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CCR

The final product

This is the final magazine which I hope you like because it is the product of an investigative work done with a lot of effort and dedication, based on own experience and new experiences that have taught me that it is possible to do what one proposes, thank you very much for having read my blogs. It has been a real journey and I’ve learned a lot...

Portafolio Project

Table of contest

Almost ready!!! With the finished articles, today I will define how to sort the table of contents in the magazine. The table of contents is very important as it will indicate and guide the reader the order, the pages and the title of the articles. In my group we have defined to use the same font and size for the word "Content" to maintain the structure and the format. In my case I decided to use a large box with a picture instead of several small as my teammates did with other figures. I am taking the risk of doing this and not following exactly the same format of them because my photos, since they are large of graffitis, are lost and not appreciated where put into a figure so that is the reason I only used one large picture to show it completely. In addition to this, putting many photos of this style plus the arrows makes it look very loaded and does not facilitate the reading, but rather generates confusion in my case. Reviewing various magazines you can see that if there are editions that do not have the table of contents exactly the same, so I'll take this as an example. By looking at this, I feel relieved because I don’t think it will be a major problem that my table of contents looks different. I hope that when they see my table of contents they agree with my concept since in my opinion it is in accordance with the design of my magazine and above all with the elements that I have decided to use.

With all the elements finished and revised, it is time to unite them, for this I will use the Canva.

Magazine coming really soooon!!

Writing process #2

Today I started writing my pieces for the magazine. I realize that there are so many things I want to include, but the space for the text is limited due to the pictures. So, I've writing all day and I've  been finding it hard to concentrate on the topic without starting to talk about other things I experienced while I was in Wynwood.

The thing is that once I get an idea, I start writing and writing and writing and then I can't decide whether everything should be included or if I should cut some parts of. The idea of the article in my magazine is to make people want to visit Wynwood and offer them a close up of what this city is. So what I am going to do is that with my rough drafts that I have right now, I am  going to ask people if what I wrote satisfies that or if I should change anything.

I think that what I wrote is good and I am proud of.. Let's see what my peers think. Almost done with this long journey. Stay tuned, the magazine is coming soon.

Writing process #1

Reviewing all the information gained during my visit to wynwood I can realize that there are many fascinating topics that I can use to write the articles in my magazine. However I will focus on those who called my attention.

These are:

-Wynwood The Walls

-Art Basel

-Salty Donut

- Shops.

Writing articles on these subjects gives me a great boost since I have always considered myself an independent writer and the experience gained in this project is a step for expressing myself and it gives me a chance to write however I want. It allows me to tell a story they way I want to and I am really excited for that.

Based on all the research done, I hope to have the capacity to guide my articles towards the correct publication, focusing on generating good ideas for its development and above all looking carefully at all the details. Due to the number of photos I took I decided that in these articles I will include these, so for now I must decide where will I put them to go according to what is written in the article, this is not going to be an easy job since I would like include all. I think it is really important to include pictures in the article because that way the reader doesn’t feel overwhelmed and it helps to visualize what it is being said in the article.

Cover page

For the creation of my cover page, I will use as an example some magazines of tourism that already exist in the market and they called my attention a lot. These magazines will help me to stick with my project and will be a guide to see its structure. Analyzing the covers of these I realize that the cover design is very important and this is what makes the people come back to see, read and buy the magazine. For this I must focus a lot on the cover and put all my creativity and originality in the realization of this so that my magazine awakens the interest and people want to acquire it.

Today I begin to make the sketches of the cover and I can realize that this must be elaborated correctly, it is very important that I choose the correct typography, and the margins. The image I  choose should call the attention of people and this should be selected within all photographs I took. Ufff that is going to be a difficult job to decide since I have many photos that call my attention, so I will ask the opinion of some people to choose the best. The masthead should be easy to read, the name should be the most attractive of the design as it is one of the first things that people encounter whenever they see the magazine somewhere, the typography must be legible and the color should be combinable with many colors so you do not have to change it in each edition.

It hasn’t been easy designing my cover page, I’ve doubted every decision I make and I keep changing and changing things. I just want it to look amazing and it’s been hard deciding the font, the color, the picture, etc… I honestly have so many ideas but it’s like I try them and they just doesn’t look right and it is kind of stressful but I can make it and I will make it. I’ve been really focused on the producing of my magazine and I actually enjoy it now. I feel like I am gaining skills for life and learning a bunch of new things..

It is important that I keep one style and do not mix more than two sources on the cover because  this will make it easier to read and it will not lose structure.

After several tests of colors to use, I can see that if I mix colors these must combine and I have to be careful with their use so that it does not lose order. When I look at the covers of the magazines used as an example, I realize that the colors they use appeal to the eye. Another very important point that I must consider for the cover is that I have to be careful with the spelling because it would be very embarrassing to have spelling mistakes on the cover.

Look at some sketches, soon you will know which will be the chosen one. I am definitely going to work on both and see which one comes out better but for now I know that these are my two options and that either of them will be part of my magazine.

D O N U T S

I could've picked a restaurant to talk about in my magazine but this donuts are what pop out in wynwood. In the magazine I what this donuts are about. Now I can tell you that I had to walk a lot to get to this place, and it was not easy to find. I got lost like five times because this place is hidden and I to figure out where it was I had to call the place to give me directions.. When I got to this shop the line was sooooo long and when I saw the menu there where so many flavors that I bought most of them to see what they are. So now I have a bunch of donuts and while I am typing this I am eating one of them.

People were really happy with this donuts and they bought a lot of them. I found out that this shop sometimes has to close earlier because they ran out of the hand-made donuts. The line never ended.. it was incredible and they tasted really really good. I would recommend that if you visit wynwood you go to this place. It has a wide variety of uncommon donuts and they also look so pretty.