design task, this is the outcome. As for the background, I was told to not use dull color so that the main image will stand out more. I decided to make a gradient background. I used serif fonts for my masthead which was Georgia. And for most of my bubble stories and main coverline, I also used serif fonts except for the number 12. I also put barcode just to fulfill the elements. That is all. Thank you.
As we learned about typography, we were assigned to do our own font poster. The picture attached is mine. The font style that I used was Tahoma. Bold for the big ‘n’ and regular for the other letters. The colours that I used were green, brown and yellow, giving some contrast.
This week we learned about the 7 elements in magazine design. The elements are
Masthead
Selling lines
Datelines
Main image
Main coverline
Coverlines
Barcode
This week, we learned about typography. As a homework, Sir Khai asked us to find a font poster and review about it.
The poster above is by Sam Harris. He used Times New Roman to create the typography poster.
For the colors, he used yellow to emphasise the type of font used as it contrasted with the background.
This week we learned about the six elements of design. So, we were given a task to find a poster that has all the six elements of design. I chose the Stranger Things poster by Tallenge Store in doing this task. The six elements are line, shape, size, color, value and texture.
From the poster above, the line element can be seen at the title as the function is to emphasize the title of this series. The next element is shape. As we can see, the tree shape to indicate that it takes place in forest, and shape of a creature to symbolize supernatural element. The size element can be seen on the title, the big font to tell people that, that is the title of the series. The color used in this poster are bright colors which are blue and orange. The next element is value(contrast), can be seen on the red title with black background. Lastly, texture element can be seen on the poster which has a folded paper-like texture.
Who’s thirsty? Arizona Beverages USA, or famously known as Arizona is the America’s No. 1 selling iced tea brand based in New York. Their uniquely designed packaging never fails to amuse me. To be different from others, they came up with the idea of using big cans which can hold 23 fl. oz of drinks, enough to quench your thirst. Even though they have bigger cans, they still give the best prices for their consumer. The usage of fruits pictures on the cans really portray that the ingredients used are all natural, as they have no preservatives added, no artificial flavors and coloring and no sugar added. They also use the colorful element which will attract more people’s attention, no matter young or old.
What is the meaning behind the famous lines from Henry Ford in the above picture? This week in Sir Khairudin’s class we learned something about this quote. In my opinion, the quote means that in today’s rapidly growing world, advertising plays a very crucial part in stepping up the game of your business. In order to compete with other competitors, you need to do good marketing and promoting of your products. So, I believe, Henry Ford tried to tell us that now is not the time to save your money and budget but it’s time for the company to shine and look for customers.
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