It's almost the end!!!

It's almost the end of this assignment and EGD! Time flew by so fast, it really doesn't feel like a whole semester at all. I've been working on my newsletter and should be about 60-70% done? I'm not so sure myself, haha!

My layout is pretty simple unlike the rest of my group mates. Theirs are really looking awesome and I'm looking forward for the completed result :D I went for a normal two column type on one page and just a large picture on the other. To give it a little twist, the shapes of the photos are all different to give some variety and depth instead of just boring shapes such as squares. 

But then, I think my design is pretty playful due to the fonts I used and it doesn't look like it matches an interior design newsletter, so I changed it and even made the photos a tad bit smaller because it looked too big.

Even then, I'm quite disappointed at my progress. I tried to use some newsletter designs for more inspiration but even with all those interesting designs, I can't seem to make mine look as nice as those! Above is the progress I'm currently at. Honestly, I'm not happy with it because it doesn't look like a newsletter at all! It looks cluttered but it looks plain at the same time. I'm really trying my best to think of what's missing, but I don't know and I'm really annoyed! I'm fine with this but it really doesn't look that good :') 

Maybe I should highlight the headings for more colour? Maybe I should change the big picture or it's probably the fonts. Am I doing this right? I'm not even sure! It's alright, I'll find the solution to the problem no matter what :) Another thing I'm worried of is my group's flow. I'm afraid the newsletter won't flow as well as we planned it to be. However, I don't doubt my groupmates' capabilities! I believe we can make our newsletter as amazing as those we found online ^__^

InDesign has definitely made me doubt myself multiple times. It's supposed to be easier than Photoshop but personally, that's not true at all! Of course, I won't give up and will continue doing my best. I may only have a few days left but that's more than enough time to make everything better than before :D

Hopefully, we can achieve great results for our group assignment! Wishing all the best to all groups <3 (and mine too, haha!) 

Working on InDesign

On that day, I started on my layout on InDesign. It didn't take that long as the brief layout was quite simple to do.

Then, I started finding photos of Industrial interior design. There were so many beautiful rooms I had a hard time choosing! These are the few examples I found. They were all so spacious and has an industry feel to it, I was so excited!

Furthermore, I wanted to put the small details that makes a house industrial hence I searched for those items such as the rustic metal, lightbulb pulleys, pipes, paint on walls, bricks and so many more. 

       

After finding photos, I remembered I had to find the text! I completely forgotten about the text and realized I got the formation wrong. I should have find the text first before the photos to make sure the content is related. But it's alright, I got over that and searched for the a few articles on industrial interior design. It was quite difficult because there weren't much I can find that is good but fortunately, I found something that I can relate easily to the images found!

I will be using this article as my content! 

So far, after adding in the text and such, I realized another thing! My group and I haven't decide on the fonts and sizes used! There were many other things we have to decide on so we'll work on those things immediately. 

For now, this is how my layout looks like. I still have to photoshop the photos to change the effect and add in more text. I'm quite alright with it but I hoping to do even better than this. I'm still getting used to InDesign and will definitely try harder! 

Layouts & Sketches

My group and I have decided on the layout theme which is slanted and large photos based on this magazine:

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Interior design is really all about pictures, so we wanted an appealing photo shape instead of the usual squares and rectangles. In our opinion, the way the photo is cut slanted is so interesting so we wanted to use that style. For small photos, triangles would be the shape.

 Then, we came up with these sketches for our grids. We used the star diagram because the slanted lines could easily guide us. Fortunately, they were approved by our tutor therefore we can start on our newsletter on InDesign! We were also given the grid template which we were extremely grateful for!! :) Here are our layouts:

 (mine) (Alicia)

(Jamie)                                                                    (Cheryl)

I hope from here, we can create a beautiful newsletter!! I will do my best for my part and achieve great results ^o^