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Julia was a personal and still ongoing project for a middle-grade age magazine for young girls. I have vague memories of flipping through my older sister's magazines and being a bit enamoured, and a little confused, about some of the content. It didn't stop me from reading them though!
A bit of a combination of 'Highlights' for older kids, and a bit more creatively aligned in theory, and a little touch of the 'Jugend' magazine covers, 'Julia' would be a magazine for a younger girl entering the world with an international expanse and a bit more of a focus on academics and the world around you. Accepting of essays, prose, and poetry, along with written articles like the examples on the cover to the left, 'Julia' would release quarterly with the seasons. |
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'Julia's' logo was entirely handlettered and drafted by myself for the sole purpose of this project. Inspired by more nostalgic fonts, I wanted to go for a classy look that was still distinctive enough on its own.
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The original sketch pages for the concept of the magazine (and an as of yet unreleased cover), and the logo as well.
I knew fairly early on what I wanted out of the logo, but it's always good to get a few other ideas out! Even if you end up scratching them out... |
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The original (read: final) draft of the 'Julia' logo before I dropped it into illustrator. I think I have about twenty-odd pieces of paper, just going over the lines again and again to make sure they were perfect.
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The colors and style of a mock cover for the magazine paired with compositional sketches and the style I want to achieve for a 'summer' edition of 'Julia'.
Writing everything out helps me gather my thoughts around a piece and allows me to ask what I'm trying to achieve with it in terms of emotions, feelings, style, composition, and whether it's going to challenge me artistically. I've been experimenting with colored pencil and digital color and this project has allowed me to think about color in new ways that I had never been able to before. |
