Development of Editorial

Today I have been experimenting putting together different kinds of layouts as part of my development for my editorial and typographical project. I don't really have a final idea thought up as of yet but it was a really good chance to play around on indesign with chosen images and to have a mess around with different styles and layouts.

The first layout I tried, I wasn't really impressed with how it translated on the computer I think it looked a lot better as a rough scamp in my sketchbook! Perhaps using better images for this one would have improved it and using a nicer font would have helped it too. I really don't think it looks very innovative or stands out at all.

I felt better with the results of this layout design. I wanted the headline text to be really large and off on an angle. I also wanted to try and place images in triangular frames which I knew may not work well sometimes due to the image being cut off in places and it not having the same effect but in this case I think it worked quite well. I kept the alignment very centered on the first page so as not to draw attention away from the header text but on the second page I wanted the text to go with the triangular frame of the image, which did prove to be a bit tricky as I soon found out that the triangle had to be the same measurements as the frame of the image otherwise the text wouldn't align correctly at all and would look very uneven alongside the image.

This screenshot is the same as above apart from a slight adjustment to the header text by moving it around a bit to fit better, and adding a splash of colour on it. I actually think I prefer just having it as black as I think it looks cleaner and more professional.

The next layout I tried is like a continuation of the previous style with the triangular shaped framed images but I also wanted to incorporate a quote with that style. I actually really like how this has turned out but I did have a problem with the speech marks as I wanted them to have a really classical look so I ended up having to use a different font but then whenever I changed the size the text alignment and layout would get all confused so I ended up having to use different text boxes for them.

The layout sees an image taking up the whole full bleed of the page. I absolutely love this image but I thought it needed a little bit of editing, just to have a play around and maybe make it look a bit more sophisticated. So I opened it with Photoshop using the links tab and quite simply changed the brightness/contrast and desaturated it for a nice black and white effect. I immediately loved the effect it had and begun to experiment with text on the next page, which I thought I'd keep it quite simple and minimal so as not to overpower the image itself.