Design Issues Magazine_Cover Ideas

There is more work to come... The first idea was time consuming. I wanted to incorporate actual artistic jeans to spell out the word "gene". This didn't turn out as pretty as I had imagined...I need feedback!

My second approach was a cleaner...simple look. I wanted to do something abstract and bright...This is my genetic/ double-helix abstraction with floating molecules. I didn't want anything too literal, for example, an actual double-helix. I DID play with type more so in this cover than my previous covers and I think it did help out my design a lot more.

Post cards

Moot

Clever

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John and Archaic

Panacea

Facade

Expectation

Red

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Indecision and Gear

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Twenty

Clean

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My Reason to Live

Creating an illustrated look from a photograph

http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/photo-effects-tutorials/create-an-illustrated-look-from-a-photograph/

Button Tutorial

http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/interface-tutorials/handy-web-20-icons-in-photoshop/

I want to do a cover for the Prism using buttons so I did this button tutorial and it was really fun! check it out!

Prism cover ideas

This cover idea is one I actually came up with on a 3 hour bus ride after a double-header this weekend on the way to Virginia Beach. I thought for just a little bit and wanted something colorful. I wanted something colorful and I wanted something that illustrated different ways in which color can appear. I came up with 3 different ways to use display the same color palette which ultimately represents the different perspectives of a prism. So, here it is :)

For the first time instead of thinking...thinking and more thinking for ideas, I just started drawing what I wanted to see for this Prism cover. The title needs tweeking but I am satisfied with the flowers and the layout. This cover option is working for me. Since Spring is approaching I have been inspired by flowers. As I look at photos and real flowers in nature, I am starting to see so much character and personality in them. I see flowers and blooms with the Prism cover because the Prism includes written pieces from a multitude of students here at Peace College. Being that a prism portrays the different perspectives of one object, I think flowers are appropriate being that their wonderful rich, bright colors and breeds can have so many different interpretations and meanings. More idea's to follow :)