The CCR

The audio gets cut off at the beginning so you can't hear me say "Hello, my name is Cristina..." Other than that, the CCR is fine. Thank you for being with me through this whole process, I hope you enjoyed it!

À LA CARTE

I present to you, my whole magazine. Enjoy! (For some reason the margins of the TOC and the article get a little cut off when you click to enlarge the picture, but I don't know what to do about it!!)  https://drive.google.com/open?id=1NQd6h6gvSdG_Ur4Wc5pWE7zBuiMkzU3V

Last but not least, the double page spread

Drum roll please

As promised in my last post, here is my double-page spread:

You might be able to tell that I didn't end up sticking exactly to what I had planned a couple of posts ago. This is because when I tried designing those sketches on Illustrator, the fonts didn't look good and it was coming out different from what I had planned. Instead of using those designs, I came up with a new concept that was loosely based on those. I decided to keep the words together and not hyphenate them to avoid confusion (also because it just looked weird). Something I kept from my original design however, was using two different fonts. I also made them different colors in order to give the page a bit more dynamic. This is something I have seen in several magazines I have looked at. Furthermore, by putting some fonts in different colors, I get the opportunity to establish a color scheme throughout the piece, which gives it cohesion. In this case, I chose green because of the limes. Something else I did with the fonts was placing the letters that went over the picture in a semi transparent box, so that they didn't take away from the picture but still stood out. As for maintaining the conventions of my genre, I decided to place the title, author name and main picture all in one side of the article, leaving room for all the text in the next page. This is something I have not only seen in the layout of food magazines but also in fashion and lifestyle magazines that are in the realm of high end magazines.

The picture I used was purposely taken with all the subjects in the middle thirds, so that it could be cropped without losing anything. I decided to use only one picture so that it wouldn't take away from the use of the illustrations and the fonts on the next page. I also think it makes the article to look less cluttered. 

As for the layout of the text, I chose to do two columns since this is a common arrangement in most magazines. I prefaced the recipe with a small introduction, then indicated the start of the recipe with a change of font and color that followed through until the last step. The steps are guided by arrows to show progression. I also made the first letter of each paragraph large to draw attention and add depth to the design. I learned that this is called a drop cap and that it is used for decorative purposes.

Overall, I am happy with the way it turned out. Perhaps it could be more fine tuned but as is it looks very professional.

This concludes all the components of my magazine!!! Finally! I will soon post it all together and without grids or anything.