...critique...the spring preview
This week, our assignment was to create a cover and feature for the 2010 VOX Spring Preview issue. We had full range of creativity, which was both awesome and difficult. Our task was to create a fresh, new idea that took into consideration the content (which reminds me the importance of content-driven design from my beginning design course). For this specific assignment, I began to think about what makes me excited about spring...and that is how the new season enables me to do many things that I was not able to do all winter long. the Spring Preview gave me the idea of "spring"-ing into action, which led me to the idea of creating a comic-book styled design. This was very excited and fun for me to work on, because it was a fresh idea that I was able to introduce to the concept of spring...which is normally associated with flowers, rain, and vibrant green grass. Here is my cover.
I decided it would be a good idea to continue with this theme to the feature. In last week's assignment, I did not create a common theme between the cover and feature, so I decided to try it a different time this week. It was very cool to see my two pieces side by side, and it was even more interesting to see how my classmates dealt with the two pieces of the assignment. Here is my feature.
In class, I was able to see how some designers 'branded' their designs by using a common logo or image throughout their pages. Other designers had completely different features from their cover designs, but they seemed to be very successful as well. It is hard for me to imagine a theme issue being designed by multiple artists, but I see it as an exciting challenge that brings our group very close. We seem to be working very cohesively now, and the first VOX issue that we are all designing will be so exciting to see on Thursday.
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