Your V magazine.

What does V even stand for?

The thinking process into the name was so dramatic. I originally wanted the name to be Vivid magazine. After reading finding out the definition of Vivid I fell in love.

viv·id  (vvd)

adj. viv·id·er, viv·id·est

1. Perceived as bright and distinct; brilliant: a vivid star.

2.

a. Having intensely bright colors: a vivid tapestry.

b. Having a very high degree of saturation: a vivid purple.

3. Presented in clear and striking manner: a vivid account of the incident. See Synonyms at graphic.

4. Perceived or felt with the freshness of immediate experience: a vivid recollection of their childhood.

5. Active in forming lifelike images: a vivid imagination.

[Gogle Define: Vivid www.thefreedictionary.com/vivid]

 

I ound out to my horror that Vivid magazine was already a published magazine, I suppose I could have used the same name but I just felt so gutted

and angry. So I looked at synonyms…

 

vivid  [viv-id] Show IPA/ˈvɪvɪd/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	intense, powerful
Synonyms:	active, animated, bright, brilliant, clear, colorful, definite, distinct, dramatic, dynamic, eloquent, energetic, expressive, flamboyant, gay, glowing, graphic, highly colored, lifelike, lively, lucid, meaningful, memorable, picturesque, realistic, resplendent, rich, sharp, shining, spirited, stirring, striking, strong, telling, theatrical, true-to-life, vigorous

 

[Google: Vivid synonyms- http://thesaurus.com/browse/vivid]

 

The only one that really caught my eye was vigorous.

 

Vigorous Magazine?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I tried to play around with how Vigorous would look on my front cover.

 

 

 

 

 

 

After all the playing around with Vigorous, I couldn’t bring myself to settle.

 

At the end I chose V magazine.

 

V standing for Virgin.

 

adjective

9.

being a virgin: a virgin martyr.

10.

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a virgin: virgin modesty.

11.

pure; unsullied; undefiled: virgin snow.

12.

first: the senator's virgin speech.

13.

without admixture, alloy, or modification: virgin gold.

[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/virgin - the word virgin]

 

With the connotations being pure and modest, I felt that it best suited my magazine as its new, fresh and quite timid.