Critique: Simplicity COMPLETE and Dance Cover Design

So this turned out to be a big design week for me.  My photo pitch for the Dance Guide covers got picked but I liked it how I turned it in so I didn't have to adjust it too much.  In the end I created about 5 new versions, but stuck with the design most similar to what I turned in for my final pitch.  They changed it a bit for print and I wish I had been involved in that because I like the strip they did across the top, but I think I would have made the type-to-pink-band ratio smaller.  But oh well.

AND, I finally came up with a solution I liked for the Simplicity feature!!!  I got lots of complements, but I think it was because the original designs I presented were so bad, ha ha.  SO, I am so happy to be done with that.  Let me know what you think of the new look!

Oh, and I am also in the process of completing my first ipad issue.  So you can check that out here as well.

As for upcoming work, I am doing another full page design for the Insight section that is going to mix the style of the Valentine's Day Gift Guide with the anniversary of the Titanic sinking.  I am so excited to get started on that.  And of course I am plugging away at my Meredith designs.  Ahh...glad spring break is around the corner!