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Inspiration: Penny Arcade

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http://penny-arcade.com Penny-Arcade is a gaming webcomic, which started in the late 90s when a pair of nerd friends got together and started making cartoons in their apartment. Since then, it has become the biggest and most popular gaming webcomic in

Magawebzine: Final Magazine Layout

Final Magazine Design (Interior)

Today is the final day of the Magawebzine project, so I figured I’d post up this. Unfortunately due to time and money constraints, compromises were made in the production which prevented the physical outcome from being as I had planned,

Magawebzine: Example Cover Designs

Magazine Cover Experiment - Minecraft

Obviously, one of the most important aspects of any magazine is the front cover. Typically, they contain the magazine’s title/logotype, some photograph or other image that is central to the “exclusive” or big story within, and then a half-dozen or

Magawebzine: Portal/Aperture Science Warning Signs

Designs for magazine warning signs

Utilising the vectors created in the previous post (as well as some not featured, obviously), I set about creating these graphics. They will remain single-colour, however, my method of printing may vary. In all likelihood, I will end up using

Magawebzine: Portal/Aperture Science Warning Sign Components

Vector imagery for magazine warning signs

Here’s another set of vector graphics I created in the Portal/Aperture Science theme. Portal 1&2 both contain numerous warning signs on each “test”, and their graphic style is both entertaining and well designed for it’s purpose. I figured that they

Magawebzine: Portal Guns

In order to create the visual aesthetic I require for my magazine project, I needed to create vector illustrations of some of the items involved in Portal 1 & 2. The first of these is the Portal gun itself. Using

Magawebzine Project

Alrighty then, let’s get this show on the road. Brief I have been tasked with conceptualising, designing and manufacturing a pocket-sized magazine (layout: 2-sided A2, folded), with the (regrettable) title of “Nibbles”. The design, content and purpose are all up