Literary Magazine

I designed a literary magazine this fall as a personal project.  It wasn't for a client - just for one of my classes.  I had a great time designing and and I really love doing layout/print design like this.  So it was super fun!

I am in the process of figuring out how to print it, but in the meantime, I thought I would share pictures of a few pages.  Here's the cover.  I used fonts and also my own handwriting (I wrote it in Adobe Illustrator).

The chevron pattern (see darker tan border on left) might be my favorite part of the magazine.  I like how it gives the whole thing a slight retro look.  The inside pages were fun to design, too - I used similar fonts, colors, and the chevron pattern to help tie it together.

There were two main parts to the magazine.  Here is the inside cover page for the first part.

And a page from inside that section....

The second section had a similar cover as well, but with different colors and layout.

After the inside pages for section two, I added a final "thank you for reading" page with more of my own handwriting mixed with the fonts.

And finally, the back cover.  I used a more "watermarked" look with a copyright-type note on the back... I wanted something a little less conspicuous than the front cover.

What do you all think of this project?  I'd love to know your thoughts on it!