"The cover has two main functions: it needs to express our brand and mission at a glance, and it also needs to work as a newsstand sales tool. We find that provocation and light sensationalism, mixed with clean design, do well for us."
Certain cover "rules" that some magazines follow or break:
- faces sell best
- a person looking out at the reader sells better than one looking to the side
- avoid green and black
- red stands out best
- white gets dirty quickly
- black is like a hole in the newsstand
- irregular numbers like 37 or 622 sell better than 500 or 1000
I like how the name of the magazine is
arranged differently but at the same time that might be confusing for the reader as if he is used with the 4 letters put in every corner of the cover, he will look for that when he will want to buy the magazine.
I tried to look for magazines with covers that would represent my concept of being obsessed with something. It also depends on the model, if he/she can have that obsessed look when posing. Also, covers usually have lots of information but I think I am going to go with less and try to make the cover engaging and interesting enough to make a viewer become a reader.
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