Digital Layout-Project 2-Contribution Project

In this project, we are assigned to another student’s pictures and going to use these pictures to make a zine. I got images from Chapman. As the short synopsis says in my zine:

The images are courtesy of Chapman Fitzgerald. They are culled from all over, including New York, Cuba, Italy, and from his home North Carolina. He is a traveler. There is no linear narrative but rather a curated experience of images that inspired him as he traveled.

Process

I played with perspective in the image as I was thinking about the layout. The color I used for the background was purple at first. But when I presented in class, I got feedback that purple might nor work here and I could think about colors that help to emphasize the images batter. Below are my original layouts.

So I change the color of the background. To enhance the images and the total continuity, I choose the colors in each image to make each spread unique. Hopeful it could also encourage the readers to find where does each color come from. I also added several spreads based on the first version.

Below are the final spreads of my zine.

Some examples of my layouts:

For all spreads, I use the grid to help arrange my layout.

Below is an example of I extract color from each image. I think it is a better choice to interact with the images compared with the color purple.

In this spread, I try to create a weird, scary atmosphere. Something related to modernization and human panic. The line in the middle makes the whole spread looks like a timeline, where the feeling of human is buried and ignored (the size of the middle image) when the time passes.

Below is an example of I took advantage of perspective in the image and used it in the layout. At first, I used the color of the orange wall of the left image, but it felt like swallowed some part of the left image and felt a little bit imbalanced. So I chose the color of the door instead.

The original image is a bonfire. I like the different colors of the fire. I divided it into four parts and added lines which obtain color separately from one part. Rotating it 90 degrees is an instinct choice that I want to add some mystery in it and don’t want readers immediately recognize it as a bonfire.

Another example that I played with perspective. It also gives a feeling that the building on the left is extending, while it is a little bit confusing to divide it from the shadow.

In this specific layout, I tried to follow the line of the wires. I struggled between using the color of the wire and the color of the sky at first.