Week 11 - Color Discord (11 April 2018 - HW12)

Writer's Digest Magazine Cover

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The magazine uses complementary colors to emphasize certain elements. Since it is a writer's magazine, the pencil is given an orange color along with the magazine's background emphasizing Writer's Digest as important. The orange 3D block and the numbers have different tints and shades of orange emphasizing what the magazine will discuss. The background color is not only pleasing to the eyes but it helps with the contrast so the orange elements can be emphasized.

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Source: Writer's Digest May/June 2018 found at Parkland Library.

Week 09 - Color Harmony Rules (27 March 2018 - HW10)

Cover for Succesful Farming that uses Triad colors.

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The magazine cover for Succesful Farming uses triad colors of yellows, blues and reds. Each colors helps with the design, such as how the yellow in Farming can indicate the energy of farming and the labor that comes with it. The blues help the yellow stand out making a better impact. While the red can be an emphasis for the magazine's main story.

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Source: Succesful Farming magazine from Parkland College's library.

Week 08 - Color Inspiration (14 March 2018 - HW9)

Cover for Sky & Telescope.

Mosaic colors from the Sky & Telescope cover.

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The magazine cover for Sky & Telescope has a interesting color palette as it uses a mix of mostly dark colors with contrasting high colors such as the different tints of purple. Black is a common color to mix with other colors as most colors have a higher contrast when paired with black. On a personal note, it mixes some of my favorite colors such as purple and black to create a stunning imagery.

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Source: Sky & Telescope magazine.

Week 07 - Positive/Negative Space (7 March 2018 - HW8)

Cover design for the Journal of Development Education

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The cover design fills the positive space of the numbers with a photograph of flowers in a grassy field. The negative space has a maroon color, in a way, it’s using opposite colors to give the flowery field emphasis of peace or serene while using the negative space to form the numbers and the design. The same goes for the logo on the top left which uses the negative space to create a silhouette or the company's logo. The colors don't blend in together to where it's hard to see but rather it unifies the elements to make good use of both positive and negative space.

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Source: The Journal of Development Education magazine found at Parkland Library.

Week 01 - Variety (24 January 2018 - HW2)

Open books stacked with other open books.

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The stacked books show a range of variety by displaying different images with different things going on each one. No image is the same as the last one thus offering a range of different shapes and color through the entire image.

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Source: Image from Communication Arts - November 2004 Edition.