Art Direction and Publishing: From Concept to Print

Art Direction and Publishing: From Concept to Print

“We have come to the end of the course. Thank you for accompanying us! We hope you've taken a liking to it and feel comfortable creating your own magazine. We leave you below the main steps to follow to complete this project. It can be finishing what you have already started with the exercises, or you can create a new project! In any case, take care to document the different stages of your creation and add a brief explanation of what you did in each of them as well as your choices. The brief and the mood board Start by analyzing the brief sent to you by the client, or do it yourself. Then go in search of inspiration, leaf through magazines and books, then create a mood board. The interior model The starting point of your layout will be the composition grid. From this you can create a flatplan with several standard double pages.

You will therefore look into the layout of the images and you will also create an in-house typography for the titles. Once you have all this, you can think about the layout of the texts, so that there is a dialogue between text, images and white spaces. The cover You will finish by making the cover. Printing If you choose to have your magazine printed, think about the different criteria you will have to choose before requesting a quote from the printer: format, type of paper, etc. Congratulations on seeing this project through to completion! Don't forget to share your final project on the forum. To do this, click on the “Create your project” button. We will respond to your posts and questions as soon as possible, but in the meantime, we encourage you to watch what your comrades have been up to and comment on their posts. This will help you progress. See you soon !”

Partial transcription of the video

“Final project Thank you very much for taking this Domestika course with us. You are now ready to go on your own in this publishing project. Before leaving you, we give you some advice here. Remember, the important thing is to create, to have fun, to work with passion and find your own language. So take the time to think carefully about your editorial line. to create content that suits you. This is essential to define, subsequently, the layout you would like to develop. Once done, you can work your railroad from the composition grid. Together, they will form the true foundations of your proj...”

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Course summary for: Art Direction and Publishing: From Concept to Print

• Level: Beginner
• 76% positive reviews (17)
• 677 students
• 4 units
• 12 lessons (1h 19m)
• 1 download

• Category

  Design

• Software

  Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Art Direction, Editorial Design, Graphic Design