Velvet Magazine: front page designs created to a strict template; sometimes editing the supplied image in Photoshop - extending backgrounds or airbrushing out unnecessary artifacts etc - a simple introduction to the creativity of the pages and spreads inside
Velvet Magazine spreads: Here are a few sample spreads and pages, all done in Indesign on the GN4 publication system
Be Bright Be Seen: Page designs for a KM Group campaign every autumn to give schoolchildren reflective safety fobs for the dark evenings - done in Illustrator and exported as PDF
Sergeant's Mess Panto: this annual production is laid on by a Royal Marines veterans' charity based in Deal, Kent - as the regular front page designer for their event programme, always fun to put these together for a good cause over the years
Take 5: this fashion section was a KM Group mainstay before Covid and all that - this showcases the overarching responsibility I had for putting together several supplied images, colour palettes and even the page headlines. The Fade To Black issue was actually the final edition and the theme lent itself in a very apt fashion, with its spread also included
An evolution of the annual New Year, New You magazine cover for a Berkshire title; the editor loved the first one and wanted a 'similar direction' 12 months later