What magazines did you love to read when you were a kid?
When David Jun was in school,
I often read magazines such as Reader and Story Club
(Accidentally exposed age)
There are more children's magazines on the market now
But not to teach children to learn arithmetic
It's about reading English
And they are all in the position of adults
Founded from the perspective of "good for children"
It's not necessarily what the child really likes
There is a magazine that is very special
Especially
- It's for kids
It is also created by children
When the first edition was printed
Their "editor-in-chief" is only 8 years old, can you believe it?
This amazing magazine is called
Big Kids Magazine
From Australia
Each issue will collect paintings by "little artists" from all over the world
And then carefully screened and arranged,
So the paintings are all made by children!
The cover of the first issue of the magazine was loved by many people
On the cover there are seas, ships,
Birds and flowers and other elements that children love
Lively
The theme of this issue is called First Flight,
is one of the founders of the magazine Lily Blue
Co-authored with 6-year-old Humphrey.
Not only that,
This work was also placed on the homepage of the official website,
Use dynamic effects to show the innocence of illustration!
A group of flying elves,
Bringing the boat on the surface of the water to heaven,
Sure enough, it is a child's whimsy!
The other issues were also created by adults and children.
The fourth issue goes into darkness, with the right half of the cover being painted by artist Del Katherine and the left by her 7-year-old daughter Arella.
The dark world of adults and the dark world of children's eyes are in stark contrast, the left side is more unrestrained, and the right side is full of realistic elements.
The creative process
A street artist
Working with a teenager who loves airplane models
What kind of sparks will collide?
The cover of the third issue of the magazine gives people the answer -
The magazine covers are split in two, with the left and right sides clearly by "artists" of different ages.
It can be put together without any sense of violation, but is full of more intense visual stimulation, which can be distinguished from ordinary magazines at a glance.
For example, a 7-year-old boy, Jocob, drew a "monster" with his imagination.
The painting was sent to a printmaker who, inspired by Jocob, painted the bear on the right.
6-year-old Chase created an upright walking "monster" with crayons, and visual artist Dave DeVries transformed it into a more terrifying image with acrylic paint, spray guns and colored lead, giving it a new life.
Suddenly it became three-dimensional and tall, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a movie poster.
There are also two styles
"Seeds growing into the sky"
And the adult and child version of the "stacked arhat" -
This is probably the first time a magazine has done this
Give the children full creative freedom,
Respect your child's ideas,
Adults and children can also communicate and appreciate each other in art.
Phase VI: Patterns and Pathways
Issue 7: A Small World
Issue VIII: The Art of Depravity
No. 9 Collection
No. 10 Humanity
The magazine was also created by chance, with its founders, Jo Pollitt, a dancer/writer from Perth, and Lilly Blue, a Sydney visual artist/educator, who thought, "Better to publish a children's magazine yourself!" ”
Soon they reached an agreement and began building their own website, inviting children and artists from all over the world.
This cute idea also received many submissions from "artists big and small", and as soon as the blog went viral, the magazine had material.
Discuss typography with a video
So the magazine began to be founded in an orderly manner.
The first issue of the magazine was also reviewed by the youngest members of the team.
Printed magazines
Send them one by one to the subscribed readers
They wrote in the magazine this passage:
"We believe that time should be seen as an important resource, and that children can freely collect the invisible quiet pieces of the world, to listen, to respond, to breathe and grow, to think and contribute in the old and new ways for the rest of the day."
Big Kids Magazine is very supportive of this trend: to make parents aware of the importance of stress reduction and the value of true childhood. ”
BIG Kids Magazine is seen by many as an irreplaceable presence in children's magazines.
It encourages children's imagination and creativity, so that adults and children can have an equal place in art.
They have always followed the idea of making the world hear more small voices and then letting them be amplified.
Inside pages of the magazine
In fact, China does not lack children who are creative in art, but they lack such an opportunity.
I believe that in the future, our children can also have their own magazines!
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