Magazines Part 2

Image:
This the of magazine cover is the most common type of cover design. Most of the time there are people looking at the camera and smiling. Some also have a picture of a person with a grumpy face for example. Not all pictures are of happy people and they are not always looking at each other but for the most part there are people on the cover.

Illustration:
Drawn illustrations were the only way of creating magazine overs in the mid 30s of the 20th century. Many of the illustrations on magazines now are made to be funny or out of the ordinary. There are many places that get computer generated illustrations as well. Many magazines do not want illustrated covers but the ones that do have illustrated covers are very eye catching.

Type:
This approach of cover is rare for magazines. There is always something very powerful about the way the numbers and words are arranged. Type based covers are very shocking as well as striking and not many people print type based magazines anymore and only a few have come out in the past few years.

Concept:
Concept based magazine covers are used to get across a strong message and to make a point. In a funny shaking way. When planning a concept magazine cover you need to be thinking even if you understand it you need to think if the readers will understand the message you are trying to get across. This type pf cover is rare as well.

The relationship between words and photos on a magazine cover is words can be witty and you can give all of the information on the front cover from words and numbers and arrange with color and photos are more of trying to get the message across from a picture of a action of a facial expression. This is important because some topics cannot come across from a  picture so you need to have words and numbers while some topics can come through from a picture and explain everything and catch the readers eye. But both pictures and words need to catch the readers eye.