Objective
The Object of this is to create a full 12-page magazine, complete with ads and stories for the viewer to read.
I started off by researching other magazines and drew a lot of inspiration from Nintendo power. The logo was created with inspiration from the original Super Mario bros logo. The border on each page was created with inspiration from the bricks in the original Mario bros game. Once I had the copy for the stories, I began the process of laying out the magazine in InDesign, creating the margins and columns to determine the layout of each page, figuring out where the images were going to end up being placed etc. Once I had all the images I placed them onto the pages and then the copy (that way I can format the copy to fit properly on the spreads). I then created the ads in Photoshop and converted them to a PDF to place into the InDesign file.
I used Adobe Illustrator and all the effects and functions within the program to illustrate the logo, the characters on the cover page, and the switch on the cover page. I then imported them into Indesign.
I used Adobe Photoshop to create the ads so that they were high enough resolution in order to place in the magazine, I saved them as a PDF and then imported them into the Indesign document.
I used Adobe Indesign for the layout of the magazine, creating the margins and
columns in the program to aid in the layout and positioning of the text.
