Magazine Cover Tips

Things to think about when designing a magazine cover...

1. You have to think about the words, colors, and picture you use on the cover. You want to make it interesting, and grab the reader's attention.

2. When you are designing a magazine cover on your computer, it will not look exactly the same when you have the actual, physical magazine. The colors will be a little bit more dull, the sizing of the font may be smaller. So you have to keep in mind that the physical magazine will not be exactly like it is on your computer screen.

3. Building on the first tip, make sure that the design of your magazine cover is different from all the other ones out there. You want customers to be looking at all the magazines, and see yours out of the hundreds of other ones of the shelves. Maybe even go to a store and look at the magazine racks to get ideas on a way to be different.

4. Try to choose a picture that people can connect to. If the reader sees a picture that they can mentally, or emotionally connect to, it make stem want to pick it up and read more about it.

5. Take some changes. If you ever doubt something, like making the cover in black and white, try it out anyway. It's better to try something, and have to go back and change it, than not be on the safe side and have a plain magazine cover.