Magazine Workshop 2023

[Marie-Claire]

Day 6
It was difficult to find a photo for this page because I changed the size of the templates. Besides adjusting the masks, I also rearranged everything.

[Louyse Toupin]

Here is my Day 7

 

[Susan Ewart]

4 hours ago, Ann Seeber said:

Here's my Back Page for Debra Lennox Art. I mirrored the Front Page mainly by sliding the parts of the photo group over and moving the double frames. I used the same gradient as the cover. I'm still using the same font: Agency. I have this watercolor on my bedroom wall but had to position it so you see it as you walk down the hallway as it is quite large @ 32" h. x 40" w. with matting and frame. Deb has 2 children, both married, and there are 2 grandchildren, Magic and Raja. 

I meant to also post the thumbnails of all 8 pages. I've added it now.

WOW!  Ann, this is really beautiful.  What a diverse artist Debra is.  And an architect, she must have beautiful penmanship as well.  

[Donna Sillia]

Day 6: The Hoover Dam bridge is an awesome sight. The top photo is my own. The bottom photo is from my grandson taken while they were camping under the bridge. The font is Arial.

[Donna Sillia]

Here is the story which is hard to read on the 600 size template.

[Anja Pelzer]

I made 3 masks together for the bigger photo and used the 4th for a single photo

background is a color from little photo with a stone texture

fonts Kastel Voire and Arnold Story

[Rene Marker]

Here is the last one. Yes, I could have done a better job on lining up and centering the masks but I just wanted to get it done. Some time in the future I will tweak these layouts to fit my style since magazine is not it! But for now I have a lot to do this week before surgery a week from Monday.

[Royanne Hewko]

Thank you so much Cassel, I had lots of FUN during your lesson.   Absolutely recommend it to everyone, once you have your magazine title it is fun to find the pictures and create.

 

 

[Shirley]

Day 7, side 1 and side 2. I made a couple of minor changes to the first side to correspond with the new design.  I enjoyed this workshop, I have learnt a lot about those dreaded masks that have tortured me for all this time. Thanks Carole for your kind remarks on my pages.

[Susan Ewart]

1 hour ago, Shirley said:

Day 7, side 1 and side 2. I made a couple of minor changes to the first side to correspond with the new design.  I enjoyed this workshop, I have learnt a lot about those dreaded masks that have tortured me for all this time. Thanks Carole for your kind remarks on my pages.

it has been such a pleasure to see your art.  Your layouts are so consistant and the project as a whole is beautiful and cohesive.

[Susan Ewart]

Day 6  

Thank you to Sue and Rene for giving me some ideas using the blending modes.  I used a white layer above the paper layer (Brook Gazarek, DigitalScrapbook.com) and used a blend mode (I forget right now, sorry) and then reduced the opacity a bit so I could control how much of the layer below showed through.  The red kodak word is a bit overpowering (as Red tends to do) but is the color kodak uses - perhaps I should have desaturated it a bit.  The yellow frame is the other Kodak color.  On to Day 7.  I think it will be one page though.  I didnt photograph enough cameras and the night is coming to a close.  

For practice, I did do the lesson where we made it one mask.  here I used all 4 as it was better suited for this layout.  I'll try and get these posted on FB in the next week as I finish them all.  I see blurry Kodak and Cover Story, but they are arent blurry in the full sized image.  

Edited September 25, 2023 by Susan Ewart

[Susan Ewart]

Day 7

Working more with blend modes with the same background paper.  I might see if I can use that paper throughout.  In the coming week(s).  Work is still needed on this one (and most of the rest) but I wanted to get it up tonight.  Tomorrow, back to my scripting homework and work on these layouts in between.

Thank you for a wonderful workshop.  I learned a lot about manipulating masks and really liked Day 7 mask technique.  

[Shirley]

2 hours ago, Susan Ewart said:

it has been such a pleasure to see your art.  Your layouts are so consistant and the project as a whole is beautiful and cohesive.

Thank you Susan. You have done a great job with your cameras, I can relate to some of those older ones.

[Susan Ewart]

18 minutes ago, Shirley said:

Thank you Susan. You have done a great job with your cameras, I can relate to some of those older ones.

Me too!  Some came from my Grandfather and some I've collected.  I was shocked to see the vintage (yikes, that's my era) SLR's are gaining in value.  I used be able to get 70's or 80's SLRs at thrift stores for less than $15, now some are in the hundreds.  

