I've always liked magazines. The look and feel. The smell. The texture of the glossy pages. And of course, the layout. I think I fell in love with layout design when I started scrapbooking. To me, it's almost the same principle: putting different elements together in a visually pleasing way. There's all sorts of stuff happening. Balance, colour, the tension between text and images. All sorts of good stuff. And then there's the print. I love print. Don't get me wrong, digital layout is cool too. But there's nothing quite like holding the physical thing in your hand, is there? I'm crazy about paper from all the drawing. When design, good printing (things like proper alignment and quality ink) and pretty, glossy paper meet, you get a really great magazine.
I've had a job doing layouts for restaurant menus for about six months now and it's all well and good. But once in a while I have to stretch my creative wings and that's what this mock-up is about. Unfortunately I can't print it out and show it to you, so you're just going to have to enjoy the design from the screen :)
Disclaimer: The photograph does not belong to me, only the design. Made for fun, not profit.
