Inspiring magazine covers

I really like both of these music magazine covers because they are both really simplistic. They both only have models on the front cover without any other information. I think how minimalistic both the covers are really make them stand out amongst other magazines.
On the both the covers, I think they use colour to their advantage, like in the first one, they use yellow of her hair and this makes the magazine stand out. Also on the"paper" magazine, the blue background really catches my eye. I feel this colour is really hard to use well, because it is so bright and many colours clash with it, but on this magazine it works really well. Both the covers use the rule of thirds, where the models eyes are on the top portion of the magazine.
Both these magazines are aimed at a collector type of market because of the little information on the front of the cover. The magazines also seem very popular, again because of the lack of information on the cover.
On the "paper" magazine, the artist is looking straight at the camera, making the reader feel like she is looking at them personally. But in the other magazine. the artist is looking up, making her seem more unaware of her photo being taken. It also makes her seem more mysterious and above the reader because the camera angle is low.
These magazines inspire me to create one similar, because I like the simplicity of them both and the way the use bold colours to stand out.


 In these magazines, the cover uses bold titles, and unlike the other ones, they have a lot of writing on the front of the covers. They have a lot of advertising on the front, showing buyers whats on the inside of the magazine. But like the other two magazines, they again use colour to their advantage. The magazine, "Mojo", has the cover, with the dominant colour of red. This again makes the magazine eye catching. It also suites the singer on the cover. The artist on the cover is "Kurt Cobain", who is known for being a grunge singer. The colour red, makes the magazine very personal to the singer that is inside.
The "rolling stone" magazine, uses a black and white theme, this again suites the singer, "Lana Del Rey". It also makes the red, bold title stand out amongst the monochrome photo. The rest of the colour scheme consists of black and white writing as well as the occasional red.
On both these magazines, the artists on the front cover have their heads over the title. This is a really simple thing to do when it comes to editing but makes it looks so professional.
On the "Mojo" magazine, "Kurt Cobain" is facing the camera, which makes it appealing to the reader because its eye catching and feels like he is looking at them personally.
On the "Rolling Stone" magazine, the artist is looking at the reader only slightly and the camera angle is low, like we are looking up at her. This makes her seem more dominant.
These magazines inspire me because, of the colour schemes and how they personally suite the artist. Again, this is simple to do but is very effective.        
   

These magazines are both of bands rather than just one person. On "guide", the band are very close to each other, so they are still obeying the rule of thirds. The colour scheme is a very basic grey background. But it has a white title, on the grey background making it stand out. Also the writing of the bands name is in dark red,again making it stand out and is eye catching. This cover has very little on the front, making it very focused on the band.
On the "NME" magazine, it is of a group again, but they are very differently positioned. They have more of casual, "caught off guard" position. It has an even more simple colour scheme than "guide". The "NME" colour scheme consists of black and white and red. The red makes the title stand out and the black and white photo suites the band. The reader is given the impression that all the important bits of the magazine are written in red, including the bands name and the title of the magazine.
The positioning of the camera on the "guide" magazine, is level with band, so the reader feels like they are looking at them directly. But on the "NME" the camera angle is a lower than the band, making them seem superior to the reader. In my opinion the angle of the camera and the fact that it is a black and white photo, adds to the "bad boy" look.
These magazines inspire me, because of the positioning of the all the band members and how well it is done. They need to give each band member the same amount of space each, otherwise it will look unprofessional.