Creative Critical Reflection

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Final Project

Here's my final project... hope you enjoy!

http://joom.ag/JuXQ

MISO SEA BASS

I created another page for my magazine. I was looking at the Food Network magazine and saw a page with a simple picture and recipe, so I wanted to do that as well. My dad and I make a an amazing miso sea bass, so that's the recipe I decided to use!

I thought that a recipe page would be great for my magazine, obviously. I know everyone who's tried this dish of mine has loved it, so I thought it was a great option. Here's what it came out to look like:

I love its simplicity!!!!! 

Almost there..... (almost)

So today my main focus was my front cover. The main image on the cover is the pie that Lucille's American Cafe sells and I thought it was perfect to combine the cover and my double page spread. So, I chose to use a sparkly background for the pie pictures because I believe that it emphasizes the holiday season. I had some trouble figuring out how to change the text of my pictures, but I chatted a person on the Joomag website and they sent me this link. I thought it was very cool how the website has a chat between the staff and the users of the website; it came in very handy. When I put the picture of the pie on the background of the page, it originally came out blurry and I was freaking out because it takes two days to get another pie. Luckily, I texted someone from my newspaper class who explained to me that I had to email myself the images that I took, not get them through text on the computer (I use iMessage usually to get pictures on my laptop) or else the quality will diminish. I don't know what I would have done, luckily I do not have to worry about that. Here is a picture of my front page. I am still not done with it, but this is the main idea I'm going for:

"How to Change the Font Color | Joomag Help Center." How to Change the Font Color | Joomag Help Center. Web. 07 Apr. 2016. 

Adjectives= major key

After school today, I wrote up adjectives that will help me describe the food I am writing about. Words like nutty, creamy, sweet, tangy, salty, green, caramelized, and fluffy can help readers imagine what the food tastes like on their page. I must have a very precise and clear understanding of the flavors in the food. My father's hobby is cooking; he can take apart any dish to the pinch of an ingredient. I had him sit down with me and help me analyze the food, which was pretty fun. We debated a lot about which things were most flavorful and how to explain the consistency. I think that the in depth description in my spread will lure the readers into taking out their next Thanksgiving meal from Lucilles cafe!

Almost there!!!

I've been using the website Joomag to layout and create my magazine. Joomag is a free website that allows anyone to make a magazine. Whether it's using a template they've created or one that you create on your own, the opportunities are endless. From someone who's never created a magazine from scratch, I can definitely say that the website makes things less complicated than you'd think. So far, the rough draft for my double page spread is done. I decided to create my own template from scratch. My double page spread includes: A picture of the food, a description, the serving size for each dish, and the pricing. I am currently working on the descriptions that each picture will have. Since one cannot determine the quality of taste in the food, I had to eat the food in the pictures and use strong detailed words to establish the perfect way to sell the idea I am going for in my project: an inexpensive, easy, quality-filled meal that one can order for the holiday. I have to add in a picture of the blueberry pie that I finally got yesterday. I plan on moving that picture to the center of the double page spread because it is the main image on the front cover. Also, the white background is not pretty so I am going to take a picture of a wooden table and then put all the pictures and text on top of it. Here are some pics of the rough draft of my project:

"Joomag - FREE Interactive Service for Digital Magazine Publishing and Hosting." Joomag. Web. 06 Apr. 2016.

PIE DAY!

Today was the last final thing I had to do before I can continue my journey through magazine lay out etc. Before I begin talking about the pictures I took, I want to remind you guys about the idea I had on painting the hands in my front cover to look like turkeys! So, I went out and got my pie from Lucille's cafe that was FINALLY ready, and picked up some paint. When she got home from school, the photoshoot began: Me vs. Blueberry pie. Let me just say, it is very hard to get a good picture of a pie at a high angle because you can't see the inside of it. I've been looking through my pictures, and I'm not sure I'm going to end up using one with the painted hand in it. I realized that it was an interesting artistic approach, but food should definitely stay FAR away from paint, and they didn't come out as cool as I thought. In my newspaper class, there is photoshop on the computers so I've been using that software to help cut out pictures of the food I took for my double page spread. During the pie photoshoot, I was not satisfied with any of the tables in my house, so I plan to go somewhere with wooden tables, and edit my pie cut outs onto it. However, if it does not look realistic, then I will keep the original background, granite. Here are some shots that I took today, including my sisters hands from the paint: