Ink.....ARGH!!

This has been ONE HELL OF A BREAK! I've been appointed as this year's Graphic Designer for MUBS last October. In addition to regular MUBS stuff, I also have to work with INK. The Editor asked me if I was willing to be the graphic designer for the first edition of INK this year. Duties included handling all the visuals, cover and page layout. Since I had never done a magazine layout before (i've always done posters n stuff) and since I thought it was one my responsibilities, I said yes. I figured it would be good for my portfolio to have a variety of stuff in it, and this was a good opportunity.

The editor thought the break would be perfect to get everything done. Thinking this would only take a few days I agreed to it. Boy was i wrong! I had never used InDesign before, so my first objective was to learn how to. After hours and hours of online tutorials, i gathered a few basic skills to get me started. At that point I learned that I wasnt required to do the INK layout...I could actually have said no...but it was too late, and i needed this for my folio. I decided I would not do the 2nd edition then.

So i realised, I basically had one shot at this for now...its one edition, and I had to give it all..make it a good piece! What I thought was going to be a few days work took the whole of my easter break to be done. I could only spare a few hours to for the Green Screen testing (post+pictures on this later) on Thursday, then I had to rush back to the INK office.

Sadly I did not have much time for studio during the break :( Did not have time for any of the other units for that matter...it was intensive work on INK all week. Although it might not seem wise to spend all of my break on this magazine right now, I was hoping in the long run it would pay off. I want to apply for a summer internship this year, and hopefully my work for MUBS will help me.


UPDATE FOR STUDIO:
Learned a bit more about lighting and the actual green screen itself through tutorial videos.
Learned about some programs which could help us with Special Effects. (Effects Lab)
Tried some random shots in the green screen room, learned a bit more about lighting...more on this later in another post.