Over the past few years, I have dabbled in creating my own mock articles which I have really enjoyed. Recently, I applied for and became Culture Editor of our university magazine Quench, so I will be writing and editing a lot more frequently from the start of the next academic year. I am really excited for this great opportunity and you can look forward to reading some more editorial articles as well as my usual book reviews. Below are examples of my previous work that I wanted you to see because I am really proud of them.
This is the covering letter for when I applied for the role of Culture Editor, the background is Monet's painting Water Lilies and the picture shows my favourite occupation, reading! I laid it out like a magazine article with a pull quote detailing what I most wanted to change about the magazine. I found this project interesting because it allowed me to turn a usually dry piece of writing about me to a piece showing what I could do and who I felt I was creatively.
This is a double page spread I created but never finished. I couldn't quite work out how to fit in a title. It was an idea I had for the culture section where I picked the best live performance to listen to, the best play to watch and a good place to eat. I really liked the idea, but when creating the double page spread, the pages felt a bit disjointed and would have worked better as two separate articles. I still love the pages individually and the idea behind them. I learned a lot from this piece; even the best piece of writing can be undermined by bad design.
I hope you like my examples of design, there are more to follow in the coming days, so keep you eyes peeled.
Lots of Love,
Elouise
xxx
p.s. Here is a link to the Quench website, http://cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk/quench/
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