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The Brochure Project
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This is the third in a series of assignment that our class has completed. This is the Brochure Project, which opened up for students the Quark XPress' precision tools capabilities. When you are designing a document for precision printing on both sides of the sheet, where positioning text and images in relationship to where folds fall, this is when your mastery of Quark pays dividends. Please note that we are featuring the unfolded brochure layouts in our gallery... front and back views.
Beth Eggers
Beth Eggers is so delightful to work with, and she has a terrific eye. This brochure is designed for one of her family member's businesses, a sub shop that has outlets throughout the area. We've got a slight problem on the type element on that spectacular sub spread, but that doesn't matter so much. We know how to fix it, and we get the point. Great use of keyline combination boxes using green type against the yellow. Love that. And look at the wonderful way type is aligned below that sandwhich. It's simple yet powerful imagry.
Juan Salazar
One of the strongest designs of the semester and certainly one of the more complex projects undertaken by a student. Juan Salazar does a spectacular job on this layout, leveraging Quark's superb text wrapping and spacing controls. Look at those contoured text wraps around the figure and the coffee bean... and the logo in the upper corner. Extremely cool. he also demonstrates his facility for PhotoShop on individual graphics imported into Quark. I truly enjoy the bordering which is a series of appropriate graphics just strung together. Hey, I could use a cup of coffee!
Jaqueline Ricke
Jackie Ricke is an extremely talented designer. Though she is still learning Quark XPress, she is pushing the envelope with cutting edge designs. Jackie got into trouble, however, on this document. She couldn't print it, and an attempt by the instructor to identify the problem turned up nothing conclusive as to a cause. This happens sometimes, as graphic files become corrupt, or even the Quark document itself becomes unsavable or unprintable. I have some work-arounds in the event this happens, and we will be covering these in class. I call that lesson, "What to do when your document goes nuts." So, how did we get Jackie's document on the Web? Screen capture! Never fails.
Angie Klein
In addition to being a student, Angie Klein is a waitress at this fine Dubuque establishment, working her way through higher education. She was in an excellent position to do a come-hither brochure for the restaurant. They should thank their lucky stars they have such a talented employee! This is an excellent example of Quark's ability to wrap text and float images. A fine use of color, too, I might add.
Kelli Clark
What can one say, but "Wow!" Kelli Clark has a lot of things going on here, all of which are handled expertly in Quark XPress, including text in tinted boxes, floating images, and splendid key-lining. I really like the color scheme, too, which matches the type of products her piece is designed to showcase. Kelli is a wonderful student and makes me laugh. Every once in a while, she raises her hand in the middle of a demo, and says something like, "I'm totally lost here!" I look at her monitor, and it usually is showing something like the design above, and I wonder how she ever ever became lost. Sometimes, however, she, like many students, clicks something she never has before, and things happen, like stuff disappears.
Heather Kloss
Heather Kloss has a great series of designs going, all of which are contributing to her own business! Heather's flare for composition (after all, she's a professional photographer) translates to other projects including the total look of this spread. She has a great drop cap thing going, and nice cover concept. And obviously, she is a talented photographer.
Dennis Frank
Holy Cow! What a fabulous use of overlaying images! But to get the dramatic and subtle shadows, Dennis Frank turned to PhotoShop. But once the letter-sized image was brought into Quark, he was able to imprint the copy portion beautifully, leveraging PostScript to the max. And this piece folds beautifully, a testament to Dennis' careful pre-design measurements and template construction. Dennis is a pro photographer, and it shows in his design. I don't about you, but I think this guy has to make a career decision, and it better involve some sort of design or communication track.
Charmayne McMurray
Charmayne McMurray continues to produce excellent designs as she learns more of the features and tools that Quark has to offer. For example, she scanned a hand crocheted lace, and brought it in as an object on the open spread. This image serves as a fine texture that unifies the entire design. And look at those entertaining borders. How appropriate for this subject matter. Finally, Charmayne discovered the split gradation tool in the object menu, and put it to good use.
Ardell Sanders
This is very dynamic and well-executed design by Ardell Sanders is quite fantastic. Ardell, of course, comes to the class with a little more experience with Quark Xpress having interned for a publishing firm, but he continues to grow as he discovers more and more of the program's features. I love the vignetted photograph in the middle of the copy. The text wrap is working great. This is a very effective design, and that is what mastering Quark is all about. At some point (and Ardell agrees with me, I'm sure), you reach a point of mastery that sets you free. You begin concentrating on your design and the infinite possibilities because you are thinking less about the tasks, key combinations and which tools to use. It's magic, and Ardell's work is proof.