Type & Grid Revisited

I came across gap year magazine in the library. I scanned in the article and drew a grid on top digitally. I didn't think the layout was particularly interesting so I created many thumbnails of alternate layouts as you can see below. I printed out template grids to work on top of.


Type Measuring

Creating the article Digitally

 Using my thumbnails and grid I tried to recreate the article. I started with this 

layout but decided realistically there would not be enough room to fit in the article

so I decided to try a different method.

 Using Photoshop I edited the photos into the positions

I wanted.

 I then added the type. I was kind of going for a American 

flag reference with the stripes of text.

I thought the page was looking pretty boring so I added a

black background to the title and switched the type to white.

 Using my grid I added in the articles text.

 I experimented with colour to give it a more American feel

but it just looks tacky.

There was far too much type in the Summary paragraph so I 

decided to shorten it.

 Here is my finished Magazine spread.

Overall I am quite happy with the outcome. I think the body text
is too big however. When I printed the page out it didn't look quite right
I think it needs to be around 8 or 10 pt ideally. This has been a beneficial learning

process. I will apply this grid format to my work from now on

as it makes it very clear and easy to recreate the designs digitally.