ELABORATE THE GROUP IDEAS! for E-MAGAZINE

Q : How to create E-magazine more interactive and show the genre of it?


IDEA 1 : Featuring music band and musical sheet column sections on how the particular music genre is performed while the musical sheet have a play button to play the music.


Then, color choice, font face, and size take part in designing the magazine to identified the genre whether it is for the cover or contents inside. By doing so, the contents could be abbreviated into the sections (e.g. there is a page number for music band profile section. Once it is clicked, lists of band profile will appear concurrently with the page number on the right side). Readers will find the section they want to read easily without read through the whole contents.

For the music band profile, every members could be introduced by clicking the arrow near them (photo) while the band history is provided in text form or click the logo on it. Meanwhile, font is used to differentiate the title and articles so, reader will find the words easily.

Next, another section is musical sheet column where it provides the music lyrics in words while providing their official MV on another side. Once the MV is clicked, the music and video clip is played. Furthermore, providing the process of video making is necessary so reader will know how the MV is created. It could be played once reader click the music info on the table given.

Whereas, showing the album cover in 3D form (turned into 360 degrees) makes reader find out easily where they could get the songs as well as knowing the other music lists inside the album.



IDEA 2 : Design the cover as attractive by playing with font face, size, and color.


The idea is creative to show the reader about what the magazine stands for. By designing the layout (adjust the font face, size, and color) according to the music genre (rock, classic, etc), it makes reader understand the contents of magazine inside and attract those who interests in those genre to read it.

Also, moving to another section in E-magazine could be done by swipe left or right while the section contents is read with slide up and down the page as it shows how many pages the specific section have on the top left of the page.

SELF REFLECTION

My background before come to university is really not related with design where i have to deal with some experiment in laboratory and so on. Hence, joining the design course improve my skill in using certain software as well as develop my creativity sense to create new design ideas.

I remembered i was very dull in Adobe Photoshop, etc on the first time i joined design course. It is evidenced by my ugly magazine design in the 1st term as well as movie poster design which is messed up and drawing was not satisfied. But, as time goes by, i could understand the design principle and explore the stuffs until i feel convenient with it and find out my own style. However, doing research helps me a lot to improve my skill until how my design is looked like now.

The reason i joined Multimedia Design is to know and learn some multimedia stuffs especially 2D and 3D animation as i feel interested in it. Once i know and explore some research regarding to cartoon art, i found that my creativity comes easily while designing cartoon or character in illustration or texturing the object. I enjoyed the moment i did eventhough it needs a lot of time.

Furthermore, my motive is to make people laugh and happy when they see my works as i could convey the message clearly and communicate indirectly with the person through my design. Other than that, i want to satisfy and raise the quality of the place i am studying or working. So, i could help that place to be well-known and remembered. Also, multimedia design area is dominated by group work where i could interact with other members and learn how is another design style as well as accept the idea suggestion to improve my design better and gain new ideas.

Actually, i know there is bunch of opportunities in multimedia design field as long as we have lots of creativity inside. Furthermore, learning multimedia design provides new skills in art media stuffs such as designing animation, web, games, film, etc where i need to suit with my prefereable field. By learning that stuffs, i could determine the working area whether working as a worker in the office or doing everything at home as a freelancer.