Magazine Preview Assignment

 #1 - Magazine Tips

1.  I should be making the cover image as intriguing as possible.

2.  I should make the cover clean and easy to look at.

3. Make your cover stand out compared to other covers.

4. Make the cover so that people can easily connect it to your brand.

5.  Add emotional appeal to the photo.

#2 - Best Covers

1. Michael Douglas Is Liberace - Formal

2. J Crew: Teaching the World to Dress American - Informal

3.  Floyd Mayweather in The Fight Issue - Environmental

4.The Flight Risk - Formal

5. Get Fit Have Fun - Informal

6. Hair! - Formal

7. Get Inspired! - Formal

8.  The Art Issue - Formal

9. Summer Fashion Issue - Formal

10. Spring Fashion - Formal

11. Solange - Informal

12. Scholars in Bondage - Informal

13. Bill Gates Wants You to Fix the World - Formal

13. 100 Years - Informal

14. Kenneth Faried in The Body Issue - Environmental 

15. Beyoncé - Informal

16. Nobody's Safe - Formal

17. Show Your Love! - Formal

#3 - My Favorite Cover

"For this cover story on the U.S. women’s ski-jumping team, we featured the Olympic hopeful Sarah Hendrickson as photographed by Martin Schoeller. Schoeller captures the competitive spirit of Hendrickson, who wears her competition gear, in her body posture and intense gaze."

This is my favorite cover for various reasons. The subject of the portrait takes up the entire cover and I like that. Simple, but vibrant colors make the cover stand out. The colors also contrast with the plain grey background. The subjects gaze pierces into the viewer's eyes and the blue ski goggles could represent the cold glance. The subject looks very focused, similar to the sport she participates in. Though this cover is plain, its simplicity is its strongest strength.

#4 - Magazines Part 2

1. Image Based- These magazine covers are used in almost all celebrity, sports, and fashion magazines. Image based magazines have people in various poses. Image based covers are not only used for magazines with people in them. Fashion and food magazines both use image based covers. Image based covers are any cover that uses a photograph that corresponds with the magazine type.

2. Illustration Based- These magazine covers were used in all magazines before the 1930's. Drawing the cover was the option. Now illustrations are used to show something funny or not normal. When a simple photo won't work, magazines can use illustration based covers. A majority of illustration cover are from independent magazines.

3. Type based- Type based covers are used to covey a shocking or striking idea. Though rare, type based covers can give a powerful message compared to illustrations. This kind of cover is rare, but is on the rise. Sometimes words can represent an idea better than an image.

4. Concept based- Concept based covers can be a combination of all three of the covers above. Concept covers are used to deliver a funny, shocking, or just strange message. The reader must understand the cover's message immediately or the cover fails. This is why concept based covers are pretty rare.



Pictures on magazine covers draw viewers while words keep the viewers engaged.