Mila Allerton created a reflection diary documenting her process for creating a fanzine about cosplay. She began with research on existing fanzines and cosplay websites to determine styles and topics. During planning, she selected a color scheme and font, experimented with layouts, and identified techniques to incorporate. In pre-production, she finalized planning and started filling out production documents since her fanzine would be digital. During production, she created the front cover then interview pages with photos and layered fonts before adding a double page spread with tips and recommendations.

1. reflection diary
mila allerton

2. reserach
today I started research, I looked into existing fanzines and
how they are laid out and what techniques are used. I then
looked at cosplay websites that talked about the topics I want
to use in my fanzine. I also looked into what colours and
fonts are best for catching peoples attentions.

3. planning
Today I finished off research and started planning. I began
choosing a colour scheme and a font to settle on so I could
finalize planning. I experimented with different layouts using
shapes, I used this to choose how many double page spreads I
wanted and where I wanted them. i then began looking back
at research to find techniques that I liked and figured out
where I could incorporate them.

4. pre production
Today I finalized my planning and started pre-production. I
started adding names to my personnel slide and started filing
out slides about locations, costumes/ props etc, since my
fanzine is digital, I wont need any of those. I then began
filling in any other production information needed and wrote
down a basic creative concept.

5. production
Once I started production, I first chose to do my front cover
since it was the easiest and would set the standard for the
rest of the pages. I then chose to do the interview pages as
they had the most text and would take the longest to
complete, once they were finished, I started adding in photos
and layered fonts around to make it look nicer. I then started
my double page spread which was a tips page and then also
recommended stores and websites for people to purchase
cosplays, wigs and contact lenses from.