Critique 2

This past week of designing went pretty smoothly. I was introduced to the wonderful world of Vox designing. Designing the department Short talk with other designers made it pretty simple. Yolanda, Heather and I tackled the three pages of the department by splitting it up since we cannot all work on it at once. I had the page with a nice big ad, so I only had a short story on hot teas and a sidebar. It didn't take very long and I took the opportunity to learn Vox style. It seems as though there are set headline fonts and then we have a lot of freedom for the rest. I can't wait for this weekend to do a page with more room. My page got bumped to an upcoming week, however, because the editors apparently received a letter that has to run, so I won't see it in print this week.
This weekend Theresa and I are doing Short talk becasue the four of us have a detailed schedule worked out for the rest of the semester where we take turns in shifts of two. On the slate for this week will be a fondue story and an illustration that I get to work out, so it should be pretty exciting. I like the flexibility of having all Friday evening, all Saturday and much of Sunday to come in and finish it. There is plenty of room to take your time and get it looking nice. I have to give a shout out to Debbie and Liz for their kindness in helping me learn the process last weekend. They do a great job and it will be great working closer with them in the future on my feature pages and cover.
Speaking of feature pages, my four pager is coming up for the 2: 16 issue, so I will be gearing up for that within the next week. Also I am going to be working with Andrea on Adelante next week. I want to also find time to improve my Casino design for my portfilio. I had too many pictures and so I need to tweak it some.
Lots to do, so little time it seems. It should be overwhelmingly fun!