Magazine Covers

In this task I had to create two original magazine covers. I had to create and arrange the layout and photographs used myself, putting together the covers and magazine concept from scratch. The magazine could be about anything, from sport to interior design. I chose to make a fashion magazine.

I began by researching different magazine covers that I liked. I found that I am frequently drawn towards more minimal covers, often involving simple, stripped-back portraits. I compiled a few of the covers I liked and tried to work out the elements I liked in each, so I could later apply them to my own work.

For my cover I shot simple portraits to use. As my model was a male I had to think about adding more menswear elements to my cover. I decided to make a cover for a publication that focused more on culture and art to work around this.

I used the Character Palette in Photoshop frequently in this project as typography was very important on my covers. Using the Character Palette to adjust different parts of my typography helped give my covers a more custom, professional look.

I tried to make two different covers that would appeal to different audiences by using different photographs, typography and layouts. 

I enjoyed this project and feel I produced two good pieces of work for it. I think doing extensive research into covers I liked at the beginning of the project helped me produce better work later on.