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Design a Magazine.

Though this one did not take as long as the others, the majority of this one was spent cussing and fitting about because I knew what I wanted to do, but goodness was my computer and programs against me.

I would say that about 80% of the time was spent on things that did not work. Grah. But now I know how to make pictures from text, so I learned! Which I guess is the point of all this.

So, Welcome to the first issue of Grapheme Magazine a magazine dedicated to all things typologically related.

I wanted this cover to be a bit tongue in cheek about typography. So for those of you who do not know the vocab:

Grapheme:is a fundamental unit in a written language.
Ligature: where two or more graphemes are joined as a single glyph
Kerning: refers to adjusting the space between two letters
Bleed:a printing term that refers to printing that goes beyond the edge of the sheet after trimming.
Serif:semi-structural details on the ends of some of the strokes that make up letters and symbols.
Sans-Serif: the opposite of above!
Helvetica: A font. The best font ever, really.

I wanted this to read like a Vogue or Seventeen magazine, where there is bits of innuendo and relationship advice. It was fun coming up with the headlines.

Besides the bits I had trouble with (namely the person) this was fun to stretch a bit back into the graphic design territory and using the computer again. I'm glad I could, the undo button came in handy for this one.

Also normally, I wouldn't have left such a big space to the left of the word Helvetica, but I left that there for shipping stickers if someone was to get a subscription for this magazine.
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=SilverVulpine Jun 27, 2010  Hobbyist Photographer
Well, I'm impressed. :)

I really like the overall feel and the use of words to create the cover image is quite the brilliant touch. Brilliant!
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~SyntheticPlatypus Jun 27, 2010
Well for a fav, i bet you are impressed, thank you!

Thank you, the image of text was a big thing for me. It's all helvetica too.
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=SilverVulpine Jun 27, 2010  Hobbyist Photographer
Oh indeed I am! :)

It all flows together quite wonderfully... I LIKE it! ;)

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*Gunmetalblack Jun 27, 2010
Nice work! I thought it was very clever and the picture made from the text is very effective and plays well with the colour background. :) Excellent work! Very well done!

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~SyntheticPlatypus Jun 27, 2010
the background is a closeup of wood. I wanted something real and oraganic to contrast all the straight edged text.
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*Gunmetalblack Jun 27, 2010
Good call and also relates to the typography thing--evoking "paper" :)

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~celamowari Jun 27, 2010
Is she (the text girl) based on you? I see a certain similarity, despite her lack of glasses. You don't have the Dita-esque mark, though.

I thought the texture of the picture was very intriguing until I made it large-size and read the description. Egad! I can see how that would induce fits. You did a great job in this final one. I like how the spaces between letters are utilized.

Those headlines made me laugh, and I really like the little tricks you used in them. I can totally see this being an actual magazine. Though I can a personal fondness for Arial myself. ;)

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~SyntheticPlatypus Jun 27, 2010
thanks for the fave too.
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~celamowari Jun 27, 2010
You are welcome. Your posted work has been more sporadic, but consistently high quality and filled with interesting ideas. I think the intellectual challenge of these exercises is at least as rewarding as the artistic challenge.

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~SyntheticPlatypus Jun 27, 2010
the thinking of the ideas is the worst part. It's ridiculous how long I have to wait sometimes for an idea to form.

But I like how everything has turned out.
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