Final double page spread design

Here is my last and final design for the double page spread for the creative review magazine moduel.

From the previous design i decided to change the layout a bit by adding a image at the top of the page with all of the writing in 3 columns and that i added in a quotation box of a quote that many people in the subculture said when interviewed and i clipped it in a box around the text so people would know that it is a quotation and that it is an important quote. The text colour is black and pink and i used the 2 colour text idea so that it can highlight the important information as well as to keep the design nice and clean as well as keeping it original. i applied a drop shadow on the main text and the images so that they don’t look that plain and boring and not stand out. i chose to keep the background plain white because when i applied other colours in the background, i personally thought that it ruined the design in general. Although the white background was a bit too plain so i added some cogs and gears in the background with low opacity on it.

Overal i think this design is successful and clean.

Creative Review front cover design research

When looking at other designs for the front cover design for the creative review magazine, i see that they are all unique in there very own way. All the designs are completely different like sometimes there are vector designs, conceptional designs, photography designs and even fine art designs.

Sometimes with these designs on the creative review front cover, they tend to have different elements with the creative review title on top of the magazine like sometimes the design overlaps the text and sometimes the title has a drop shadow on the main design, this is a clear example of that every design is unique.

When looking at these designs i noticed that there is always a key colour scheme that the designs use as well as when looking at these designs i also noticed that the title magazine (Creative Review) is all the same in most of the designs and is only changed rarely depending on the colours that is used in the design.

 The vector designs above gave me the inspiration to have a go at creating and designing my own vector character. Also when looking at the vector designs, I’ve noticed that the background colour is normally either white or another dark colour that is used within the design. One of the designs has a large letter in the background with low opacity on it and that gave me a idea to stick something that is to do with my design in a way in the background of the main design.

My Subculture Creative Review double page spread so far

Here is my design for the double page spread for the creative review magazine. For the first page (right hand side) i used and covered a image to do with steampunk throughout the entire page as well as i used a dark green font that is big and is a serif and i did this because it suited the style of the spread. with the text below it, i highlighted the main text that should be read and the idea of this would to be eye-catching. Also with the image, i filtered the background and everything else in the image except the guy in the clothes to be in black and white and the reason i did this was to create an effect that people would focus mainly on the clothes worn as it is unique. i also wanted to show a contrast that the steam trains was and is old and that the clothes the guy is wearing is bringing in retro-futuristic.

Now moving onto the second page (Left hand side). i used a white background and black text as i thought it would be great in contrast of the first page so it would stand out a bit more than other pages in the creative review magazine. But i used some cogs and gears with a low opacity in the background so that the background doesn’t look that dull and that these cogs and gears also fits the subculture in general. I put all the text into 3 big columns and that i used another text box for a specific quote that someone and most people said about the subculture. i also placed some images around the page to help people notify what the text is taking about and that i involved a bit image at the top to cover some of the white background that was left behind.

Subculture Creative Review Final cover design

Here is my final design piece for the creative review magazine subculture module. The reason i chose to use these dark colours in the background is because it suited the main vector image instead of bright colours as it set the mood off the initial idea of steampunk – To make it look mysterious. Steampunk is a subculture that is mainly based around the victorian times as well as bringing in a bit of retro-futuristic into play, and thats where the text i applied comes in. I used this text as it looks like it was made in the victorian times and it suits the subculture in general. I also skewed and made the text 3d so that it brings more volume and interest into the final design

Also i added in cogs and gears in the background to make it look like the subculture more as people in the subculture are based around customising their own personal items in which other words they use is that they ‘Steampunk’d their personal items. People has “steampunk’d” everything from computers, desks, telephone, watches and guitars to cars, motorcycles, and whole houses. These objects can vary from a grungy look of a forgotten antique to the shiny overwrought newness of a Victorian gentleman’s club. Think brass and copper, glass and polished wood, engraving and etching, and details for the sake of details.

Subculture Creative review front cover idea

Here is a slight idea i had for the front cover of the creative review magazine.

So what i was going to do and did is get a picture of a guy wearing some well known steampunk styled fashioned cloths and for example i got this image.

And with that image is that i vectorised and made the guy wearing the clothes look like a cartoon style drawing. I think this style that I’m going down will be good for my portfolio and good for the front cover of the creative review magazine. the reason why i used the colour green in the background is because the main colours when i think of steampunk is brown, green, gold, black, grey, etc. From this idea i will develop more interesting and better ideas to eventually create my final piece for the front cover design. i think the cartoon/vectorised image is more interesting than the normal stock image. Ignore the text at the bottom as i was experimenting with different text and 3d elements to see what fits the steampunk style.