Magazine Planning Post #6a: Cover

 In this blog, I will give an in-depth outline of what I will do for my cover for my magazine brief. I will go over the process of making the cover, such as color theory and typography within the magazine. 

Color Theory

I am planning on having accent colors that keep the design of the cover seamless and unique. I want to follow a similar design format as Vogue, use the similar applications of color theory to portray the model and the clothing. For the title, I will have it the same color as the clothing on the model. This use of accent colors will provide contrast against the background of the photo, while exemplifying the clothing. I am thinking on using a greenish color palette for the accent, as I have multiple pieces of articles that have this palette. I will base the accent color off this hue. Moreover, the overall color scheme will be monochromatic or dichromatic as I think it will exemplify the creases and folds of the clothing, bringing more detail into the finer aspects of the articles of clothing. 

Typography

For the masthead, I think I will have a similar elegant font as Vogue. Picking an elegant font will help encapsulate the flamboyance that a fashion magazine exudes. Moreover, I will have the masthead as the largest in the text hierarchy, and it will be big and bold, but not tacky and out-of-place. I also planning on having the masthead behing the actual model, to give it that 3-D effect that most of Vogue's covers have. It will exemplify the models pose and elegance, which is what I want my magazine to exude from the reader's perspective. Now regarding the actual coverlines, I want them to be lower in the text hierarchy, bering smaller than the actual masthead, but big and bold enough to capture the reader's attention. I think I will have it on the sides of the cover asymetrically, as a bit of asymetry prevents redundancy within the design of the cover and the design of the whole magazine as a whole. This is done in the Vogue covers as well, for the reasons just aforementioned. Now for what font I will use, I am planning on using a much more elegant text font that adheres to the elegant and minimalistic conventions of my magazine. Of these fonts, I have a few I may choose from. CS Praise, CS Calping, and CS Albert Classic Didone Font. I will choose these fonts because of their professional, minimalsitic, and refined style that, like I mentioned, adheres closely to the elegance that i want to illustrate within my magazine.

Reflection

I think I will be able to portray a elegant, high-ended, magazine with these style choices and conventions that I will choose and follow. It is important I understand how Vogue create their array of covers, so I can draw inspiration from the publisher and bring my magazine cover to fruition. Through following the different applications of color theory and choosing how to illustrate my typography, I can continue on with the layout of my magazine and I can apply my practiecs to other parts of the layout within my magazine.