Magazine Cover Design

magazine cover design

“Thank you for participating in my course! I hope you found it instructive and inspiring, and that the examples discussed have provided you with ideas and references. Now is the time to work on your own designs. Remember that you can use publications that interest you or some of the examples that we have seen throughout the course as inspiration. You do not need to have great knowledge of graphic or editorial design; the important thing is to experiment, do and learn. I have summarized the most important steps to take below: The type of magazine Define the magazine idea you want to carry out. Think about what audience it is aimed at, in what format, with what budget and editorial style. Answer the questions and create a small written document that allows you to review and refine them.

The design Once the publication is defined, begin to define some of its design values: fonts, colors, logo, etc. Although we haven't gone over all the myriad components of the overall design of the entire magazine, you can define some of the basic elements. Create another document that collects those graphic bets. The base model Create a base mockup in InDesign or any other design program (although the recommended ones are always those designed for editorial design). Define the grid, the 3mm bleed, the safety margins, the location of the logo, etc. The covers: photographic, illustrated and text Do all three covers. Choose a topic that motivates you and a photo that can illustrate it. You can try images created by you or you can resort to agency photos, especially in the phase of experimenting and sketching. If you can, take two types of photo: a reportage photo and a posed photo. Choose another topic that can be carried on the cover with a illustration . It can be a commissioned illustration or a simpler proposal (geometric? abstract?). If you can't commission an illustration, choose a royalty-free image and play with it. Pick a third topic and find a headline or text bet that works on the front page. Place the letters carefully and experiment with partitions, spaces and different type families. It is important that the font selection conveys the same values as the headline: for example, if you have chosen a serious or dramatic theme, avoid fonts that are too cheerful. Share your work in the forum so we can see, comment and learn from each other. To present your finished projects, click on the "Create your project" button. You can share both the final result and the phases of your work, adding images with a brief explanation. Finally, I want to encourage you to participate in the forum. Comment on the work of others, contribute ideas and share your progress and doubts. I too will be there as often as possible to give you advice and answer your questions. See you in the forum! ”

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“We have reached the end. Thank you for taking this Domestika course. I hope you have learned from all the examples, Of the hundreds of covers we have included in this course, whose aim was to serve as inspiration. If the course and all the covers we have seen have served as inspiration for you, which for me is the key word, I think it was a job well done. As a final project of the course, I'm going to propose four challenges to you. Create a base cover, create a photo cover, one with an illustration and another with text. Remember that the base cover has to take into account the most basic ...”

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Course summary for: Magazine Cover Design

• Level: Beginner
• 96% positive reviews (23)
• 664 students
• 4 units
• 17 lessons (3h 47m)
• 10 downloads

• Category

  Design

• Software

  Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Art Direction, Editorial Design, Editorial Illustration