magazine layouts

Magazine layouts are divided into small slideshows. Scroll down and click on an image to view more detail, which will enter you into the slideshow for that particular section. (All text and images on this site © Victoria Beerman. All Rights Reserved.)

The first grouping is mainly from RT Book Reviews Magazine:

Images were either provided or created from Creative Commons art, which I manipulated in Photoshop. (We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine.)

Images were provided. (We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine.)

Created with the very modest cost of stock photo, which I manipulated in Photoshop. All other images supplied by the subject. (We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine.)

Images supplied by the subject. (We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine.)

Materials supplied by the subject. (We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine.)

Spread from multi-page special section. Created with the very modest cost of clipart, which I manipulated in Illustrator. (We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine.)

Cover images were provided and dictated by the client who bought the cover and I had to do my best to create a cover from them. We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine. Quite a challenge.

Logo for this FOB department was created from the very modest cost of clipart and manipulated in Illustrator. (We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine.)

Images were either provided or created from Creative Commons art, which I often manipulated in Illustrator or Photoshop. (We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine.)

Cover images were provided and dictated by the client who bought the cover and I had to do my best to create a cover from them. We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine. Quite a challenge.

Image was provided. (We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine.)

The logo for this BOB department was created with the very modest cost of clipart, which I manipulated in Illustrator. (We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine.)

Cover images were provided and dictated by the client who bought the cover and I had to do my best to create a cover from them. We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine. Quite a challenge.

Created with the very modest cost of clipart, which I manipulated in Illustrator. (We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine.)

Cover images were provided and dictated by the client who bought the cover and I had to do my best to create a cover from them. We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine. Quite a challenge.

Images were either provided or created from Creative Commons art, which I often manipulated in Illustrator or Photoshop. (We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine.)

Images were created with the very modest cost of clipart, which I often manipulated in Illustrator. (We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine.)

I created the plant stems in Illustrator. (We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine.)

(We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine.)

Images were provided. I created the logo. (We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine.)

Images for this BOB department were created from Creative Commons art. (We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine.)

Images were provided. (We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine.)

Images were either provided or created from Creative Commons art. (We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine.)

Cover images were provided and dictated by the client who bought the cover and I had to do my best to create a cover from them. We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine. Quite a challenge.

Images were either provided or created with the very modest cost of clipart, which I often manipulated in Illustrator or Photoshop. (We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine.)

Images were provided. (We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine.)

This version was my first choice for the cover, but a more cluttered version was what was ultimately printed. Cover images were provided and dictated by the client who bought the cover and I had to do my best to create a cover from them. We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine. Quite a challenge.

Logo for this FOB department was designed in Illustrator. (We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine.)

Images were either provided or created from Creative Commons art. (We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine.)

Cover images were provided and dictated by the client who bought the cover and I had to do my best to create a cover from them. We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine. Quite a challenge.

Created with the very modest cost of clipart, which I manipulated in Illustrator. (We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine.)

Images were provided. (We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine.)

Images were created from Creative Commons art, which I manipulated in Photoshop. (We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine.)

Images were provided. (We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine.)

Images were provided or created in Illustrator. (We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine.)

Images were created from Creative Commons art, which I manipulated in Illustrator or Photoshop. (We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine.)

Next is Romantic Times Book Club Magazine (a prior version of RT Book Reviews Magazine):

Cover images were provided and dictated by the client who bought the cover and I had to do my best to create a cover from them. We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine. Quite a challenge.

Images were either provided or created with the very modest cost of clipart, which I often manipulated in Illustrator or Photoshop. (We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine.)

Cover images were provided and dictated by the client who bought the cover and I had to do my best to create a cover from them. We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine. Quite a challenge.

Images were either provided or created with the very modest cost of clipart, which I often manipulated in Illustrator or Photoshop. (We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine.)

Images were either provided or created with the very modest cost of clipart, which I often manipulated in Illustrator. (We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine.)

Images were created with the very modest cost of clipart, which I manipulated in Illustrator. (We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine.)

Images were either provided or created with the very modest cost of clipart, which I often manipulated in Illustrator. (We had no art budget to speak of at this magazine.)

The last slideshow grouping is from Sales & Marketing Management Magazine:

I commissioned the photo illustration.

I commissioned all of the photography and illustrations in all of these covers.

I commissioned the illustrations. This was a whole package of stories, each with commissioned art.

I commissioned the photo illustration.

I commissioned the photography and the illustration.

I commissioned the illustration. This was actually not intended to be a cover but when the editor-in-chief saw it, he insisted we make a cover with it.

I commissioned all of the photographs, including the keyboard image.

I commissioned the photograph.

I commissioned both photographs.

I commissioned the photography.

I commissioned the photography and the illustration.

I commissioned the photograph. (Yes, this is a man the photographer really and truly painted gold.)

I commissioned both illustrations.

I commissioned the photo illustration.

I commissioned the photo illustration, and also the map for that particular recurring feature.

A recurring feature each year. I commissioned a new map for each one.

I commissioned the photo illustration.

I commissioned the illustration.

These departments ran front of book. I commissioned all of the illustrations, one of which won an SPD Spot Award in 2000. (The illo in the top left-hand side by Scott Naumann.)