Preston Bennington - Me Mag Slide

I chose to make my slide look like this so you can learn a lot of the essential things about me contained within my Me Magazine simply by taking a few seconds to look at this slide. I made the slide eye-catching by first making the background a soft light blue color, which is pleasing to look at (unless you absolutely hate blue - in that case, sorry!) and making the text big and bold. Half of the slide is covered by a photo of binary code. This is because coding and working with computers is probably my biggest passion. The contrasting colors also make this part really pop out against the blue and white of the background. Next, I chose a font that looks handwriting, with a pencil over the E at the end. I did this because drawing and writing is also a passion of mine, and it also adds some flavor to the slide. The pencil bleeds off the edge as to not clutter the slide and make it seem much bigger. After all, who would want a tiny pencil? Finally, I have the logo of the Indiana Pacers on the bottom. I love both basketball and I’m from Indianapolis, so this tells the stories of two things about me in one little logo! There’s also a nice balance in content between the two halves, so one side doesn’t get too much attention at first. However, a technique called Leading Lines is used in the image of code. This means that there are lines in the image that will lead your eyes to the focus or subject. This makes it so in the end, the viewer will be drawn to the half with the text and logo, so they know more about what they’re looking at.

These things all come together to form a heavily condensed version of my magazine. Even though I described why I chose these pictures and made my slide like this, you could probably learn a lot about me without me talking about it, and from you just looking at this slide! Sure, it may seem a little bland and empty in some parts, but that’s the point! It’s simple enough that it’s easy to take in, but detailed enough for anyone looking at it to get the right message.