lets get it done.

Hey blog, so for this time around I'm going to officially finish my two page spread. I've been kinda jumping around back and forth between my New York article and Maui article, but I'm not gonna move on until I complete this article. It's already like 75% done, I Just need like one more paragraph. So in case you have forgotten, I wrote the first page about activities and the second pages all about food and places to eat. For the second page, I chose a variety of restaurants so it is not limited to just a particular type of restaurant, and the "reader" can choose whichever restaurant they might be in the mood for. I'll update this blog once I have finished.

Hellllllo blog! It is official, I completed my two page spread! Wow, just wow, it turned out beautifully. The second page I wrote about three different restaurants: A breakfast place, traditional Hawaiian seafood place, and Italian restaurant. However, I noticed that canvas shifted everything upwards, so I'll try and fix that because it annoys me with those giant white spaces. Other than that, I'm actually kinda proud of the way it turned out! Anyway, that is it for this blog. See you next time! -Jack

new york-new yORKKKKKKKK

Hello blog. Not a ton has happened since my last blog, just a little bit of work and touch ups, and some more research. I've been primarily focusing on my New York City article and research surrounding that. I've already chosen my pictures (I'll include again). Even though I recently took a trip to New York where I did lots of things with my sister, both day and night, I still want to research the places so I can include a variety of thorough options for my "readers". For example, I went to Juniors, a famous breakfast place but only ordered a small stack of strawberry pancakes. So I want to research other items on the menu so I can include multiple options. As for the rest of the article, I want to include one restaurant, one activity, and one thing to see. So that's it for this blog, see you next time! -Jack

New York, for the last time (I swear)

Hey blog. So it's spring break and I know I said in previous blogs that I said even though I was ahead I wasn't going to slow down, but I lied. Things have slowed down a tad more than I had hoped. It's just I lost a tad of motivation to do my final article on New York. I've been working on this one for a good minute now but we're gonna finish it this time. Like I said in previous posts, I'm including one restaurant, one activity, and one thing to see. Also, like in the last blog, I'll put the finished thing in the bottom.

So little problem with attaching my article, since I can't get it to download. But no need to worry, I finished the article. I wrote about times square and multiple other things. I wrote mostly about restaurants as I've been to many great places in New York, it's easy, and a lot of them are open all day and night. So, that means we're wrapping up on the magazine. That's it for this blog, see you next time. -Jack

touch ups

Hello blog. So I've been working on numerous things recently. Before I finish my two page spread, I wanted to go back to and brush up some things. This includes making things that are on two separate pages symmetrical. This is particularly hard because you can't drag things over. Besides that, I've also gone through making sure things are grammatically correct and make sense. I've caught quite a few stupid mistakes that make literally zero sense. I also had some friends go through it to catch any of the mistakes that I couldn't. Doing the peer reviews in class, have been extremely helpful to me and some of the things pointed out were things that I had not noticed, so I decided to try it with my family. Initially, they liked the cover but my title was worded weird. I tried to fix this but it surprisingly difficult to do so. Overall, that is really the only major thing they pointed out to me and said that it looked like it was coming along very nicely. That is it for this blog, see you next time! -Jack

good ol’ feedback part two

Hey blog! So today in class, we had another peer feedback. It’s gone really well and has made me realize that I’m actually quite far ahead as some people haven’t even started. This is nice because it leaves me room to change or fix things if I need to. I don’t plan on slowing down. My group had a lot to say about my progress thus far. They really liked the cover and title, as Vagabond represented the main theme I wanted to carry out (backpacker travel). However, they thought that some of the descriptions on my table of contents were a little to wordy and suggested I cut them down a bit. One person noticed that the page numbers were closer together and didn’t go up that far. So I changed the page numbers to spread them out and have the magazine go past 20 pages. They REALLY liked the two page spread and how the pictures and story was laid out, with the activities being first and then the part about places to eat and food. A common design I’ve been carrying across all pages of my magazine, is I’m highlighting key words and they thought that made certain things bold and stand out. Anyway, I’m super happy of what has happened and how my magazine has turned out. I think it looks really good. That’s it for this blog! See you guys next time! -Jack

guy fieri... kinda

Hey blog! So I've been working on the second page of my two page spread and its not as easy as I thought it would be. I'm running int trouble making everything flow naturally and getting the pictures lined up. It's hard for the pictures because canva is actually so frustrating! They keep changing things so I always have to go back and start over. Other than that, writing the article is also challenging because the second page is all about food and I wanna include a bunch of different options for different types of foods and budgets but there is just so much to talk about! I went with a Hawaiian seafood place, breakfast place, quick and cheap, and some others. Anyway, so far that's what I have. I will update you guys once it is completely finished. See you next time! -Jack

start spreading the news...

Hey there blog! What's up? So recently I've been working on layouts of my stories and it's actually a lot harder than I had thought it would be. Every picture has to have its place that fits well with the rest of the story. I want the flow to be natural and easy to follow. Also, in this article about New York, it's all about things to do at any hour in the day. This includes activities and places to eat. I've compiled a list of places that apply to those two places so writing this article shouldn't be difficult! Anyway, that's it for this blog, see you next time! -Jack