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The Spectrum

A look back on my first volunteer design position, using my present-day design sensibilities.

Using material from the first publication I ever worked on, I decided to fine-tune my layout skills as preparation for my degree project.

During my time at Montgomery College, I was approached to serve as the Editor-In-Chief for our Student Art League. I was just a regular member at the time—helping set-up and take down events, filling in for a sick treasurer here and there—but I dove in and got to learning InDesign before I ever took my first Graphic Design class.

At times I filled in for writing articles or taking photographs close to their deadline. We were all volunteers who dealt with tests, sleepless study nights, and the like. Things happen, and I did my best to make it work.

A left page is read, with text thanking the team for the magazine and the Student Art League. The right spread is on a white background and features a table of contents.
A featured article titled 'Between You and Me' spans a magazine spread. A large picture of rectangular metal relics takes up an entire page, and then some.
This next magazine spread shows some pictures of the featured artist's work alongside the end of the article.
A shorter story is on a blue page, with a large image of the Turquoise Mountain exhibit's 'Geodesic Dome' by Nasser Mansouri taking up the next page beside it.
A stark, black page with the text 'Select Student Work.' is to the left of a single picture of a student piece. The piece illustrates a plague-doctor-like figure with a face made of chainmail in pure black and white..
A minimal spread featuring the front and back of a student's 3D work. It's a metalsmithed brooch