Kasper-V Posted July 2, 2019 Posted July 2, 2019 A week or so back I thought it was high time I applied myself to making use of Publisher. Here's a spoof magazine cover (you'll have to wait a l-o-n-g time for the articles!). I left it a while before I went back to see if it was good to go, or needed any changes. I decided to add the apps' logos -- which I had to make myself in AD; they're vectors, so I can rescale them for future use. Anyway, see what you make of this. Any helpful criticism is welcome! AffinityJules, Sara72, William Overington and 4 others 7 Quote
Kasper-V Posted July 2, 2019 Author Posted July 2, 2019 Nearly forgot: the cover pic is a stock photo of the Needles, from Unsplash. Quote
AffinityJules Posted July 2, 2019 Posted July 2, 2019 I don't have any constructive criticism to give (screw all that), I just like the fact that you gave it a go. I've done magazine things myself but they're all jokey-wokey risqué works. Not for this forum. abbymain and Kasper-V 2 Quote Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe. These are not my own words but I sure like this quote.
Kasper-V Posted July 2, 2019 Author Posted July 2, 2019 1 hour ago, AffinityJules said: Not for this forum. I'm intrigued now, Jules. Maybe you should start your own forum! Quote
Kasper-V Posted July 2, 2019 Author Posted July 2, 2019 For some reason the greens are a different shade from the one I posted. How strange. Quote
AffinityJules Posted July 2, 2019 Posted July 2, 2019 2 minutes ago, Kasper-V said: For some reason the greens are a different shade from the one I posted. How strange. That's not the first time I've read that since 1.7. Kasper-V 1 Quote Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe. These are not my own words but I sure like this quote.
retrograde Posted July 3, 2019 Posted July 3, 2019 We had the pleasure of spending a week on IOW and visiting the Needles last year up close. We walked all the way up to the Tennyson monument as well. It's a beautiful island. Would love to return some day. Like the faux magazine cover, I was wondering about that green choice. Kasper-V 1 Quote http://www.kevincreative.com https://www.behance.net/kevincreative https://dribbble.com/kevincreative https://www.instagram.com/kevincreative/
GarryP Posted July 3, 2019 Posted July 3, 2019 With the sharp angles and lurid colours, the logo reminded me a little of late-80’s/early-90’s TV programme title sequences for some reason. “Saved by the Bell” perhaps? No, maybe not. Anyway, I’m wondering what ‘the Island’s second-most-popular Affinity magazine’ looks like. And does it come with a covertape? Kasper-V 1 Quote
Kasper-V Posted July 3, 2019 Author Posted July 3, 2019 The light green is a little less saturated than this: the HSL values are 80, 55, 63. while I've sampled the one in this post with the colour picker as 85, 96, 62 -- quite a difference! I've also posted this on Facebook, which comes out correctly: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157269862257383&set=gm.1231573193677942&type=3&theater&ifg=1. Quote
GarryP Posted July 3, 2019 Posted July 3, 2019 (edited) I can’t see the Facebook image as I’m not a Facebook user – yes, I’m weird – but putting your HSL values into Designer shows a very different colour (on my non-calibrated/basic screens) than what is on the posted image. I’ve attached a screen-grab just to see what happens when I post it. Edit: Yes, quite a difference. Wonder why that happens. Edited July 3, 2019 by GarryP Quote
Alfred Posted July 3, 2019 Posted July 3, 2019 43 minutes ago, GarryP said: I’m not a Facebook user – yes, I’m weird No weirder than many millions of us, Garry! Wosven, Kasper-V and GarryP 3 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen)
Kasper-V Posted July 3, 2019 Author Posted July 3, 2019 OK ... following a couple of suggestions from elsewhere ( but not all), here's an improved{?}) version:-- That green really isn't good, is it? I've put a copy on my blog, so let's see if that's any better:--https://gsidlethoughts.blogspot.com/2019/07/blog-post.html Quote
ClarityDynamic Posted July 4, 2019 Posted July 4, 2019 I’ve watched a photoshop tutorial where the lady made a very realistic magazine cover. I’m sure she had a lot of trial and error, the one you made is good format Kasper-V 1 Quote
William Overington Posted July 4, 2019 Posted July 4, 2019 I can't resist asking .... why £5.27 for the cover price please? Is it random or is there a reason? Will we get a look at page 24 please? I like the way that you have included a motif adapted from the Isle of Wight flag behind the name of the magazine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Wight As a user of Affinity Publisher, I am wondering what are the six exciting projects. William Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England.
