Students use successful magazines as inspiration to create their own magazine cover. Students apply their typography knowledge and skills. Students learn how to use the alignment tools.
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Assignment:
You are the next celebrity to have an article about them in a new magazine. Your magazine cover must somehow describe one of the chosen themes below. Research magazine covers with several article headlines on it and find one to use as reference. Your magazine must include 5 article headlines (and subheadlines) that will be in your proposed magazine. The titles of these articles should reflect your interests, and must be written in a way that is engaging to the viewer. You will design your magazine in a similar style to the magazine reference that you find in regards to it's font type, sizing, alignment and use of color.
MAGAZINE THEMES:
OLD vs. NEW
BIG vs. SMALL
GOOD vs. EVIL
LOVE vs. HATE
HAPPINESS vs. SADNESS
WAR vs. PEACE
VICE vs. VIRTUE