Finalizing Front Page

 I am doing the final edits for the front page and should be completely finished this week, this is the progress so far.

Table of contents Draft

 

Today I worked on the draft for my table of contents for uptown teen and this is the design and format so far.

Interview Questions And Answers

 Interview Questions and Answers

According to you, what are the skills necessary for becoming a successful fashion designer?

I would say you need the talent but I wasn't born with the talent but,

I had the spark to do it and I've seen little kids who are born with the talent

I had to work for it. I wasn't good at art or fashion and I had to work for it, I had to want it,

so if you want to be successful you have to want it you have to work hard

because nothing in life comes easily, it's all about doing your research

so you never know when you're getting your success that's why always try and try

because it can come at any moment. Always keep learning new things. If you’re a one trick pony

How do you believe your work differentiates

from the work of other designers/ how would you define your personal style?

I would apply the terms to that especially in college

because you are surrounded by many fashion designers

and it's interesting because what makes me different is my memories and travels and family

and the experiences that I go through. In the beginning i was scared as an artist

but my artist friends encouraged me to open a social media to publish my things

and get myself to be known out there....

What is the hardest thing about designing something?

It never finishes, the work is never done,

you would always want to tweak it and you are going to think that it's never going to be perfect

is a common problem for artists. As an artist you need to know when to stop

but we are all perfectionists and never stop trying to make it perfect.

What are your career goals?

To travel the world, Snava partakes in fashion art and travel,

those are the three elements my end goal is to be able to fully support myself with my design and travel

and do more curated closets where I travel around and everyday

I wear a new garment weather it's mine or other artists designs like a traveling fashion show. 

What was the most challenging design to create, and why?

All of them because you never know where you're going to start

and what the finishing product would be.

Interview Questions and Answers

 Interview Questions And Answers

Why did you choose Fashion designing as your career?

Because I started off as Art and then, I said Art isn’t going to make me the money so Then, I went to a high school  that had a design program called design and architect senior high and they kinda force you into a design program weather its interior, film, etc., they don't have fine arts so I decided to go to fashion and with fashion i took art and made it like a 3d version of art so fashion for me is a 3d version of art so i decided to go to fashion because i wanted to make my own clothes and pursue something to bring art to the next level

When did you realize you wanted to study this profession?

I realized in Highschool I just knew i wanted to get out of Miami and anything art related i tried everything but art gave me that spark so then fashion i fell in love with it in high school and there we would do a fashion showcase its an intense program and i was creating sculptural pieces and painting on clothes and i said “Hey I'm pretty good at this” so i applied to so many schools and went to the one In New York City and there I fell more in love with fashion design 

What do you love about being a fashion designer?

I love meeting people to build connections with people because fashion design isn't about me it's about the customer. Fashion design in other words is its own world and it's weird to say but it's fascinating to me because it's so broad. So what I love is that I'm creating my own world. I could’ve gone to be a nurse but fashion design I get to express myself and i like the fact that I can help people with my talent. Today I started creating a draft for a double page spread 

 

Who and which things are the inspiration while creating any design?

I get my inspiration of my memories so it's very personal to me, my muse is my family and travel to say, and God because of the nature and the fact that he destinies everyone in its own path and it fascinates me that we go through situations that build up our character and i like to apply those memories and my mom loves road trips so that's a part of it to and God’s creations. Traveling and memories

What is Fashion for you?

It's a love hate relationship because fashion can be a very materialistic thing but i also study how it harms but beside its in terms of confidence and character through the way you dress through the way you create where you can express yourself like a first impression, you can tell alot of the person from what they are wearing so it's an insight of who they are or who they want to become

Organizing Interview

 

Today I was organizing the interview questions and answers to be able to transfer them to the double page spread magazine later on. 

Production Calender

 

Creating Double Page Spread

Today I started creating a draft for a double page spread for the magazine and the final will have, I started incorporating pictures and play around with the format of the magazine

Setting Up Interview

 Setting up Interview

Today I got in contact with Stephanie, whom I would be interviewing on Friday January 15th 2021.

It will be at my house, and I will be creating a small backdrop to be able to take Stephanie's Profile Picture to include in my magazine and blog posts.

Interview Questions Brainstorm

 Interview Questions Brainstorm

The following are a list of questions I will be asking my Guest.

Why did you choose fashion designing as your career?

When did you realize you wanted to study this profession?

What do you love about being a fashion designer?

Who and Which things inspire you while creating any design?

What is Fashion for you?