[Shirley]

3 hours ago, Susan Ewart said:

it has been such a pleasure to see your art.  Your layouts are so consistant and the project as a whole is beautiful and cohesive.

I posted the wrong day 1 side one, with the changes.  Background to grey and  large  frame.

 

3 hours ago, Susan Ewart said:

it has been such a pleasure to see your art.  Your layouts are so consistant and the project as a whole is beautiful and cohesive.

 

3 hours ago, Susan Ewart said:

it has been such a pleasure to see your art.  Your layouts are so consistant and the project as a whole is beautiful and cohesive.

hank you Susan. You have done a great job with your cameras, I can relate to some of those older ones.

[Ann Seeber]

13 hours ago, Susan Ewart said:

WOW!  Ann, this is really beautiful.  What a diverse artist Debra is.  And an architect, she must have beautiful penmanship as well.  

Yes, she literally writes by hand in Copperplate Gothic. They had an entire course on it in college. She has lots more pieces on display on her website here if you'd care to explore. 

Edited September 25, 2023 by Ann Seeber

[Cristina]

21 hours ago, Michele said:

Day 3 ~ This is one of Hayden Williams' Vogue covers. Of course, I removed the "Vogue" title and did my own.

 

I'm loving your magazine, Michele!   As I mentioned before, I don't know how you find these great illustrations having so little time to work.

[Cristina]

18 hours ago, Sue Thomas said:

Playing around last night.  I used the book cover mock up template from the blog.  The spiral binding really isn't suitable for a magazine.  I created my own ad for my magazine. 

Yes Carole, I  featured everything stated on the front cover, at the time of creating the cover I added features on a whim, which  I did manage to carry  to fruition. A nice touch I thought to finish the  workshop with.  Another successful workshop, thank you.

Beautiful work, Sue, as always!

[Cristina]

8 hours ago, Shirley said:

Day 7, side 1 and side 2. I made a couple of minor changes to the first side to correspond with the new design.  I enjoyed this workshop, I have learnt a lot about those dreaded masks that have tortured me for all this time. Thanks Carole for your kind remarks on my pages.

I agree with Susan, and I learned a lot about this art that I didn't know before. Great work, Shirley!

[Cristina]

7 hours ago, Susan Ewart said:

Day 6  

Thank you to Sue and Rene for giving me some ideas using the blending modes.  I used a white layer above the paper layer (Brook Gazarek, DigitalScrapbook.com) and used a blend mode (I forget right now, sorry) and then reduced the opacity a bit so I could control how much of the layer below showed through.  The red kodak word is a bit overpowering (as Red tends to do) but is the color kodak uses - perhaps I should have desaturated it a bit.  The yellow frame is the other Kodak color.  On to Day 7.  I think it will be one page though.  I didnt photograph enough cameras and the night is coming to a close.  

For practice, I did do the lesson where we made it one mask.  here I used all 4 as it was better suited for this layout.  I'll try and get these posted on FB in the next week as I finish them all.  I see blurry Kodak and Cover Story, but they are arent blurry in the full sized image.  

Susan, I also enjoyed a lot going through your pages, showcasing all these old cameras. Great work!

[Cristina]

Last week, I stumbled upon a video suggested by YouTube, and it was about the reconstruction of Ground Zero...   I was surprised to hear the architect, Santiago Calatrava, was responsible for the designs of two buildings... It's interesting because before looking up the Öresund Bridge, I'd never heard his name before.    

In the USA, he is also the architect of the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge in Dallas, Texas, and the Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin.

So, I decided to include this information and create another layout page for Day 2. Now, it will be a Double Page.

It's not exactly complying with the Day2 template, but being the "editor-in-chief" of this magazine, I think it's OK this time. ? 

 

 

[Michele]

19 hours ago, Sue Thomas said:

Awesome!  That must have taken you all of 2 minutes, once you decided on an image.  ?   lol 

Picking the images, especially from Hayden, always takes me a long time. ?

[Sharla]

Winter Trees continued. Day 2.

 

[Michele]

5 hours ago, Cristina said:

I'm loving your magazine, Michele!   As I mentioned before, I don't know how you find these great illustrations having so little time to work.

Thanks so much, Cristina. I haven't had to do too much searching as I already have a large collection of his and other illustrators' work.

Edited September 25, 2023 by Michele

[Sharla]

Winter Trees Day 3