Our last project was a fishing magazine spread (for the girls) this went smoother for me than the Marceline comp, maybe because I was less stressed because I knew that this was the last one and that I didn't have to worry about any more deadlines. I did the production art a little backwards because i designed the comp then went looking for art. This is what caused me the most trouble but it turned out ok. All the art I found was very low resolution and ended up being only 1-2 inches after I increased the ppi to 300. What I ended up doing was enlarging it and applying a filter in photoshop or posturizing it again in photoshop. The only thing I was disappointed with was the prominence of the three fish in the foreground. They don't seem to actually be in the water but in front of the water. I would have liked to spend more time on them to make them seem to be a part of the water art. I still like the overall appearance of the spread. Here it is:

    

My Marceline pamphlet went without major hiccup throughout most of the process, which should have raised some red flags, but in my arrogance i thought I was just getting better at this. oh well, printing was a little frightening but all in all it ended out fine. everything comes down to money right? Oh well, so about my pamphlet.... fitting all the copy on it was the hardest. I felt really limited in what I could do because of how much space had to be relegated to copy. I ended up putting an image behind the text on the inside to add interest without losing copy area. so here you go...  

This is the final chili poster. I was disappointed with the way the chili printed for my in class poster but hopefully you will be able to tell the details here. I think the size font for the info text was a little too big. At the time I was worried that there would be too much negative space.  I would also have had the chili spilling out of the bowl instead of it just sitting there. I think it needs more action. Overall I am pleased with it though.