MODART Magazine

Hello everyone!

I’m in my last quarter (which is like a semester at traditional schools) of completing a bachelor’s in graphic design so anything that will help me get good input and stay on the right track, I’ll try. South University, a non-traditional school in Columbia, South Carolina is where I attend college currently. It is a good school for the pace of getting you in and out. My plan is to further my education and get a master’s degree.

Years ago, I never thought I would be what I am today, a rising graphic designer. I really could see myself doing this thirty years from now and still happy. I like the major graphic design because it is so broad. You do not have to settle on just one thing! Even though you might not be good in one category, you may be in another. I feel as if I have some more learning to do but I enjoy photography, ad layouts and making 3-D objects (flowers, pocketbooks, radios, etc.) with my hands just to name a few.

The three pictures you see are my interruption of what ModArt Magazine cover, features page and two-page spread would look like. I liked this assignment. It was given in my Typography II class. We were to take a known but unknown magazine masthead, remake it and apply it to our own, original cover design. All the content (articles, headlines, subheads, captions, etc.) had to come from the original publication. We could use any photography, illustration or font we wanted to enhance our project.

When I read this portion of the assignment, the quote “less is more” popped in my head. I wanted the spread to be simple because the cover and features page was so busy. I continued the circle effect a little to combine the spread with rest of the magazine. I added another tone of green to the layout to enhance the comparison as well. Now, if I could design the whole magazine, not all the pages and spreads would consist of the green as boldly. Although would remain in a similar shade of green because it is one of the headline articles on the features page. I was happy with the results because I feel its balance, clean, neat and straight to the point. I consider that my design style.

I admired Rick Chapman’s photography offered on our program’s database. I wanted to incorporate them some kind of way. When I hear the word art, instinctively photography or an abstract piece comes to mind. The color scheme was easy once I had my layout format complete. I always thought purple, yellow and green made good contrast with gray. Both pictures had plenty of tones and shades of gray. The font was the most challenging part. Trying to find a serif or sans serif that would combine with the photography and lines within the composition flawlessly was tough.