Magazine+Cover+Assignment

[|Cover 1] December 27, 2004 [|Cover 2] January 26, 2009 The people on the cover have both served as the President of the United States of America. They also look a little bit animated. They also have the same bold "TIME" banner. They are both red.

On cover 1, the main story of the issue is about President George W. Bush revolutionizing America. He had a lot of responsibilities lately, and that is why he has not been in a very reflective mood. It relates to the image of the cover because it looks like he is facing away from his problems. On cover 2, the main story of the issue is the election of the first black presedent of the United States and all the burdens that await him such as, fixing the debt and fighting against terrorism. It relates to the image of the cover because it is all about Obama being the new president and all the problems he is going to be facing.

Design Principles Cover 1 - Portrait of Bush looking away. Balance in his face structure, and color contrast in his blazor and shirt. Cover 2 - triangles on his collar, portrait of Obama looking away. Color contrast in his blazor and shirt, and a little diagonal line.

Evolution of the Magazine Cover - magazines were completely different in 1700's - magazine covers started to develop but were based on book covers ( 1700's - 1800's) - late 1800's cover lines began to appear - poster covers were developed (1890' to 1960's). They are usually based on the main story of the magazine and are the best and perfect picture to represent the story. - The purpose of the cover line is to catch the reader's attention so they will be interested in reading the magazine. - An Integrated Cover is when the the picture and the cover lines are balanced together and is visually interesting. - The placement of the cover lines can effect how the reader thinks about the magazine. The placement can visually attract the reader and will balance the magazine.

Outside The Box - The simplest method for combining pictures with cover lines is to keep them in separate areas of the covers. A box contained the title, another box contained the picture, a third box contained cover lines or other publication data. Inside The Box - Boxes inside an illustration. Lines that share the space of the picture. Columns - Columns share the space with the picture. The column usually contains a table of context, ads for articles in the magazine and other information. Zones - Many magazines adopted a recurring cover format that regularly featured a column of cover lines. Early magazines tended to place these zones into separate boxes, but later designers eliminated many of the confining and decorative lines on cover. Banners and Corners - Banners seem to belong to attention-grabbing "loud" covers, and have been used little, or in restrained ways, by successful, mainstream publications. Unplanned Spaces -Text might be described as being fitted into spaces that seem almost accidentally left blank by the illustrator. Planned Spaces - When cover lines appear in the taken image and can be purposely placed. Many illustrations created spaces especially for the display of cover lines, on elements inside the illustrations--such as walls, sails, columns, doorways, open windows, and other uniformly colored spaces against which type could be placed.