Designing magazines provided a strong foundation in layout, but book covers allowed me to tell entire stories in a single image. This series of original book covers explores how design influences perception, because sometimes, it’s okay to judge a book by its cover. Each piece reflects a different genre and mood, from quiet romance to high fantasy. Though the books, names, and summaries are fictional, the design intention is very real: to capture attention and evoke emotion before a single page is turned. 

The second part of the project was about exploring the creation of content for our magazines. For the designed article to count as one, it needed one title, three sub-headings, and six images. My article introduced this video game, I called it “An Introduction to Genshin Impact.” The subheadings “Exploration,” “Combat,” and “Events” are nice summaries of how the game works. 

Moving on, the four images were directly linked to the title and subheadings, while two others acted as backgrounds. A problem with backgrounds is that they do not look excellent on print, causing errors with the print result and rendering the paper distorted. To combat this issue, I introduced gradients to ease the image out of view, allowing less colour to prevent the page from crumbling.

To this day, the design process and choice for this exceptional process was a distinguished work amongst my many other projects, and it is a qualified piece of design I am proud to showcase.