Really some great images you chose, all remind me of popular magazines I would see at the store. Great color coordination and placement of your photos; the one thing I get pulled away from is the "how our eating habits will change" title-seems as if its losing a bit of its value. overall great look and mood!
Your use of negative space is working really well for all three of your covers. Your cutlines are really engaging and very interesting to the eye due to all the variations of weight you used and colors. I agree with Richie that the "how our eating habits will change" does look a little sidelined compared to the other two, but then again it helps balance out the piece as well.
I'm drawn to your last one that most at this point... I specifically like the logo the best out of the three as well. I think the image is engaging and will cause people to want to open the magazine even more.
I agree with the other comments that you might want to revisit the cutline on the lower right corner to give it more emphasis... maybe the test tube doesn't need to be straight up, maybe a slight diagonal will give it a little more interest and more room for you to experiment with cut line placement.
Branin - All 3 covers have potential, but 2 offer the most visual interest. Some thoughts:
Cover A - the image is arresting, and the masthead is bold, contemporary, and clean (which is another way of saying "not much personality"). The biggest challenge here is compositional balance. Your image sits centered on the page so all the other added elements need to respect this symmetry and support it. The image also is constructed in such a way as to suggest that "balance" is necessary for this fruit sculpture ...as well as our lives. So balance is something you should/could play with here... how else could this image sit on the page? Can you be clever with the added type elements to support this metaphorical concept?
Cover B - is quite busy with some readability issues. Apples are healthy food, but beyond a pretty picture I'm not sure what else this image offers the readers.
Cover C - Test tube image is provocative, and ties easily into this issue's content. This masthead font has personality, light-heartedness and is a bit fun with the rounded corners. But, I suggest you rethink the horizontal rule in your masthead - do you need it? Also, rethink the sizes and alignment of your other type elements here. It has been suggested above that you've chosen to downplay one of the taglines for no apparent reason... I wonder about this too... although there is no reason they all need to be the same size.. .and you can decide to emphasize one of them if you like. But I suggest they all become smaller to fit more easily around the test tube. Why not align them FR or FL (depending on which side they sit on) to the test tube itself... bringing more support for that bold vertical image.
Really some great images you chose, all remind me of popular magazines I would see at the store. Great color coordination and placement of your photos; the one thing I get pulled away from is the "how our eating habits will change" title-seems as if its losing a bit of its value. overall great look and mood!
ReplyDeleteYour use of negative space is working really well for all three of your covers. Your cutlines are really engaging and very interesting to the eye due to all the variations of weight you used and colors. I agree with Richie that the "how our eating habits will change" does look a little sidelined compared to the other two, but then again it helps balance out the piece as well.
ReplyDeleteI'm drawn to your last one that most at this point... I specifically like the logo the best out of the three as well. I think the image is engaging and will cause people to want to open the magazine even more.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the other comments that you might want to revisit the cutline on the lower right corner to give it more emphasis... maybe the test tube doesn't need to be straight up, maybe a slight diagonal will give it a little more interest and more room for you to experiment with cut line placement.
Branin - All 3 covers have potential, but 2 offer the most visual interest. Some thoughts:
ReplyDeleteCover A - the image is arresting, and the masthead is bold, contemporary, and clean (which is another way of saying "not much personality"). The biggest challenge here is compositional balance. Your image sits centered on the page so all the other added elements need to respect this symmetry and support it. The image also is constructed in such a way as to suggest that "balance" is necessary for this fruit sculpture ...as well as our lives. So balance is something you should/could play with here... how else could this image sit on the page? Can you be clever with the added type elements to support this metaphorical concept?
Cover B - is quite busy with some readability issues. Apples are healthy food, but beyond a pretty picture I'm not sure what else this image offers the readers.
Cover C - Test tube image is provocative, and ties easily into this issue's content. This masthead font has personality, light-heartedness and is a bit fun with the rounded corners. But, I suggest you rethink the horizontal rule in your masthead - do you need it? Also, rethink the sizes and alignment of your other type elements here. It has been suggested above that you've chosen to downplay one of the taglines for no apparent reason... I wonder about this too... although there is no reason they all need to be the same size.. .and you can decide to emphasize one of them if you like. But I suggest they all become smaller to fit more easily around the test tube. Why not align them FR or FL (depending on which side they sit on) to the test tube itself... bringing more support for that bold vertical image.
Great beginning.