In the InDesign tutorial we looked at the diferent choices we are given when setting up a document. The specifications for the brief are '5 B5 double page spreads'.
There is more to consider when creating a document in InDesign:
The Margins: The area around the sides of the page that do not have type in them
The Columns: lines that make up a grid for layout
The Bleed: 3mm is the industry standard
The pages window allows us to navigate the pages in our document. The first page in a double page spread is always single, because the front cover of a book is always single.
By creating guides we can make sure to align everything in our document to a set grid. This may not sound important, but it makes a huge difference. This menu distributes the guides equally within either the 'margins' or the whole page.
Below is an example of the use of guides on a document. For the first page, I created a 2x3 grid that is distributed within the margins. The second is a simple 2x2 grid system. I arranged the photos within the document diagonally to each other. This helps balance the layout slightly.
The speed of the InDesign programme can be improved by lowering the display performance. This makes the images in the document lower quality, making it easier to load when reposition them. This makes a huge difference when working in large files.
Images in InDesign can be easily edited in Photoshop, Flash and Illustrator. InDesign automatically updates the image in the document when you save.
Below are a few layouts that I have adapted from sketches. Tattoo gun and cord is heavily influenced by the Huck magazine layouts which I have spoken about
here. This first layout has text wrapped text around the cord of the gun to evoke a 'puzzle' style that resembles a 'sleeve tattoo'.
For this second layout I have taken inspiration from bibles and other religious publications. They often use single column centre aligned text with large margins and use the 'justify' text alignment to make a consistent shape down the page.
This is a layout that I have mimicked from Huck magazine. There is no reasoning behind it, but It looks quite nice.
My aim is to have 4 images per page, so a layout like the one below would work very well. The layout resembles that of the book you can look through in tattoo parlours when deciding what design to get.
The design below is a variation of the tattoo gun design. I am worried it would have been too distracting to the eye. This layout is a lot cleaner, although this does not have the tone of voice that is associated with tattoos.
