Caught Our Eye

With circles as an integral element of the theme, the Raider staff found different, inventive ways to use the shape throughout the book. My favorite usage is the cut-out hoop that visually connected the headline with the sidebar. The circle and her arm led the eye right down into the photo and then over to the copy to pull the reader into the page.

The circles behind the cutouts also served the purpose of anchoring the cut-out backgrounds, instead of making the students float in white space. They used two pull colors from the main photo to tie the sidebar together and bring the reader’s eye to the bottom corner of the spread.

-written by Karen Johnson, MJE, adviser at Lawson High School