Kinetic Force

Every element that is on my cover was put in with intention. The main image was the hardest piece to choose. I had several candidates that were fitting for my cover photo. The final say on what photo to use came down to mental planning on what would affect both the audience and overall layout the best. What I chose allowed for space for the other elements to my cover. The low angle allowed for the pumpkin monster to loom over the camera. It would thus make the audience feel as though they were being intimidated and watched by the monster. It is meant to draw the reader in while keeping the spooky Halloween vibe. The font for the masthead derived from my vision to have a fun font that looped and dragged much like a roller coaster would since my overall magazine is supposed to be about theme parks. I still wanted my audience to recognize that this magazine can be read by all ages. Matching the color of the font to the color of the pumpkin in the main image helped keep everything more ...

The process of creating the cover was much more complex than expected. Viewing different magazines and creating a mood board aided in allowing my creative juices to flow; however, analyzing different magazines of my intended genre (travel) helped me choose the final decisions for key aspects of my cover.  A couple things changed from the drawing board to InDesign. For instance, on my mock-up, I put the words "Halloween Edition" in a box that was meant to simulate a sticker. After consideration and trying it out, I figured it did not look appealing. Instead, I just created a text box for it to go under the masthead. Not putting "Halloween Edition" at all would have made my magazine less realistic as the magazine itself is meant to be about theme parks monthly. I needed to put that tidbit of information on the cover to justify to my audience as to why the whole magazine in October was about Halloween events.  I did change my intended use of font for the mai...