Magazine Preview Assignment

1) Five things to think about when designing a magazine cover is does it have benefits, is it interesting enough that a walk by glancer will catch their eye on it, does it have good image appeal, is it easy to quickly view and still be efficient, and is it worth the investment for the buyer.

1)No
2)informal
3)No
4)Formal
5)Formal
6)No
7)No
8)No
9)Informal
10)No
11)Informal
12)Formal
13)No
14)Formal
15)Formal
16)Formal

Favorite

I chose this photo as my favorite because this one was the most eye appealing to me. I might be bias though because I like cats so much. But, it is a super cute picture that can attract views from because who doesn't like looking at pictures of cats, right? I think the pumpkin it's sitting in is a little bit scary and I have never heard of the brand before but it all depends on the person buying or viewing the cover I guess. I think it has really good subtitles that is really attracting the viewer (At least from what I can read)

Image Based magazine consists of one or more people on the cover. Many ways are these people being interpreted. Sometimes their smiling, or frowning, looking at the camera, or not looking at the camera.

Illustration based magazines are not that common anymore but when you see them they are usually showing something funny or out of the ordinary. These types of magazines don't always rely on newsstand sells and sometimes they use computer generated images.

Type Based are also rare, but more common than illustration, although they have been making a comeback that last couple of years. These magazine covers use powerful fonts to portray their message and it is very effective sometimes.

Concept Based is a mix of all three concepts above and it is rare. They must be instantly understandable and funny to the audience.