Magazines Part 2

Image Based Magazine Covers:

Image Based magazine covers usually have one to three people in the photo, all smiling and looking at the camera. Although that is the normal way to shoot an image based photo, some photographers use a different approach and shoot the person uniquely. For example, maybe the subject(s) are looking away from the camera or at each other. Maybe the subject(s) are frowning or smirking instead of smiling. These variations of an image based cover often hook many viewers as well because they are unique and diverse: what many people like also!

Illustration Based Covers:

Illustration based covers are used to present something unique, different or amusing. This type of magazine cover is usually used by independently published magazine brands that aren't correlated to other popular newsstand paper and magazine brands. These are usually very well thought out and they create a very meaningful drawing for readers to examine and think about. Illustrators can also get very creative with these magazine covers as long as they portray the meaning of the story behind it!

Type Based Magazine Covers:

Type based magazine covers are a rare type of magazine cover that tend to be shocking. These are very surprising because the words are many times very epiphanic and powerful due to how they are designed and presented. Type based magazines can also be very powerful and present specific themes or messages much clearer and better than images.

Concept Based Covers:
Concept based magazines are best used for trying to present funny or powerful messages. Concept based magazines have to be instantly understandable by the people/ readers. This type of magazine is also hard to make successful because it has to be VERY easy to understand.

The relationship between words and photos on on magazine covers is that they work well together to tell a general theme or story while hooking the reader in. It's important because it makes readers easily understand a complex story and hooks them in to read it.