Blog #1 - Magazine tips

Go to the link below:

http://www.pubexec.com/article/32-tips-tales-techniques-evaluating-appeal-your-next-magazine-cover-84611/1

Read the 2 page article about magazine cover design. The second page is much more important than the first page. On your blog tell me 5 things you should be thinking about when you design your magazine cover.

1. Color
2. Shadows
3. Overlap
4. Angle
5. Trick


Blog #2 - Best magazine covers 2013

Next, go here and look at some great designs:

http://www.magazine.org/asme/magazine-cover-contest/past-winners-finalists/2014-winners-finalists

Look at and read about ALL 32 designs, please stop when you get to the section called Cover of the Year. Make a new post titled : "Best Covers"

17 of them involve a portrait. Number a blog post from 1-17. Figure out which ones are portraits (these will be the ones with people in them), start your count with the Section called News, Politics and Business. The first portrait is from the New Yorker and it has Michael Douglas on it.

Next to each number, write "Formal, Informal, or Environmental" 

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


Blog #3 -- My Favorite Cover

FAVORITE 

"In Bazaar’s biggest issue ever, Sarah Jessica Parker ushered in the fall season. Clad in Chanel and a feathered headpiece by Ellen Christine Couture, it’s clear why Parker is fashion’s queen bee. The stunning image shot by Terry Richardson showed that what’s essential in fashion is a bit of fun." 

Write a 100-150 word critique of the portrait on the cover.

The reason why I chose this photo as my favorite was because of how natural yet formal it is. I like how the subject isn’t looking directly at the camera and seems to be genuinely laughing about the situation. The subject still looks classy and beautiful due to her dress and hat as well as impeccable hair, but, she doesn’t seem stiff like other models and seems to be enjoying herself. I like the fact that the background is white so the whole focus is on her. I like that she isn’t wearing too much makeup and the makeup that she is wearing isn’t overly dramatic and that adds to the natural look of the photo. I like the lighting on her as well that adds a sort of glow to her look. 

Blog #4 - Magazines Part II

You also need to know a little more information about the types of magazine covers that have been used through the years. Here are the most common types:

Cover types

1. Early Magazine Covers
2. The Poster Cover
3. Pictures Married to Type
4. In the Forest of Words

On your blog, write a short (50-150 word) explanation of what the main attributes of each of the four types are. Use your own words, and DO NOT copy and paste.

Early Magazine Covers: The covers were bland and had more words than pictures on them. Obviously, the pictures were not photographs but drawings instead. There weren't any colors in the drawings or on the actually cover itself, just the color of the paper.

The Poster Cover: The covers became more colorful and the photos became more of the focus of the magazine cover itself. Their were less words used and only the title was in bold. Then later, the photos became practically the whole cover. 

Pictures Married to Type: The photos started to become more and more integrated with the words of the magazine. Part if a photo would cover up the title of the magazine. 

In the Forest of Words: Quite the opposite of the one above, the photo would be covered up by all of the words featured in the magazine cover.