According to you, what are the skills necessary for become a successful designer?

How do you believe your work differentiates from the work of other designers/ how would you define your own personal style?

What is the hardest thing about designing something?

What are your Career Goals?

What do you believe are the most important skills?

If you can describe your career, in a few words how would you describe it?

What was the most challenging design to create, and why?

What advice would you give to people who want to start on the same path you are in now?

Where did you study?

In school, did you ever have second thoughts of the career you chose?

Once graduated, where did you start?

How so often do you create a new piece?

What are some things you love about designing that most people don't know?

Feature Story Research

Feature Story Research

To give the best Feature Story, I have to first learn how a fashion magazine would do so. Since my theme is fashion I went ahead to search from different websites to find the tips and rules known fashion magazines use. I would be writing a feature story under Personality Profiles which is a type of story used for magazines. It tends to bring the audience closer to the one being interviewed. The Person whom I am interviewing will be an alumni of F.I.T, located in New York City. She is a fashion designer and has very own page and store. I would asking about her journey from before ever thinking of being a fashion designer to after she graduated. As well as her personal views on Fashion and exciting experiences she has had through her career.

Editing Pictures

 Editing Pictures 

I took the time to Edit the various Pictures from the last photoshoot with Saray Carvajal. The reasons to edit pictures is to emphasize color so it can be pleasing to the eye.

Unedited Picture:

Model: Saray Carvajal

Edited Picture: 

In the second picture (edited) we can see how she has more emphasize in color and you can see the highlights in her hair and a brighter color in her clothing and shoes, so she isn't washed away by the red background.

Photoshoot

 Photoshoot

To add more pictures of different variety, I conducted another photoshoot at the Miami Selfie Station In Aventura with Model Saray Carvajal.  A few Pictures will be shown below.

The following pictures are originally taken by me.

Side Story Research

 Side Story Research

A fashion magazine doesn't really have much to talk about, it's usually more pictures of the clothing articles, but they are accompanied by a short description or a short paragraph of the model's or the editor's view. I will be including short paragraphs from the point of view of the models along side their picture to get a quick glance at what Fashion looks like through their eyes.

An example of a short paragraph is shown below.

Feature story research

 Feature Story Research

As the feature story  being one of the important articles in my magazine, I have to make sure it's done correctly and for that I have to conduct research. The Following information has come from websites from the internet explaining and giving examples as to what a Feature Story covers and how it should be carried out within the magazine.

According to Thoughtco.com a feature story includes News, Profile spots, and trend stories.

As to how to write a feature story, Edusson.com shows 6 easy steps to doing so, including

1. Choose an interesting, newsworthy subject.
2. Schedule a convenient, in-person interview.
3. Choose your quotes.
4. Write your draft.
5. Ask for approval/clarification before publishing.
6. Move forward.

 

Two Page Spread Continued

 Two Page Spread Continued

More Ideas for the two page spread layout by using canva

All following pictures are originals.

Playing Around with color and positioning of pictures and adding not so common ways of writing issues

Table of contents

 Table of Contents

I started to work on the Table Of Contents with Canva.com to also match the overall theme of Uptown Teen. 

This is a possible Outline.

Two Page Spread Continued

 Two Page Spread Continued

I continued playing around with placement of the pictures, wording and Font on Canva for the two page spreads. 

I have also contacted Adriana to be able to do a small segment with her talking about the latest trends in fashion and how she feels about it.

Two page Spread

 Two Page Spread

I have been looking at templates for two page spread, ideas on how to organize each segment and pictures and to compliment the overall theme of the magazine. Therefore these are some inspiration templates i have come across and are by most my favorites to work around the idea. 

Examples: 

These examples would fit in my teen magazine, giving off the colorful, variety theme style

Couple Photoshoot

 Couple Photoshoot

I took Myla and Daniel to the Miami Botanical Gardens in Miami Beach. The entrance is only $5. I started off by looking around the garden and trying to get ideas on how to pose and where would they look best. The garden is small yet had so much potential for this photoshoot, since they have various small gardens making up 1 big garden.

Models: Daniel Rodriguez

               Myla Perez

Photographer: Katherine Alvarado

All of the following images are originally taken by me. 

Photoshoot Preparation

 Photoshoot Preparation

I am planning another Photoshoot but this time I am having a couple do it. Therefore I can also have a male in the shoot and not only women. I plan to take a couple as models named Myla and Daniel to the Miami Botanical Gardens in Miami Beach.  They will be wearing casual yet youthful clothes to simulate a casual garden date.