How my first spread led to my typical design process
When my advisor needed a designer for a sports page I was overly pretentious on InDesign. Without understanding any design rules I created these pages. No planning process. No visual hierarchy elements. The funny part was, I thought they were well done but all it got me was my advisor using it as an example of what not to do. Now I follow a four-step process to ensure this doesn’t happen again. (Click to enlarge all photos)
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Classic and divergent spreads
My starting spread was purely a dominant, but in later ones I integrated other mods with statistics, graphics, and timelines to make them more multifaceted.
Adding pop to sports pages
Mixing geometric shapes such as clean rectangles, filled trapezoids, and sharp triangles with cutouts of athletes, my sports designs are action-centric. (For the last page, I only did the top basketball story package)
Figuring out the front page
In designing this front page, my primary goal was to make it appear smooth, and I didn’t deviate from the usual design rules. Bridgit’s graphic was the focal point and I added a thin black outline to add a form of contrast since the graphic is laden with light paint colors. To maintain visual interest on the bottom portion of the page, I placed a graphic on the bottom left and one under the dominant.
NSPA Honorable Mention Newspaper Front Page Design
NSPA Honorable Mention Newspaper Front Page Design
Striking, sleek story packages
My feature and opinion pages also used experimental elements such as circular images, and using alpha channel text wrap, which furthered my insight into individual story package structures.