Graphic Design Blog
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Post 03: High-Fidelity Mobile Prototype
When I started transitioning my low fidelity pages into high fidelity prototypes, I struggled on how to incorporate colour into my pages at first as all the colours from the palettes I made all looked flat and didn’t resemble the existing apps I used as inspiration at all. This led to my decision in using…
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Post 02: User Flow & UI Wireframing
When creating the beginnings of the key pages and the navigation between them, I attempted to keep everything as simple and straightforward as possible for the comfort of the user. I did this by considering the environment the user would be in while using the app which would have many distractions as well as being…
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Post 01: Design Research
When I was beginning the assignment, I started by researching the design choices of other apps of all types to see what type of style is more appealing to users while still being simple to navigate. A simplistic layout that was easy to navigate was my main goal over aesthetics as the app would be…
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Narrated Video
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Three Cover Designs
When creating my first cover, I wanted to firstly sort out my composition so I could easily include an aspect of each article without it becoming too crowded or bare. To do this, I chose a photo that would relate to one of the articles and in the first cover, that was a picture of…
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Four to Six Traditional or Online Editorial Information Pages
When staring my double page spreads, I first adjusted my page layout by adding three identical columns to keep all my writing and pictures aligned perfectly and to stop myself from accidently misaligning anything. I also added a margin around every double page spread so when I add my pictures I can make them come…
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Traditional or Online Conceptual Editorial Masthead (Logo) Design
When creating a masthead, I wanted to include a sun as the magazine is called weekend and that made me think to how most people are free to enjoy the day on a weekend. Also, due to the magazine having nature content, I thought a sun would be fitting and won’t stand out from the…
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Typographical / Branding Graphic Standards
When considering typefaces for my digital editorial designs, I focused on the title first as it would be the first thing seen and the largest section of writing on the page making it my priority. When thinking about what typeface to use for the title, I decided on Owners with a black line weight as…
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Conceptual Design
A good use of conceptual design A limited use of conceptual design Remade
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Typography
A good use of typography A limited use of typography Remade
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