-flipbook, final power point-

-secondary research: queer characters from before the 2000s-

The Simpsons A main background character in the Simpsons, Waylon Smithers, was confirmed to be a gay man in episode 17 ‘The Burns Cage’ where he comes out to Mr Burns, his boss. The Ambiguously Gay Duo A program that aired on Saturday Night Live in 1996, when i first saw it i hoped it

-final cover and page design-

first, I did all my images and text layout. I started off with just a simple plain black background, as originally that’s what I planned on doing. I next added my rainbow splatter background and made the black background more of a box-like frame. This was initially, after my experimentation, was what I was planning

-cover concepts-

before I started creating my actual magazine, I decided to go onto illustrator to get some rough concepts of what I could do. I knew where I wanted images and text to go, it was just establishing what colour schemes and where the title would look the best. I first did my paint splatter design

-experimentation in cover designs-

for my cover and general page designs, I wanted something eyecatching yet still somewhat minimalist. I didn’t just want “wow rainbows everywhere”, just something incorporated into the background, as I feel it would be most visually effective. I had two concept ideas and I have decided that a splat type effect on the pages and

-portfolio-

I also plan on completing an animation piece/ or concept for my FMP at the end of the college year. Feel free to look through my graphics blog to view all my other work.

-design ideas-

before starting my initial design ideas for my magazine cover, I wanted to have a look at other pre-existing animation/ anime magazines to get an idea of how I could possibly present the cover. one key thing all these magazines have in common is a one or more characters (whether popular well-known ones or their

-primary research; LGBT+ animation survey-

overall, I was pleased with the outcome of this survey. I had a pretty good range of responses and the questions I used gave me the data I needed. The only thing I would change is using better questions and checking I haven’t missed anything out (eg: I accidentally skipped an age bracket).

-primary research; magazines-

the first magazine here follows a black, white, and gold minimalistic style throughout. the pages are well organized and tidy with none of the usual cliche chaotic sporadic style of most music magazines. It’s much more sophisticated and, the organization style at least, I would like to draw inspiration from for my own final magazine.

-zines-

as part of our research and experimentation, we created prototype zines. Overall, these were fun and easy to do. I feel I may use this to help with prototype designs for my final pieces as they are small, cheap, and easy to complete. I had to do 8 panels and make sure some were upside