Andy Coleman Second Page Development

I have to say, this Page was by far the hardest to resolve. I loved the angle coming off the ledge and knew I had to do something with it. My initial idea was to continue the line out across the text box but where the type didn't always snuggly meet the line, it created a sort of optical illusion that the line was curved. I realised I needed to add some red that looked similar to the spray on the first page but when I did this it just looked awful. Really tacky. Then I had the brainwave to extend the ledge out across the page using the clone tool. I instantly knew this was the right way to take it and after some experimentation with the type, I was happy with the resolution.

Andy Coleman Page Development Final Front Page

Andy Coleman Page Development

For the final article, I looked through the spreads I had completed and concluded that they were all very bright and 'condensed'. I thought it might be a good idea to go for something that's more crisp, minimal and importantly- white. I experimented in different ways to present the type as I initially I felt the normal Helvetica type against the white was a bit bland. I came up with the solution of placing the questions in grey boxes and changed the typeface to Times New Roman Bold Italic.

Hyde Park Front Page Final Image

Hyde Park Front Page Development

My initial idea for the front page of the Hyde park article was to circle the area on the map where the skatepark is with the D in the Title. I tried changing the colour of it but the fonts I looked at weren't working. I think the effect of placing type on top of the map was just too busy and confusing. When looking through typefaces, I came across the hands font and thought it could be perfect if the stoke on the lines matched the stroke of the map. I then went about tracing the font in illustrator to achieve the desired effect.

Hyde park Article Final Spreads

Hyde park page Development

For the Hyde Park Article, I thought I better try and incorporate some of my illustrations from my sketchbook but I just wasn't really that into how it was looking. I came up with the idea of having a map view of Hyde park morph into the lines of a skaters face. To do this I traced a couple of photos with he pen tool in illustrator.