Patrick Mahomes Magazine Spread
Overview: The objective was to create two spreads for a contest starting with "Obsessed with..." using the name Jane Johnson. I choose to write about The QB for the professional American football team, Kansas City Chiefs Patrick Mahomes. The 2020 Super Bowl champion and MVP make the impossible look normal. With only 3 years of experience in the NFL, he has made an enormous impact in the professional football league. The young QB had the world in the palm of his hands.
Software: Photoshop, Illustrator, & InDesign
Design Process
I started the process by coming up with some sketches of the layout then deciding on one. After deciding on the spread layout, I continued to create a detailed sketch of the two spreads.
After coming up with a final sketch, I continued the process in Photoshop. I grabbed a Pat Mahomes photo and used the pen tool and the brush tool to crop out the image. After selecting the picture, I used the oil paint effect, followed by some color and level balancing to give the photo texture.
Once I was done creating a stylized image of Pat Mahomes, I transition over to illustrator to begin the rest of the spread. For the title, I used a popular font in the early American football era and a font that represents varsity letters for the headline. To match the chosen fonts' ascetics, I've created a rectangular pattern with the same colors as the Kansas City Chiefs brand.
After coming up with a solid design for the first spread, I've moved onto the second spread. For the first page (on the left), my goal was to get most of the article for the consumers to read with the player's nickname and his number in the middle to add a personal touch for the fans. The second page was set up for the player's stats and accolades to be displayed for the visual readers to see what the player accomplished within his starting years in the NFL. I've also used illustrator to create the trophies represent each accolade.
For the final part of the process, I used Indesign to insert paragraphs for the second spread. I surrounded the middle illustration on the first page with text to give the page movement and for the reader to have more fun reading the information without too much distraction. The second page has very minimum text to provide the reader a break from too much reading and enjoy its illustrations.
