cover design

Cover Design Template

The title we had chosen was 'Florida Adventures' from a brainstorming session, and while we were in a deep thought we had decided that when we go fishing it is an adventure. Since we live in Florida, we decided to call it Florida adventure, as the magazine covers activities and adventures in Florida. After many hours of collecting inspiration of looking at other fishing magazines, we decided to follow a bold italic layout with black, white, and yellow text distributing the engagement of the reader.

photo locations

Photo locations 

The photo used on the cover of the magazine was taken off shore in the Golf of Mexico, over a coral reef. The fish caught was a tarpon, caught with live bait. The Golf of Mexico is a wonderful place to fish, as it is home to thousands of different marine species.  

This photo was taken at shell beach docks, of a friend who had caught a snook. 

The photo above was taken in a canal in siesta key, around ten o'clock. The student is holding about a fifteen pound snook. 

The photo above is taken off of Shell Road. The Snook is laying on the ground next to the pole that was used to catch the fish. 

The above photo was taken in a canal in siesta key, around eleven o'clock. The snook being held was about twenty pounds. 

Magazine flat plan

Throughout the process of making the flat plan, it took a lot of communication and thinking to figure out the articles we wanted to cover, as well as the ads to interpret. In total we have 24 ads that vary from fishing to diving gear or objects we felt others may need. The ads are also objects on sale that you can order or go to the store listed to get it. The article its self mainly covers fishing, the different types of fish, fishing activities. In the middle of the magazine we have a couple articles that cover diving, scalloping and lobster hunting. After that, we had gone back to fishing  articles. We included personal fishing stories, fishing technologies others can use, and safety. It had taken a couple days to figure out what we had wanted to cover, so after we figured that out I started working on the flat plan. While working on it, I made sure he was okay with the sections we were covering and asked where he would like them to be. Overall, this portion of the project took a lot of communication.