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This blog will be the continuation and finale of my Preliminary Task blogs.
This blog will go more into detail of the process and the result I came up with when creating and finishing my double-page spread.
For the page I numbered “2”, I used the same font from “THE PLACES SHE’LL GO” for the title “ALL ABOUT LUGGINA” . I kept the frame for the main picture from the original template because I liked how centered and retro it looked. I also kept it because it looked like a house and I thought it would be creative to hint at the fact that Luggina feels a conflict about where she would like her home to be and this picture was taken in Florida so this would foreshadow her final desire but not her final decision. I kept the little X graphic on the top right because I liked the placement. I moved the page numbers to the top right, above the title, because it would have gotten blocked by the graphics on the bottom of the pages. I kept the same shade of yellow for the top half but I wanted to distinguish the text from the top half, as well as make it seem cohesive with the other page so I changed the color from the original template. I played around with what picture to put in the frame and I ended up picking this one because the circle shaped mirror created a very unique contrast with the house shaped frame. Underneath the picture is a caption revealing a fact about Luggina and a topic that will be further discussed in the next pages of my magazine.
Underneath the caption is a graphic of a cartoonish/ Dr.Seuss looking landscape. I added this graphic to fill up empty space and also to start building the aesthetic I wanted. This graphic shows a barren landscape with multiple roads pointing towards different directions. This landscape signifies Luggina’s confusion about where she wants her home to be.
Below the top half of the page is the text. I found a white background in Canva and added it to the bottom half with the text. In this page I wrote about Luggina’s background. Things such as the political state of Ecuador, the crimes Luggina has experienced herself and how it has affected her norms. Next to the text is a graphic of sketched balloons. In the Dr.Seuss book , “Oh, the places I’ll go”, the character is taken by a huge balloon to the places he will go. The balloons are to signify Luggina going to Florida, the place she will go to where she will realize that there is a whole other world outside of Ecuador. The big “L” at the start of the text is from the original template and I decided to keep it because it reminded me of the beginning of a kid’s storybook. I made sure to put direct quotes by Luggina in bold lettering so it could stand out to the readers.
For the page numbered “3”, I started the top half with keeping the same shade of yellow as it is in the original template. I kept the frame from the original template and I added a picture that framed her face as the center. The text next to the picture is in the same font but in green, this will contain a quoted introduction by Luggina including her name, where she is from, what grade, and something about herself. This is to formally introduce the reader to whom I’ve been writing about throughout the magazine. I wanted to make this introduction a lot more personalized to Luggina so I put it in her native tongue, spanish, and translated it to English as well. This introduction is titled “ Hi! Allow me to introduce myself!”, in green, bold lettering. This is to make it seem like Luggina is introducing herself to her readers, it’s to create a more personal connection.
Below the top half is the text half. I started this half with a “pull quote”, this will contain something Luggina says that will stick out a main point I want readers to know about Luggina. This font and thickness is the same one I used for the numbers and subheadings for my table of contents. I made the top half smaller then how it originally was and I gave more space for the text by bringing the white background up. The title is in the same font, thickness, and color as the recent headings.
I decided to make this page about a “A Day in the Life”. This will be about Luggina’s life in Ecuador, what her routine is in a school day, what she does on the weekends, any hobbies, her dreams, etc. The picture next to the text is a picture with more than just Luggina, its a picture of her having fun and happy. I added this picture because the cotton candy is yellow which goes with the color scheme I am going for. The graphic I added below shows only one, long road, leading to some unknown place. I added this graphic because it signifies Luggina’s need for stability outside of the chaos of a world she grew up in. It also foreshadows her decision of picking somewhere to go, and where she would end up staying. As in the last page, I highlighted any direct quote in bold lettering to stand out to the readers.
*Original photos
*Graphics and templates from Canva
*I gathered all of this information by interviewing Luggina personally
*All bolded quotes are direct quotes from Luggina herself
That’s all for my Preliminary Tasks!
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