Want to get creative with your yearbook cover? Try combining your school name or initials with a hidden graphic element. Not sure what I mean? Check out these well-known national brands and try to find the hidden image in their logos:
Having trouble finding the images within the logos? Visit the original post at SixRevisions.com for the answers and explanations behind them.
Thank you, Mr. Moran of Woodrow High School in Dallas, TX, for posting this assignment on his blog, and then “tweet”ing about it, so we could find it! And now, we can share it with you! To view the original post, click here.
Creating a Spread in InDesign
1. Open Adobe InDesign
2. Choose “From Template”
3. Click on “Desktop”
4. Double-click the “Yearbook Folder“
5. Double-click “Desktop Templates”
6. Double-click “HJ Template Size 7 CS4.indt”
7. It will give you a “missing fonts” error. Click “OK.”
8. Click “View,” “Grids and Guides,” and “Show Document Grid.”
9. Create any one of the design samples below. (You may create one with a partner).
10. Save to your Thaw Space folder and Print before the end of class.
* Input sample pictures and fill text boxes (copy and caption) with placeholder text.
We see it everywhere: ads, websites, DVD covers, movie posters, magazine covers… Why not in yearbooks? Here are some current design trends from justcreativedesign.com to get you started thinking about your 2010 book… (If you do use any of these design elements in your yearbook, send me a .jpg of the cover/endsheet/divider page/etc.. and I’ll post it!)
1. Rays of Light
2. Black (or Colored) Silhouettes
3. Ink Splatters/Grunge/Hand-made
4. Swirls and Flourishes
5. Flowing Lines
6. Funky Circles
7. Smoke Textures
8. Simple/Clean (my own addition to the list)
This is most clearly seen in all of Apple’s marketing and in the recent Pepsi re-design. It is characterized by one clean font (usually sans serif), a lot of white space, and in Apple’s case at least, a reflection as though the object is sitting on glass.
Here are some samples from simoncpage.co.uk that combine 2 or more of these elements:
Here are a couple of 2008 yearbooks that incorporated some of these design elements:
For more award-winning yearbook designs, click here to visit Herff Jones’ Yearbook Showcase.
Does your staff need some creative inspiration? Or maybe just a good laugh between deadlines? Here are some bus advertisements to get their creative juices going…
For more creative bus ads, visit the original post on toxel.com
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