Response: Invasive Species

I already talked a bit about "the haps" in my class with watching Helvetica and reading "Just My Type," so there isn't too much to say about the course itself.

On Thursday, we did the usual review and critique with the Vox staff. I always like this part of the week because I enjoy seeing everyone's creative ideas. Once you are out working, you don't spend all this time coming up with idea after idea and you certainly don't have a whole bunch of people spending all of there time on just one or two designs. It is funny to see the similarities and differences.

This week, I think all of the cover designers used the same image for one of their covers, including myself. We pretty much all had the same explanation for it as well. However, when given free rein (I learned this was the correct spelling and usage of that word this week) away from the photos provided, the designs took an extremely different look.

However, I would like to take a minute to give a shout out to my classmate Brittany. I loved her designs for the feature portion of the Invasive Species story. I already explained this in a previous post, but the story is about this certain fish and hog species as well as a plant species that are taking over the U.S. after being brought here from other countries.

Her designs were so creative that I just wanted to throw in the towel. She turned the fish into a "Godzilla" fish with a whole bunch of other smaller fish huddled together in the corner of the page. I will post the image if possible.

She also did some really creative things with what I found to be a not-so-interesting story. I think it shows that she has worked as a park ranger, so this was the perfect story for her.

As I prepare to redesign my cover, I hope to channel Brittany's creative and come up with something as fun and attention grabbing for the front.