Kasper-V Posted July 4, 2019 Author Posted July 4, 2019 William, just looking casually over some of the mags littering my living room floor, I find £4.50, £3.00, £5.45 ... I just thought of a number between Bird Watching and Practical Photography. The 'notched diamond' has been used as a symbol of the Island for quite a while, and the chap who designed the flag simply carried on the tradition. The Council have a rather fanciful version (no doubt designed for a small fortune by a graphic designer) :-- The coastline is a bit more complicated than that, of course, with several big chunks missing from the northern sides. (But at least they included the Needles.) As for the competition and the projects ... I'm afraid you'll just have to wait for the magazine to come out! William Overington 1 Quote
Alfred Posted July 4, 2019 Posted July 4, 2019 2 hours ago, Kasper-V said: The coastline is a bit more complicated than that, of course, with several big chunks missing from the northern sides. And the southern ‘point’ of the diamond is very far from actually being pointed (he said pointedly)! William Overington and Kasper-V 2 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen)
Kasper-V Posted July 4, 2019 Author Posted July 4, 2019 ... which is a shame, as it's actually called St Catherine's Point! BTW, you can see our house in that photo:-- Alfred 1 Quote
Murfee Posted July 4, 2019 Posted July 4, 2019 2 hours ago, Kasper-V said: BTW, you can see our house in that photo:-- Well we all know where to go for a cup of tea now Love the magazine cover, and patiently waiting to see the contents Kasper-V 1 Quote
gabriel_komorov Posted July 5, 2019 Posted July 5, 2019 On 7/2/2019 at 9:11 PM, Kasper-V said: [...] Any helpful criticism is welcome! Too many fonts! Try reducing to 2-3 fonts (including styles, header can be treted as logo, so it doesn't count). If you need more emphasis on something use rather color or size instead of another font While background image is pretty it has very vague connection with content. Not really criticism here, just observation. Colors are very aggresive and not really fitting togheter - they make something I call visual puke If you struggle with palette, there's a lot of online tools which will help you Margins, aligments etc. - why text about competition is far closer to edge than icons on left? Same goes for top and bottom, and few other places Be consistent - if you decide that background for text frames is green, use same green for most of them. Reserve different color for something special, that should pop Text kerning, spacing, leading, size - Well... it's wrong in too many places. Let's just say that "justify all" isn't always best solution. Also pink titles on left - remove line break in top one. It's just one place, and disturbs spacing in whole block. General advice is to stick with established rules and be consistent - use same style for all similiar elemnts. And remember - rules can be broken to achieve extraordinary results, bu ONLY if you master working within their limits first Kasper-V and ClarityDynamic 1 1 Quote
William Overington Posted July 5, 2019 Posted July 5, 2019 Are you inviting submissions of articles? No fee payable, just for the experience and learning of the way that someone can send in an article produced using an Affinity product and how it can become incorporated in a magazine, if accepted. William Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England.
Kasper-V Posted July 5, 2019 Author Posted July 5, 2019 38 minutes ago, William Overington said: Are you inviting submissions of articles? Goodness me, no, William! I'd have to actually put the magazine together if I did, which is way outside my expertise -- not to mention my comfort zone! But I see no reason why you shouldn't post such submissions to this forum. For that matter, Affinity Spotlight might accept them for publication. William Overington 1 Quote
ClarityDynamic Posted July 14, 2019 Posted July 14, 2019 On 7/5/2019 at 5:25 AM, gabriel_komorov said: Too many fonts! Try reducing to 2-3 fonts (including styles, header can be treted as logo, so it doesn't count). If you need more emphasis on something use rather color or size instead of another font While background image is pretty it has very vague connection with content. Not really criticism here, just observation. Colors are very aggresive and not really fitting togheter - they make something I call visual puke If you struggle with palette, there's a lot of online tools which will help you Margins, aligments etc. - why text about competition is far closer to edge than icons on left? Same goes for top and bottom, and few other places Be consistent - if you decide that background for text frames is green, use same green for most of them. Reserve different color for something special, that should pop Text kerning, spacing, leading, size - Well... it's wrong in too many places. Let's just say that "justify all" isn't always best solution. Also pink titles on left - remove line break in top one. It's just one place, and disturbs spacing in whole block. General advice is to stick with established rules and be consistent - use same style for all similiar elemnts. And remember - rules can be broken to achieve extraordinary results, bu ONLY if you master working within their limits first Solid advice. I’ve also taken a screen shot. You are the Simon Colwell of Affinity Quote
Kasper-V Posted July 14, 2019 Author Posted July 14, 2019 9 hours ago, ClarityDynamic said: You are the Simon Colwell of Affinity Moe like the Craig Revell Horwood, dahling! ClarityDynamic 1 Quote
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