Grid Systems

After drawing my first 5 Grid systems and writing a few sentences about each of them, i have decided i am going to draw out 90 over a A3 sheet of paper, to vary some of the designs i can use.
This also shows shows that i understand grid systems and that if necessary i could design a whole magazine which each page has a different grid system.

Here is a 2 screen grabs from iCal, and this is to show what i have been up to and what i have left to do, in the final months of creating my magazine. 

This is just a first attempt of drawing some Grid Systems, most music magazine, have the same few grid systems and use it throughout the whole magazine. I have drawn five grid systems and written why they are effective.

Grid System 1)

This Grid System breaks the rules as OFF LIMITS isn't written in a certain box but it still works well and looks effective. 

Gris System 2)

This Grid System looks the neatest and its the grid system that is mostly use in Q magazine, They use this system throughout the whole magazine, but do vary the location of the images on the page.

Grid System 3)

This Grid System works well when there is a big image and not so much text, and i think it works well, and its very effective too.

Grid System 4)

This Grid System works well when there is a lot of different sized images, so it works well because more of the text boxes can be used to accommodate images. 

Grid System 5)

This Grid System works when a lot of text is needed, so on the right hand side of the page there is a full size image but there is a column of text over the image.

Contents Pages

Blooms

I love the contrast of the white flowers and the white text. The way there is 3 flowers in focus and the rest are out of focus due to the shallow depth of field works well and looks effective. The font that is used to write blooms looks good and relates slightly to the theme of the magazine and to flowers. I also tried to emulate this style of contents for my preliminary task contents page.

Eiffel Towers

I like how the 3 eiffel towers go up in hight order, as this gives your eyes something to follow. The way there is nothing else to look at is good and keeps the page from looking to busy and too messy. The text that is used is effective as it is quite simple but it is effective and keeps in the same style to the rest of the page.

Page Numbers

72

I like this and the use of the bright pink, because it is eye catching and your eyes focus on both the pink box and the image of the girl, but i don't think i would use page numbers like this, because i wouldn't have enough room on each page to have such big page numbers, and i think it works better because the image is monochrome which makes the pink stand out more, but i think most of my images will be in colour so wouldn't look as, effective. 

Number on the Side

I like this and i think it works well as it looks very clean and tidy and your eyes can focus and look at everything on the page. The way there is no other colours apart from black and white also help keep up the appearance  of the clean look, and to help in not look busy. I don't think i could use pages like this because i would need some more colour on my pages. 

Cause Bruv

Colloquial Language 

I don't really like the use of the colour pink here as it slightly clashes with the white, but the black caption box's work quite well and stand out quite a lot which work effectively. I like how he text is broken up into columns as well as the pink box because the eyes don't need to focus on too much at a time. I think the use of arrows are effective as they direct the eyes to see certain things I just think that it might have looked better if the arrows where a little bigger. Most of all what i like most is the use of colloquial language because i think the younger generation will be able to relate to it, and as my music magazine will be for the "Facebook" generation it think it will work well, and for the style and type of music magazine the use of slang words will be more acceptable i.e. Bruv and using numbers instead of writing the work i.e. 4 (instead of four)  

Beginning of Double Page

Big Speech Marks

I really like this because the big speech marks draw your eyes to the page, the use of the colour red is eye catching and will draw your eyes to the text before the your eyes see the image. The colour red might also seem quite symbolic and might relate to the article. 

Attention Class

I really like the use of chalk drawn images. I feel the use of scripted hand writing text works effectively as the article is about school. I think the use of yellow works well because as well as being eye catching it is also the colour of ducks, which are used in the article. 

Mojo Magazine

 This is a double page spread from MOJO music magazine. In my opinion this is one of the best double pages as it includes quite a large interesting image, whereas with most of the other double pages there was hardily any images, and a lot of very small text, which might put people off reading it, as people who read music magazines tend to look at the images surrounding the article before actually reading it. I also think that most of the band that are interviewed are listened to are from a much older generation than i would like to read my music magazine, so i think i won't be getting any inspiration from MOJO magazine.