The Blackity Black Magazine: Recent Episodes

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My improved designs for the cover of "Toussaint"

The link to the new covers:

To the covers!

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This week's additions to my features section of "Toussaint"

The link to the new features:

Features

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My first cover!

I discuss the joy and difficulty of creating a cover for the magazine, now called Toussaint after the Haitian Revolutionary leader Toussaint L'Ouverture.

A link to the cover:

Toussaint Cover

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The first feature of Toussaint about Black Face in American advertising (yeah, its that kind of magazine).

Link to the feature:

Black Face

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This week the third installment of my continued refinement towards the Front of the Book.

Front of the Book: The front section of the magazine consisting usually of a Table of Contents, Editor's Letter, Contributors, Advertisements, and short one-two page topics. 

Here is a link to the Front of the Book creations:

Week 8, Front of Book III

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This week the new additions to the Front of the Book.

Front of the Book: The front section of the magazine consisting usually of a Table of Contents, Editor's Letter, Contributors, Advertisements, and short one-two page topics. 

Here is a link to the Front of the Book creations:

Editorial Design, Week 7, Front of Book II

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This week I talk about my work in the Front of the Book.

Front of the Book: The front section of the magazine consisting usually of a Table of Contents, Editor's Letter, Contributors, Advertisements, and short one-two page topics. 

Here is a link to the Front of the Book creations:

Week 6, Front of Book I

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Here I discuss my THIRD (and not final) attempt at "Department Openers".

Again, Department Openers are poster like pages always on the left hand side to indicate the beginning of a section in the Front of the Book (see below) around a theme, e.g. Music, Art, Fashion, etc.

Here is a link to my THIRD attempt:

Department Openers, Redux II

Here is a link to my SECOND attempt:

Department Openers, Redux

Here is a link to my FIRST attempt:

Department Openers

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Here I discuss my SECOND attempt at "Department Openers".

Again, Department Openers are poster like pages always on the left hand side to indicate the beginning of a section in the Front of the Book (see below) around a theme, e.g. Music, Art, Fashion, etc.

Here is a link to my SECOND attempt:

Department Openers, Redux

Here is a link to my FIRST attempt:

Department Openers

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Here are my second attempts on my first week of creations.

Here is a link to this week's designs:

Part I

Part II

Part III

Here is a link to the first week designs:

Part I

Part II

Part III

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Here I discuss my first attempts at "Department Openers".

Department Openers are poster like pages always on the left hand side to indicate the beginning of a section in the Front of the Book (see below) around a theme, e.g. Music, Art, Fashion, etc.

Front of the Book: The front section of the magazine consisting usually of a Table of Contents, Editor's Letter, Contributors, Advertisements, and short one-two page topics. 

A link to view the Department Openers: bit.ly/2PMJ3sl

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Every week I talk about my progress on creating my own magazine from concept to cover/back page, and all parts in between, and eventually into a bound product.  The class was Editorial Designat the School of Visual Arts, Robert Best was my professor. 

1. Link to view creation from Part I, Segment 1: bit.ly/2PFK2ut
2. Link to view creation from Part II, Segment 2: bit.ly/2ZSFq99
3. Link to view creation from Part III, Segment 3: bit.ly/2V7Ef71