Lightly (2012) inside out magazine Available from: http://www.lightly.com.au/news/post/inside-out-magazine/
SPD (2011) New york: meet inside magazine Available from: http://www.spd.org/student-outreach/2011/03/new-work-meet-inside-magazine.php
We researched these magazines as a group, and feel that we would like something of similar taste and style. The colours stand out when used well, and are not overpowering which is what we want to achieve with our newspaper. The tones all work together, which is why we felt our newspaper will work well due to the very limited colour palette. The shapes are an interesting thing but for our particular newspaper, sticking with a block frame outline would be best as we want the illustrations in the paper to stand for themselves, but also do not want the text to be ignored.
Another thing we researched for ideas on the aesthetics of our paper, was previous year’s work. This helped as we were inspired by what people in our same situation had produced. These newspapers were impressive and helped us think more closely at what we wanted to do for our own one.
I also found this slightly pressurizing as their final products were of a high standard and it is what is also expected of our group this year.
Creative review (2012) A good spread. Available from: https://tomlancaster.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/a-good-spread/
Although the clean aesthetic of this publication is refreshing, I found that the layout was too structured as all images were confined into small shapes instead of flowing with the text, I think this made the article look bulky and the illustrations look like some sort of advertisement.
The inside of the magazine below is much more my style. I found the illustrations to be obscure and interesting, there is a range of materials that have been used. I like that the article looks as if it is there to annotate the illustrations when it is in fact the other way round. There is a large amount of imagery filling the page and as an illustrator I find this more engaging than a page filled with lots of text. However, I would of thought the imagery would be spread out more to fill the page more.
This is the cover from the same magazine. I like the illustration on the front, the use of line is particularly interesting as it is bold and effective. It became more engaging as it seem to surpass expectations of some illustrations, the bubbles go out of the frame work, over layering it. Normally you would expect the image to stay in the area where the space ends. This magazine also stuck to a small colour palette which shows it is a popular choice for publications.
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