CCR 3

 To answer CCR 3, I created a comic using pixton.com, I'm unable to share a link because I don't have the membership, I had to take screenshots of the comic strips. Hope it doesn't get corrupted D:!

CCR 2

 For answering my second CCR, I used canva.com in order to create a short article that have context that answers: How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text?

CCR 1

 I decided to create somewhat of an infographic for answering my first CCR. I'll be uploading each individual page here, and will include a link that can viewed in another browser.

https://venngage.net/ps/S66h6A4L1MQ/ccr-1

Constructing the Double Spread

Alright! One more spread to do, which is my double spread!! As with the last two, I decided to first layout all the items I intended to place in my spread in the layout as my sketch.

After placing everything, I really love how neat and organized everything came out. I added a text wrap for the beginning of the text in order to add an emphasis on the first letter of the word to indicate the beginning of the story. I also added a text wrap on the second page in the middle, because I intend to make a little advertisement of the Wynwood Walls app, which will be a great help to those visiting the area. With that in mind, I decided to focus on creating the ad through Photoshop.

This is the ad I came up with and it fit perfectly in my spread.

Now it's finally time to work on the story!!

Here is the final spread including the story! I made the main image a bit bigger to give it a more dominant feel. I also color coordinated the title/artists within the story and caption in order to guide readers into knowing which mural I was talking about within the story! The page number, title, beginning letter, and the ad all have the same purple text as the TOC, so it is clear and easy to identify this is where the story is located.

Now that all three are done, it's time to reflect on my project and tell you guys all about! I'm so excited to talk about it, so until then!! :D

Constructing the Table of Contents

 It's a new day and it is now time to construct my table of contents! I already sketched out my table of contents a few blog posts ago, in which I'll follow! 

Here is a rough start I did for my table of contents page. I really liked how all the images come together nicely and have somewhat of a hue of blue throughout all images, which I find pretty neat. Sunshine and contents are both in black to allow the readers to read what it said, Adding a border or a shadow drop effect makes it feel as though it had a more serious tone instead of playful, which is why i scratched that idea. 

The next step I did is implementing the page number within the images and lay out the text of the table of contents itself.

This was a pretty rough draft of the table of contents. I had to move the divider line I planned on putting on the middle of the spread to make it easier to look at the TOC, but I ran out of room on the right side and had to shift it. I notice I had a bit of space towards the left and decided to consider that in my next stage of making the draft. On a side note, I used a font called STIXGeneral Light for the titles in the TOC to make it easier to read, while also keeping a flow of being playful throughout the spread.

After rearranging that previous mess of all the text being everywhere, I settled with arranging it like this. The text underneath the title was in Bangla MN as it was with the cover. I was able to bring the divider line back to the middle, while leaving room on both sides to allow equal spacing. I pick the colors by either picking a color from the picture (Mural and Food) or picking a fitting color myself that I gathered from my previous research (Red= traffic, Green= merchandise, and Vice City Pink= to contrast the basketball court that was painted vice city blue). Although this TOC was quite a struggle, I'm very happy with how it came out and now it's time to prepare for the double spread construction. See you then!! :]

Constructing the Cover

Today is finally the day of making my cover. I'm using Adobe InDesign in order to achieve in making my cover! To start off building the cover, I place my main cover on the spread I made in InDesign.

When placing the main image, I was considering and imagining where I'll place the masthead and my other headlines and I felt placing the photo like this, everything will fit perfectly. 

When it came time to place the masthead, I was quite a bit off on my placement. By quite, I mean A LOT. But it worked out perfectly, because I left enough room so I was able to adjust the image's placement.

After I place the masthead, the image still have the general placement i wanted since the start, which is good, since I have a lot of room to add the headings and the bar code which I planned to add on the lower right corner. The masthead as mentioned previously is Rouweth and the text under it which is Wynwood, Florida is with Bangla MN from InDesign. I used Bangla since it seems like a serious text, but it still have a playful tone that correlates with the main masthead.

Next, it was time to put the other headlines, which I stated I wanted the main attention grabber sentences to be in Rouweth, but I'm still conflicted in regards to text under it describing the story itself. I have been going back and forth between using Bangla again or considering doing an
attempt to use another font. 

