Watch a comprehensive Adobe Live video tutorial featuring designer Ashley Armstrong as she creates an 8-page at-home activity guide using Adobe InDesign and Illustrator. Learn best practices for setting up pages and layouts, including grid structure, photo placement, typography selection, and balancing copy with visuals. Follow along as Armstrong demonstrates editorial design techniques, from initial inspiration to final layout, covering topics such as creating masks, managing columns, adding visual interest, and working with copy decks. Gain insights into the design process, including color adjustments, attention to text rag, and maintaining balance between text and images. The tutorial also includes a review of the AI daily creative challenge and concludes with work on the centerfold graphic.
Designing an At-Home Activity Guide Using InDesign and Illustrator - Part 1
Overview
Syllabus
Start
Covering the scope of the At-Home Activity Guide and past work
Sharing inspirations for editorial design
Picking typefaces for editorial
Starting with grids to maintain structure within the design
Bringing in photo options and creating masks for them
Placing in some headlines and working with copy
Using columns and managing copy - laying out your pages
Continuing layout of design
Adding visual interest to the pages
Changing colors and paying attention to your “rag”
What is a copy deck
Working out photo placement with the grid - explaining the process
Continuing to work with the balance between copy and photos
Review of the AI daily creative challenge
Back to work on the centerfold graphic - closing wrap-up
Taught by
Adobe Creative Cloud
