Brainstorm Blog for Project #1

For this project, I envisioned a nostalgia video game-themed zine. As seen in my rough idea sketch, the front and back cover would be designed the front and back of a retro arcade game. The screen text will be in pixel lettering. The pages in between are not necessarily in order already and I still need to design two more pages and add them to my sketch below. I wanted to include video games imagery inspired by games such as Mario Cart & Super Mario Bros, Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, Pac-Man, etc. I would put my own design spin on these games, maybe even collaging some well-known characters/ icons from the games so they feel cohesive. I wasn’t necessarily planning on making it an interactive type of zine, but I did have an idea to include cutouts in my zine. I am still trying to figure out how I will be able to pull this off in a seamless way. Once I start actually designing more in-class I will be trying to find ways to achieve this- although it is not my first priority. I have completed a few pages on my Ipad, but when I tried to use photoshop at home some of the features were not working such as the magic wand tool and other selection tools. I am going to attempt to complete most of this project in class as I try to figure out what went wrong on my computer/ if I need to fix some settings or something. Overall, I am feeling pretty good about where my ideas are at, just need to start finalizing images.

The images below have inspired the design elements and ideas for my project. The final Image is the Illustrator pop quiz.