Fakku Magazine Feedback.

I don't know how many remember this, but some time ago I posted a prototype Fakku magazine cover. You can find that thread here if you haven't seen it. The community seemed to like the idea so here is what I think it could be of sorts. This is going to be some prototype pages just to get an idea of if you guys like the way it's going or if you think changes should be made. If you want the text changed in any way or the size or the design say so and make some suggestions. I will add more pages and different layouts for different sections to get feedback as well. When everyone is happy we will do a full issue one day or something.

The people who have worked on the magazine:

Catcher
Red Sasori (Hasn't posted yet, so no profile)
Xel Naga
ZeroOBK
KLoWn
Kaimax
Captain Falcon
Ero-Sensei

If I forgot to credit you in here make sure to send me an angry PM or MSN message. Also, if anyone wishes to join make sure to say so. We need writers first and foremost but if you wanna design and have some ideas we would love to hear them.

These pages will only fully work in FireFox and Opera. You can view them in other browsers, but you won't be able to see the animation. Make sure to click and zoom in on the pages to see everything clearly. The two who wrote these are Catcher and ZeroOBK. The animation was done by Red Sasori.

Why would anyone on Fakku want nudity in the magazine? That would be preposterous!

I'm going to be helping Animeholic with the doujins whenever we aren't busy with our busy Modern Warfare 2 schedule, so send Holic enough hate mails and we'll get it done!

Just going to say that you could/should work on the format and layout of each page, there are better ways to facilitate reading articles. Advertising (what im in school for now) has taught me much.

It's a cool idea but personally I'd say it has some design and layout issue's. I'm willing to contribute to some of the design work, in fact I'll do a small mock-up of what I personally think would work better.

Again it's a good idea, but the design needs some work.

(Oh and hell yes there should be nudity, wouldn't be much of a Fakku magazine without it :P )

There were some who didn't like it on the cover but they were probably thinking it was going to be a real Magazine. I just wanted to make sure the majority don't mind nudity.



I'm so busy with MW2 because you and Sas want to play it all the time! Also you decided to get job(s) all of a sudden which is delaying your parts!



Do you mean the way other magazines tend to do it? I actually thought about following the format of another magazine but it looked too boring to me. If that's not what you meant care to provide an example? You can either post it here or get in contact with me another way.



Cool. If it looks good we will definitely use you and it, lol. It would get boring using the same layout over and over, so any ideas on that are welcomed.



Judging from the poll it looks like nudity is inbound. Makes pic searching a lot easier as well since there is very few SFW quality pics.

As an experienced graphic designer, i must agree with the people above, the layout needs a lot more work. But the idea is awesome.

Contact me in pm or on IRC if you want some help in that part : D
I don't have much free time, but i think i can help with layou

i'm actually into layouts like these, just in case you would like to know:

there are reasons other magazines all use the same format. Trying to be original is all well and good but being original while keeping a similar format is the mark of a truly good layout. Do what you will, but my advice is sound and would probably help. You should also consider different things on different pages, the art top/bottom boarders on every page might get... tired, quickly.

I agree, try and find someone in the graphic design field to work on page layout and typography.

I remember you mentioning that in IRC. I have zero graphic design experience so it would be nice to have someone like you that can give advice.



I wasn't questing your advice if it seemed that way. It is definitely a sound idea to go with a tried and true layout that other magazines follow. If that's what everyone wants which it seems to be then that's definitely what we will do.



We aren't going to be charging anyone for the magazine and it's not going to be made into a tangible copy that you can hold so we shouldn't have to worry about that.



It wouldn't be anything that happens often. I don't see it being able to be monthly or even bi-monthly. There isn't enough material as you said and writers. Everyone is busy with in real life stuff or pleasantries to really dedicate to a magazine that gives them nothing in return for the work. It would just be something that is a good amount of pages that would be made every so often. Even if this ends up being too difficult to happen on any bases I'd like for at least one issue to be made. Time will tell.

Just a thought that i came across while taking a bath, with the hype about the iPad and all that shit, I think apple will probably (if they didn't already) create a space for free independent publications. If that happens, it would be an interesting way of distribution.

As i said, just a thought...

As said above, can be designed better, and maybe split text into portions/sections with headings so it doesn't look like a walloftext.

Still, its a wonderful idea, great work! Anticipating the next update~!

Ok here's my basic mock up, a basic idea. (There's many things I don't even like of my own version, too cluttered for example. But it's just to give a better idea of things. Oh and all the text is simple Bakemonogatari stuff copied and pasted from wiki, I just didn't want to leave the example blank :P )



It's not always necessary to have a background, sometimes a plain white one is fine and can most of the time be easier on the eyes and makes things easier to read. So if your going to add a background always make sure the article is at least readable.

Also make sure the font fits the theme of everything, different and unique text is nice and all but can look out of place or tacky. Also considering it's a Fakku magazine try and bring in some of it's colour's, it'll make things feel more familiar.

Oh and when it comes to images I'd say it's best not to use fan art, sure there's impressive work out there but it can be distracting due to the different styles used and the artist may not all be too pleased with their art being used without permission. So try and stick with screen shots and official artwork.

Also make sure the images you use are relevant to the article, for example your Bakemonogatari one had images in the middle of the article that had nothing to do with it.

Also it's important to structure the text properly, just having a wall of text isn't a good way to present your article and again can be a discomforting. So try to break it up now and then.


Now my mock up is not perfect and also needs some work, like I said it's just meant to give a basic idea, try and keep things exciting and varied. It can be a pain when laying things out and trying to structure it properly, but hey if the community respond positively it'll be worth it.


So yeah that's my advice, I'd like to try and help as much as possible with this project when I can, so don't hesitate to message me if you need help.

Oh and one last thing, I thought it'd be cool if you interview'd Hentai Groups, like Soba-Scans or other individuals (assuming they'd be willing to.) I think that'd be an interesting thing to add to the magazine.

Anyway good luck with the project!

I don't get why there should be a magazine when Fakku has this website...

Just a tip: If you guys are serious about it, i'd say you should think about CONTENT and sections BEFORE thinking about layou :/

Tahat's experience talking.

Also:



If it turns out fine, at least it's good portfolio.

Well, at least there'd be a place for random pictures of porn, as opposed to the mass collection of doujins and videos Fakku already has.

Its a great idea, Maybe Jacob could sell issues of it at the
Fakku booth while at cons and you could even sell them online I know I'd pay
for a copy for sure.

this looks like it could be a neat little project. That little extra something that lets you know that FAKKU is truly is a warm fuzzy place to be, if time should ever permit me so, I'd help out with this.

That and writers are the main problem. As I mentioned before people aren't too enthusiastic about having to think of a topic and write about it in length. Making the pages is the easiest part if there is a design to follow such as Kiss-shot's which I like a lot. He did an awesome job even in a short amount of time. I have people willing to help with making the pages, but we currently only have Catcher and ZeroOBK who write. With irl stuff to deal with among other things it takes a while to come up with a topic and write it.



What would you be interested in helping out with?

What sort of topics?