MAGAZINE EXPERIMENT - PRINT 1

I have printed out my first design for the magazine. I have used different colours for each subject and have placed the photographs in the appropriate section that would relate to the subjects.

After collecting the prints I realized that the font looked too small and the size of each page is small as well. The prints are not two sided this means that I can see the photoshops logo – this means it won’t look unique and not visually good as a magazine.

I am not sure about the different colours, I feel as though it doesn’t create that sophisticated and modern impression but I like the first few pages that are a light peachy/pink colour – I will use this colour for each page and see how it looks as a whole.

However, I really like the front cover, the position of the photo and the colour. I will leave it how it is but make the sizing an inch larger.

DEVELOPMENT - COLOUR OF PAGES

After looking at each page with the different colours, I realised it doesn't come together as one. Therefore I am going to use the colour I have always been attracted to which is a pale peachy/pink colour. I find this colour the most professional and more youthful than the pastel colours. I have however already taken this collection to the photo shop to be printed out -  this way I will get to see what it looks like and if the font sizes are correct and readable.

SELF-PORTRAIT

I feel as though the self-portrait won't relate to my project that well. I don't think I can display it in an appropriate way with the screen and my magazine but I could add this in my sketchbook as an experiment, an interest and a discovery of an artist that has inspired me to do painting like his in the future.

DEVELOPMENT

For the exhibition display I want it to be contemporary and fresh. I will make a video of showing each page and a bit of my blog to show my development. The screen will be behind the magazine on a taller plinth. The magazine will need to be displayed upwards so the viewers can see the magazine easily - I have asked the technician to create a perspex stand for the magazine, perspex will look modern and simple which will relate to my whole project.

To finish off the display, I am going to add my magazines from home such as Vogue, Elle etc. - this will hopefully create an understanding of where my influences and inspirations came from.

DEVELOPMENT SELF-PORTRAIT

For the self-portrait it will have to clearly relate to the artist Sungsoo Kim. His work expresses emotions through the soft pale colours, giving a beautiful but ambiguous ambience. I have not yet decided what style I am going to do this oil-painting but I am so far experimenting with colours.
What I have learnt so far is that you only need a minor amount of turpentine- too much will make the colours blend together. Oil painting takes time, i needed to take a few brakes in order to let the oil paint settle and then come back to blend in some more colour.
I first drew the self-portrait so I can get the proportions accurate. Once I got that right, i started painting in the dark shadows.

I have taken photos of the process of the painting. This way I can see where I have gone wrong with the texture and mixture of the paint. 

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MY DEVELOPMENT INSPIRATION

I have come across many independent magazine that are advertised on Instagram. This way they can visually communicate their concept and theme. The indie-magazines that I have come across are very graphical and in some ways very random which makes the photographs more artistic. I have been following them on Instagram to help me create my layout in a professional manner and how I can present this in my art exhibition.

https://www.antennebooks.com - this website has been very helpful, it consists of magazines that are artistic and graphical.

Instagram is a very influential social media app. You can upload any image, whether it is provocative or artistic. I think it is suppose to communicate to your friends though images but what I have noticed is that is more about how many followers you have and how many like you get on an image you upload. This app may just be a way for people to get attention easily without even trying to communicate face to face. 

I think it creates a great negative impact for both boys and girls who don't have a great self-esteem. Ive seen many accounts promoting what you are suppose to look like, what you are suppose to eat and what photos you need to take in order to get recognised ( getting as many likes) I think Instagram can be an artistic way of communicating but i think you can be pressured and almost hypnotised to be what you see online or what has been recognised the most. Once I started using this app i found it very provoking and more like a competition rather than just something you can enjoy scrolling through. Veganism has been a very identified subject on Instagram, people my age on this app photograph themselves displaying what they look like because of this diet. It may be a good way for people to understand what they eat but i think it has become more of a social media lifestyle rather than a real lifestyle diet.  I think most of these people go on this diet to show people that they are 'healthy' but they don't understand that it is more than only eating fruits and vegetables. You can be influenced to start this diet by the sharp and high quality photographs and the amount of compliments a photo gets of someone who has a very slim figure or unusually clear and flawless skin. 

Instagram can be really enjoyable but i think that people have taken it too seriously. If we didn't have this app, I am sure that most of us would be completely different and more different to one another. - we are all unique because we see things differently but who we are as a person could be a huge contrast if we did not have Instagram. 

I enjoy Instagram after realising that i need to block out all these negative aspects of this app. I can take photos that I feel people would enjoy to see, it is who i am and I only follow people that inspire me to be who I am because i know that being who I am is the best I will ever be and no one will change that not even on social media. 

MY DEVELOPMENT

FRONT COVER

I want my front cover to be very contemporary and creates the sense that it has more than one meaning - that there is more than what is front of you. I have always liked the very soft, pale colours not only is it in fashion but because I know for a magazine layout it will look more modern and graphical. The composition will be simple but the more simple it is the more effective it will be to the viewers. 

I have experimented with a few images ad colours for the cover layout. I showed my experiments to my tutor and she has preferred one layout that I thing would relate to the ambiguous meaning of the cover. This photo was taken in the girls bathroom, i decided to take this photo because of the grey and peach, pink colours and as well there is another meaning to the photo - It is behind the bathroom door  which interrogates the viewers to question what is behind the girls bathroom door. It is a personal meaning as well because it was a comfort zone for me at college and where you could escape from your peers for a few minutes. As well, it is a common scene in American college/ high school movies where a student is found behind the bathroom door hiding or just taking a minute as well. 

I have really liked what I have designed so far but after talking to my tutor, I think we both agree which one is more effective as a front cover.  I really like the layout of this cover, I like the peachy, pale pink and the interesting composition of the image. I think the font goes well with the design and the paragraph appears graphical when not centre on the page. The size would have to be more square than rectangular which i think would give the magazine a more unique appearance.

MY DEVELOPMENT

I have already taken photographs of the students. I have made them all the same lighting and composition - this means that it will all work together as 'one' in my magazine.
I have not yet written the content for the magazine but I know exactly what I want to write about. They will be brief but clear for the readers to understand.
For the exhibition I would like to present this magazine with a video and a self -portrait. The self-portrait will relate to the magazine by making the viewers understand that this is what I see and what influences me. It will respond to my research of the artist sungsoo Kim. What I like about his work is how he expresses emotions by using pastel colours - i think it expresses emotions in a very beautiful and enchanting way. This is what i would like to replicate in my self-portrait.
The magazine will be set on a plinth, with the video behind it on a separate plinth and the self-portrait will be hung on the wall. This presentation will be very neat but with a graphical and contemporary hint.


My Photographs - The photographs i have taken are very subtle and ambiguous, this will display slight views of what I see everyday and in the magazine it will be more interesting to look at with the content as well.
I need to take more photos of groups and more food photos for my health section of the magazine.
I am happy with what i have so far i think that the colours and sizes are similar to one another which I think will bring the magazine together.