Here is where I placed everything initially. Personally, I like the Rouweth and Bangla combination together since it correlates with the masthead. I kept everything in a white color because it allows easier focus and attention on the content. I wanted to color drop various colors from the image and implement it to the text, but I felt it would become too messy and disorganized, so I scratch this idea. I feel as though to keep this idea going for a table of contents and the main story since both don't a dominant photo as the background. I'm happy with the results of this final cover, that I come with and soon, I'll be working on both the table of contents and the double spread soon! Until then! :]

PHOTOSHOOT DAY!!

 Good evening y'all, today I finally did my photoshoot at Wynwood! It was such a perfect day since it was sunny and there was barely any clouds around. Me and my model, Olivia, capture as many walls as we could in Wynwood. There was a problem that popped up though. Remember how I was going on and on about this glorious mural by Maya Hayuk, welllll it wasn't there D:. Oh the horrors! But I did find a similar mural that was similar to my originally planned wall and decided on that one, because I did see quite a few people posing with it.

This is the wall I decided for my main cover, since it have the shape simplicity and vibrant colors as the main mural I really wanted to feature. So I took a standard photo of just the mural and then with Olivia. 

I'll be picking the first image, since I can clearly envision my masthead and my other stories will fit perfectly in that picture. I can't really see it with the second image since it seems like the second picture doesn't have enough room for the masthead to fit nicely.

After we taken those photos, we went around the Wynwood Walls area and I decided to not only cover the walls themselves, but also a tiny exhibit they have towards the back that showcased small paintings of some select artists that have murals outside. 

Here is some more photos of murals and an item I found in the exhibit that I wanted to cover in my main story spread. I chose these because they stood out to me as unique plus I saw a lot of other visitors and locals taking photos with them.

After I was finished with Wynwood Walls, I went around it since Wynwood is alot more than just that tiny section. I took some photos of a restaurant, a hangout spot, and a parking garage that will correlate with the other stories that will be featured in the table of contents.

These were some photos I took outside the area which will relate to the restaurant, things to do around Wynwood, and traffic respectively. These are extremely close to Wynwood Walls which allows for easy assess to walk around and still knowing where your car is.

After spending the whole day there, I'm happy with the content that I gather and I'm ready to make my magazine!

Peer Review with Clyaton!

 Hey y'all! Well my planned photoshoot for this past weekend was ruined because it was raining everywhere across South Florida. How horrible is that D:. Instead of reporting what I did on my photoshoot day, I decided to peer review with Clayton today!

Clayton primarily focused on my sketches regarding to my cover, table of contents, and my double spread layout. 

He liked the following layouts 

He explained that the cover will be eye appealing if there was someone standing in front of a mural, and agreed that it will be easier to organize other articles on the cover if they are going around my model. When looking at my table of contents, he liked how I wanted to added a variety of other things to do in Wynwood rather than putting walls in Wynwood Walls. He disagreed with one photo since he felt there should be a variety of items on my TOC and he thought my idea of adding a page number of the corner image is smart. Lastly, when looking at my double spread, he prefer the caption being outside of the image, so that readers are able to clearly see the full image. He also liked my organization of my spread in general. 

I also did peer review his movie, which I'm extremely excited for because it looks extremely good, because of how many camera angles he implemented into his movie. :D

Thinking of my double spread content

 Hey again! Today I'll be discussing a topic I was thinking about writing for my double spread. I've been thinking about taking some photos of murals in Wynwood, since they change constantly every year, I felt as though I should comment on the murals and who is the artist behind it. I felt this was a great idea since an artist can speak on and talk about the meanings of their paintings and could give some background about the artist themselves.

I found this topic to become pretty difficult since I can't really interview the artists themselves, but if there is a will, there is a way!

The are I'm visiting have an app which entails a map of the small area plus featuring their artists and about the artisits.

With the information provided, I can a compiled stories of selecting few of the walls there and giving a background on the artists! With that, I'll await for the photoshoot day, until then, stay tuned :).

Planning a Photoshoot Day

 Hey y'all! Today I'll be setting up my photoshoot day for the magazine! I just talked to Olivia today about it and she said she wouldn't be available this Saturday (AAAAAA!), but she did say she was available next Saturday, which means it works in the end. :)

Now the location we are planning to do is Wnwood Walls!

It's a small location with a variety of murals all in one block and area! Last time I went was free so this place is perfect! There is also a parking garage nearby and I could reference that garage in my other article about traffic :). The day and the location is set, there isn't really much to talk about today, so I guess I'll end it here. See you next time!