These were among my first ever yearbook spreads. They took a long time. Luckily, my designs improved quickly because of how much practice I was getting. When I became Editor-in-chief, I was one of only three people who knew how to use Indesign. So, that year I made about 45 yearbook spreads, each of them with different designs. When I look at other award winning yearbooks, I can see that our pages are not as cohesive as others schools, but I'm proud of my self and my staff for sticking with content orientated design instead of placing into templates.

 

I start designing by drawing a very quick sketch of what I think it should look like. This helps me avoid wasting time on Indesign, which can be very frustrating. I also take a lot of inspiration from examples shown in design classes I took online over the summer. 

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I also created the graphic in the bottom right corner of the last spread.