I continued to work on the legendary pirate of the
Seven Seas, Captain Jack Sparrow, in my art class this morning. Here is an
updated picture:
It may not look like I did much to it, but it is
coming together slowly, but surely.
So I started sketching out a table of contents for
my magazine and this is what I came up with:
On the left page, I would have four main articles, one
from each of my four categories (New, Entertainment, Science, and World), in
which one of the articles would be the cover story. I would include a picture
that has to do with the story on either the left or right side of the title of
the article and its brief description, along with the page number as to where
one may find the full story.
 |
|
Time magazine table of contents layout
|
I thought that separating my table of contents
into two pages, with one page consisting of major stories and the other involving
the rest of the stories included in my magazine, would make it easier and more
enticing for the readers to find the big stories in each category, while still
providing information for the other stories. As I was trying to find
inspiration for my table of contents, I saw the table of contents layout of one
of Time magazines and felt that it was very well-done, in which it was done in
a similar manner of my current table of contents layout. On the left side of the
page, the major stories can be seen and found; while, on the right side of the
page, one can find the page numbers to the rest of the articles in the
magazine.
 |
|
Fortune magazine table of contents layout
|
At the same time, I wanted to combine this concept
with a two-page layout, such as what is done with one of the editions of
Fortune magazine. However, in my opinion, I feel as though the table of
contents layout in the Fortune magazine has too much going on and is not easy
to follow. To me, I love the simplicity and aesthetics of the table of contents
layout in the Martha Stewart Living magazine. This is an example of one of her magazine table of contents layout:
 |
It has a nice pop of color from the photographed
props and one can easily find the page number to whichever article he or she is
interested in. Because Martha Stewart’s magazine has a different target
audience than my magazine, the clear cut and sweet look it resonates works, but
with my magazine, I felt that I should adapt to more of my target audience by
using more graphic designs and photographs that pertain to my articles. Thus, intertwined
all of these key elements that I favored in each of the magazines I looked at
and came up with my own creation. I incorporated my magazine’s logo, a compass,
as a way to organize the rest of my articles and page numbers, which can be
seen on the right page, making the layout creative and distinct. When I start
putting the compass (because it is a compass, not a table) of contents together
on Adobe InDesign, I would like to fit a photograph on each corner of the right
page that is representative of an article that can be found later on in the
magazine in order to create interest to the various topics provided. On both
pages, a thin blue outline borders the page as it adds more color and uniformity
to the layout. Also, next to the page numbers, I would include my magazine’s
title, Compass, as a subconscious reminder of the magazine the reader is
reading.
Work Cited:
"Fortune Features", "Fortune
Departments" Fortune Magazine 1 January 2016: 3-4. Print.
"Table of Contents" Time Magazine 8 February 2016:
1. Print.
No comments:
Post a Comment