Design Magazines: My Opinion
January 9, 2008, 04:38pm No comments
- Communication Arts - I had a subscription for a year. I didn’t renew because it bored me. Maybe it was all the text.
- HOW - I have a couple here that my friend gave me. I like their forum more than their magazine. Nothing really to say about the magazine. It has stuff in it.
- Print - I perused through it, and found it very artsy. That may sound weird coming from a guy like me, but I just didn’t find anything in it very practical.
- Photoshop Creative & Advanced Photoshop - I always pick these up at Barnes & Noble. I like these. I just never buy them because the news stand price is $15 and a subscription is $150. Its a magazine from the UK. I’ll break down one day and get a subscription.
- Before&After Magazine - I really like this one. Straight up design. No ads, no software, just tips and tricks on how to make your designs better. They focus on the elements of design like color, shape, texture, etc. instead of trends and tricks. I already have some of their PDFs, but I just purchased the PDF/Print subscription because I prefer to read in books on REAL paper.
- Create Magazine - Yuck. I thought it would be good and ordered a subscription. What a crock! The magazine is just chocked full of ads and inserts. Plus it’s not just a design magazine. It has articles on “Advertising, Design, Photography, Printing, Film & Video, Audio & Music, Animation, and New Media”. Wow! I didn’t know one magazine could hold so much crap!
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