magazine cover

no matter what you put on the cover, keep the six functions of covers in mind:
1. Familiar recognition from issue to issue (that’s the brand)

2. Emotionally irresistible (that’s the image’s appeal)

3. Arousing curiosity (that’s to pull the casual glancer in)

4. Intellectually stimulating, interesting (that’s to promise benefits)

5. Efficient, fast, easy to scan (that’s showing off the service)

6. Worth the investment of money and time (that’s the “What’s in it for me?”)

Best covers
1 formal
2 informal
3 environmental
4 environmental
5 informal
6 formal
7 informal
8 formal
9 formal
10 formal
11 formal
12 formal
13 informal
14 formal
15 formal
16 informal
17 informal

my favorite cover

Winner

Sports Illustrated, April 22, BOSTON

Photographer: John Tlumacki
"At approximately 3:10 on the afternoon of April 15, 2013, the editors of Sports Illustrated returned from their Monday meeting to rumors of a terrorist act near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. With fewer than four hours until Si's weekly deadline, producing a definitive news account of what happened was impossible. Was there, however, an image that captured the afternoon's chaos, its tragedy, in addition to a city's capacity for resilience and goodness in the face of such terror? Yes, there was, dozens of images, in fact. By 4:30 p.m., half an hour ahead of the magazine's usual cover deadline, (Read More)

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The fallen runner and the police men with their guns drawn show the suspense and tension of the moment. The smokey background and show that the bomb just went off and the chaos of the moment. The photo shows movement of the officers as they rush to find who set the bomb. Also it shows the shocked marathon runner in the center of the tragedy. The viewer is left with the same sense of chaos that was present during the time. The way the photographer was able to present the feelings and atmosphere in a single photo is amazing. I also like how the policemen are in front of the magazine brand. this gives the photo a sense of depth like the people are coming off the page at you grabbing your attention. The composition of the photo gives the photo a cool and unique angle of what is happening.

magazines part 2

1. early magazine covers

The early magazine covers were simple, black and white paper covers with black and white drawings. they look kind of like simple book cover with just a title. The magazines are more decorative than to foreshadow what is in the magazine. in 1844 the pictures start to interact a little with the drawings. in the late 1800 the magazines started to incorporate designs and more interaction with the drawings.

the poster cover

pictures that need no words. there were drawings in color that depicted a certain mood or season. Most didn't have anything to do with the inside of the magazine at all. they were looked to be posters with different fonts and color. mainly artwork and paintings were on the covers. very artsy. The covers had cover lines and were done by famous artists. some were abstract and some were very realistic. the first photographs also appeared on the covers.

Pictures married to type

these covers were very aesthetic and very artistic. cover lines were common in some and some were very symbolistic. the design of the drawing mixed with the words and over lapped a little. In some the letters are part of the photo. some magazines tried to incorporate the idea of nature settings and had depth and movement. the color and depth of the cover was meant to pull you in. lots of beauty magazines used this method and they became more busy with words and colors.

In the forest of words

these covers were photos advertising every thing in the magazines. the text overlapped the subject allot an distracted form the actual photo. lots of colors were used to draw in the viewer and lots of things going on. these covers were very busy with lots of texts and fonts and different colors.