had to make this image an awful lot smaller so that it would upload, but the idea behind this was trying put across the "zany" colourful nature of jazz art. i tried to make it look sketchy and obviously added as much colour as i felt suited. i stuck with the idea of just using CMYK which i liked.

well, this is the part where rick wrote it... i placed the text on the right this time as i wanted it to be seen first, like on the previous page where i wanted the picture of rick to be the first thing to grace the eye of the reader. i wanted to keep this entire piece nice and simple... any views on my work are more than welcome. oh and why the feathers? jazz is a very colourful music and i wanted something i could draw and get away with making very bright so i though feathers would be a nice touch...

final opening pages (1,2) for editorial.

as explained in my sketch pads, i wanted to try and get ricks personality across in this piece whilst still making my mark with my design... the whole look, i feel, is smart but a little eccentric, hence the upside down text =s and the colours, but i wanted it to feel smart and minimal at the same time..

style for my piece...

rick is a very composed and smart kind of person... but has a definite eccentric twist so i want this to come across in my design's, so therefore the will be mainly black and white and of course a little bit minimalist, but i want there to be some sort of flurry of colour in the article, possibly an illustration or some altered photography... but basically i want this piece to reflect his personality but still feel like its my design.

NME art Director Joe Frost wins BSME Award

http://zeesoftwares.com/2010/10/page/449/

one of my favoured NME pieces.

hand written?

Hand written article, pictures stuck on? all scanned afterwards... could be cool...

source : http://magculture.com/blog/?p=8805

old school.

Nick Booth redesigns Time Out.

Source: http://magculture.com/blog/?p=8834

obviously the whole point was to make this look older and cruder. as it explains in the article they use the harsh photocopy look and mix up the serif and sans serif font on the front cover, and i agree when the article says it helps the cheap feel.

rick playing with the big band

rick (back left 2 in...)

so what exactly?

"Editorial design is a branch of graphic design which is specialized in the lay out and composition of the different applications such as books, magazines or newspapers and, what is more, of the internal and external graphics. These graphics must follow an esthetic line which is directly related to each publication concept and must be created taking into consideration the printing and the readers. The aim of professionals specialized in editorial design is to accomplish a unit among the text, the graphic and layout so as to convey the content message more efficiently, give the design an esthetic value, and improve the publication commercial possibilities" - http://www.bookdesignonline.com/what-is-editorial-design.aspx

example of jazz editorial design

this is an example of the jazz 09 journal a different feel from te art work shown in the previous post... this has an abstract notion but at the same time comes across as very smart and straight laced looking.

jazz painting and illustrations

debra hurd

polkadot design

R.J. Hohimer

click on the names for links to more material and source website.

as you can see by yourself alot if not all jazz art is colourfull and rather abstract... i suppose that is best fitting to the music and should be adhered to slightly if not totally. this will be most prominent in my editorial piece.

funny

http://www.ehow.com/how_2335746_interview-jazz-musician.html

haha how to interview a jazz musician 101.

i think for my project i am going to try and let it be a story as best possible. i have taped a short story telling by rick about one of his memories and how it came to be. i will edit tis video into a little film about his experience and do an editorial piece to go with it. perhaps a link on the editorial piece or a digital media type piece. (online magazine or ipad magazine.)

some of my favourite magazines...

http://www.computerarts.co.uk/

http://www.dazeddigital.com/

great editorial design

http://www.spoonfeddesign.com/amazing-typography-in-print-design

some example of work show above from this article... it is filled with design which all "slightly" better than that which is utilised in OK magazine. they all push the boat out and really make use of type and manage to make it all look in most cases spectacular.

great video...

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