Creative Critical Reflection

My final post. Here is my Creative Critical Reflection.

Thank you!

Final Project

Well here it is. The final product. I would especially like to thank my friend Andrea for being my model in this magazine. I'm very proud of myself for what I have accomplished and I really do enjoy what I have created. I hope you do too.

Here is 'Bloom':

http://joom.ag/uqkW

XV - The End

Well. This is it. I finished it. This is my official last blog post before the postings of my CCR and final project. It's a bit surreal as well as bittersweet to finish with something like this because while it might have been a long stress filled journey, I'm sad to end it. This is the type of feeling I have on every last day so school. Happy it's over, sad to see it end. I am very proud of myself to have accomplished what I have done on my own and especially with the little to no experience with making something as major as this.

I am currently about to start the filming process for my CCR and once that is over, I will post everything as soon as possible.

This was definitely a journey, but nonetheless I'm proud of myself.

Thank you for reading through the journey of the creation of my magazine "Bloom"!

XIV - Changes

I made a few changes to my cover image:

To describe my changes and why, I cropped the bottom portion of the image down to take away the unnecessary elements of the Wynwood flooring as well as changing the coverline. I did the change of the coverline because I felt as if it wasn't really getting the point across correctly of a spring edition magazine, so I rather just bluntly put on there "Spring Edition" and get straight to the point. 

Also, I unfortunately took away the idea of the flower box because it wasn't really working out. Instead I did this:

I might add a few more items to it or might not, it all just mainly depends on when I finish typing the 2 page spread, which may I add is a lot harder than I thought. 

Right now I'm currently in the zone of editing and although it may be difficult - I'm enjoying it a lot.

It's almost finished and I can't to show off the final project.

XIII - Updates!

Yesterday was a very productive day for me because I was able to do my cover page, table of contents, and half of my two page spread. I still have a few more images to capture but as of right now I'm on good time to finish and still have plenty of time to do my creative critical reflection (CCR). Unfortunately because I'm on a free trial for Indesign, I only have until Friday to completely finish editing and putting together my magazine. The time after that will be spent working on my CCR.

Moreover on my magazine, the cover line I currently have on my cover image shown in my previous post isn't for sure yet due to the fact that I'm not too sure on the color, font, or text (basically everything about it). I feel as if the cover line stands out more than the masthead which isn't necessarily something that I want. I realize this is mostly because the color of the masthead being too similar to the color of the background, but I feel like it is creating that color scheme that I'm going for.

Also, I realized that the route I decided to take for my table of contents isn't my original idea at all. I figure I'm not much of a planning person rather a person who knows what they're doing only as they're doing it.

To end this quick post on my updates, I'm actually really enjoying the production of this project (something I rarely say) and I hope my passion for it shows through my final product.

XII- Cover Image!

I finally got some pictures taken for the cover image! It turns out almost all of the ideas I had originally planned for my cover page wasn't the route I took. Here's what the cover page looks like so far:

I'm not too sure about the color for the cover line, but I really do like how the masthead turned out. I still need to take a lot more pictures for the two page spread but I think things are going better at this point than it was previously.

I chose a different font for the masthead than I originally planned for because I think this font is a lot more similar to the font used in other fashion/beauty magazines like Bazaar and Vogue.

I can't wait for the final product!!!

XI - Box of Flowers (part 2)

Hi! This is a quick post about updates and the ideas I have recently decided to use for my project.

So  I took the idea from the prom proposal and put it to works and here's what it looks like:

Although different in colors and quantity from the original one, I still feel like this will still create an ideal background for the theme I am attempting to represent. I also don't like how some of the wood is being shown underneath the flowers so I may add colored construction paper to it or purchase one more flower. As far as the two page layout, I have yet to finish typing it up. I realized it is really hard to write interesting yet somewhat informal descriptions on spring trends considering it's mostly image based. After the images are done, I feel like it will be much easier to compost my two page spread.

I decided not to use the flowers in the table of contents because that would definitely be overdoing it. I instead will attempt to create a more simple layout containing only a few images. In order to put together my magazine, I downloaded a free trial of InDesign. I am currently watching tutorials on how I can use it to the best of my ability and create something truly beautiful.

Tomorrow is the day! Tomorrow I go out and start photographing. I have a few ideas as to how I want to photograph the model, so hopefully all goes well!

It's is going to be a loooooooong day, but I am truly excited.