Female Model Profiles

Models

Rickia Talbert

- Shapely women of color with a phenomenal academic presentation

- Shines brightly with confidence

- Brightens people's day with her lovely smile

Pricilla Pareira

A good representation of the hard-working woman

Can also be a stand-in for most teens with her fashionable casual style

A good representation of tall women.

Looking for Models/ Model Criteria

Model Criteria

"Love, You" Body Confidence Shoot

• Women who don't fit body standards
• Curvy, shapely, and women of all backgrounds and heights
• trying to be as representative as possible 

"Short Kings" Male Body Confidence Shoot

• Men 5'7" and under.
• Can be of any appearance
• Can be of any background 

"Body Identity" Body Dysphoria Informative Shoot

• Transgendered people
• People in general who suffer from dysphoria

Content Inspiration and Analysis

Analysis and Inspiration

When thinking of the kind of magazine I wanted to create I knew that I wanted it to be different from other body-positive magazines like Plus and Dare. I want to introduce and showcase other forms of body-related unsatisfaction. Themes like how standards have an effect on both men and women and how in a more serious light it can lead to mental distress. For that theme, I plan to present trans people suffering from Dysphoria. Plus size women tend to get more exposure and acceptance than short, unshapely men and trans people whose mental torment attached to appearance usually goes under the radar.

Photography Inspiration and Analysis

Many Fashion and style magazines favor these kinds of
headshot type spreads, decorated with little to no text. From what I have seen in magazines like Glamour... stoic close-ups similar to this one are popular amongst the genre. In Paper they are mainly used for the cover but in Glamour they usually use it more spreads. This one specifically is of Amandla Stenberg, who had come out as non-binary and bisexual a year prior to when this cover issued in 2017. Dazed chose to frame her in this colorful background representing the LGBTQ+ community and paired it with her shaved head, no make-up look, which is reminiscent of how she identifies to create this stunning clean yet punk-looking cover. I want my cover to have a similar feel but since I have not chosen which article I want to be my feature yet, I do not plan actually executing the same theming. At the moment, my plan is to make my Love, You article my feature but that's subject to change.

Masthead Inspiration and Analysis

Analysis and Inspiration 

As stated in my previous post on the codes and conventions, the masthead is an extremely important detail meant to visually summarize your brand. In planning stages, I knew I wanted the magazine to come off as a sort of satirical take of Vogue and Similar top fashion magazines. Why Vogue specifically? What makes it satirical is the fact that my magazine's focus is on the same group of people they staunchly exclude from their magazines and marketing is ironic.

For the actual masthead, I combined Vogue's tight kerning and tall serif font and Paper Magazine's boldness. To stylize it, I emphasized the tallness of the font by reducing its width and then I colored it according to my main spread. I wanted the reader to know that this magazine is about beauty, fashion, and has an aspect of elegance. I used Paper Magazine's format to embolden my magazine's purpose, it adds a sense of rebellion and loudness which clashes with the font's class.

Sources

https://www.amazon.com/Vogue-Magazine-September-Issue-Taylor/dp/B07WC9LHYZ
https://issuu.com/sudarshanbookdistributors/docs/vogue
https://www.vogue.com/article/from-the-archives-vogue-looks-back-at-120-years-of-covers
https://models.com/work/paper-magazine-paper-magazine-winter-2015-magazine-covers/455144

Magazine Design - "Short Kings" article

"Short Kings" Article and Shoot

Insert short Kings article info and art
★ 3-4 boys who are under 5'9''.
★ Medium length article on male body standards based on information of the internet and the boys'        commentary.
★ Photography-forward spread
- large centered photo of my three models
- Forced perspective shot using a low angle that exudes confidence
- Wide eye-level shot to decorate the bottom
★Green color palette
★Interview questions like:
-Do you consider yourself short? If so do you get called out for it a lot?
- Has being under 5'9" affected your social standing or confidence?
- How do you express your confidence most? Through fashion or some other way?

Magazine Design - "body identity" article

"Body Identity" article and shoot

insert article art
★ Main article is on body dysphoria based off of credible sources.
★ Interview and photo shoot of 2-3 people suffering from dysphoria
- Picture will be full body with 1 or 3 people in them.
- Casual posing, nothing big, no props.
★ Interview questions:
- "How does dysphoria affect you?"
- "How often do you suffer from bouts of dysphoria?"
- "What do you do to get over it?"
- "Do you think that dysphoria should becomes better known as a mental illness over how it seen presently, as an episode of unease brought on by dissatisfaction?"