This document analyzes the design elements of three magazine covers. Magazine 1 features Ariana Grande and uses pink tones with bolded and colored text for the cover lines. Magazine 2 focuses on food and uses pugs, buzzwords, and a blurred burger photo. Magazine 3 profiles Lana Del Rey with a hidden red masthead and cover lines ending in underlined red text. Common elements across magazines include the masthead, cover lines, main image, issue date, and use of color and font styles to attract readers.

1. Magazine Cover Analysis

2. Magazine #1
Masthead
Main image
Main cover
line
Price
Model creditCover line
Barcode
Cover lineCover line
Cover line
Cover line
Issue Date
Cover line

3. Masthead
The masthead refers to the name of the magazine and is
usually displayed on the top of the magazine. The name of the
magazine identifies what the magazine is about. The magazine
covers women issues, health, fashion, career advice, and
celebrities. Since the magazine is for a targeted audience
that is single, working or upper class women, the background
used is pink which gives a feminine touch to the magazine.
The masthead is white because it balances with the other
color connotations that are yellow, pink, and black. The
masthead is hidden by the central image as it shows that the
magazine is popular and well recognized.

4. Main image
The main image is a long
shot of Ariana Grande, an
artist. She particularly
has been used as she was
one of the uprising
artists who took the
charts with her hit
singles and is one of the
followed style icons,
which makes her relevant
to the magazines genre.
The celebrities black
dress creates a mysterious
image and would want to
indulge the audience to
know about her.

5. Cover Lines
The cover lines are usually the summarized
version of the articles inside the magazine.
The cover lines have been bolded in some
areas, different colored fonts are used and
the italics are used in some places to make
the cover lines more interesting. One of
the cover lines has been displayed in bullet
forms for the audience to remember the
information inside. Numerous cover lines are
used to attract the audience. The cover
lines have been divided but most of them are
on the left side of the page as it is where
most people first look.
Main Cover Line
The main cover line which is
‘We’re obsessed’ is shown in the
middle of the magazine and an
entirely different font is used.
The color of the font is white so
it would stand out over the black
dress of the model.

6. The Barcode
The barcode is one of the necessary requirements of a
magazine and usually covers the essential details
about the magazine such as the date or the price. The
barcode in this magazine mentions the price. The
barcode is placed on the bottom right corner of the
magazine and doesn’t have to follow the color
connotations as it isn’t relevant to anything in the
magazine.

7. Magazine #2
Tag line
Masthead
Main cover
line
Date
Cover line
Cover line
Barcode
Strip
Pug Buzz words
Main image
Issue date

8. Masthead
The masthead in this magazine is ‘Good food’. It isn’t hidden
since the magazine isn’t well known. The color connotation used
here is white. The word good has been bolded to emphasize on the
quality of the food they’ cover. The masthead stands out on the
blurred background which makes it eye catching.
Pugs are used to get the attention of the
audience and contain offers. There are two pugs
used here to gain the attention of the users.
One of the pugs has been used with a yellow
background to get more attention as yellow is
used in this specific magazine less and is eye
catching in the color combination used.
Buzzwords
Buzz words here are ’70’
and are again used to
capture the audiences
attention.
Pugs

9. The main cover line covers the feature of the magazine. The
same font has been used for the main cover line and the
mast head, but a different color. The text to describe the
cover line is in a different font.
Main cover line
The main image in this magazine is
the shot taken of the burger, since
it is related to the genre of the
magazine and is the feature of the
magazine. The background is
blurred so the focus is on the main
image.
Main image
The strip contains extra
information that is included
in the magazine.
Strip

10. Magazine #3
Masthead
Cover line
Cover line
Main cover
line
Cover line
Main image
Strip
Issue date

11. Masthead
The masthead in this magazine is
‘Rolling Stones’. The color used for the
masthead is red with an olive outline
with a 3D effect. The masthead is hidden
which shows that the magazine is well
known. It is used over a blue background
which matches with the models makeup.
Cover line
The cover lines are written in white
with the last words of the text being
underlined with a red color. The font
that is used is thinner and has been
bolded to who the model is.
Tagline
The tagline shows the rest of the
artists that are being covered and
hence the text has been bolded.
Issue date
The issue dates shows when the
magazine was published and this
magazine is a monthly magazine.

12. The main cover line is placed in
the middle on the white background
so it stands out and catches the
attention of the audience.
Main cover line
The model used as a central image
is Lana Del Ray since she is being
featured in the magazine. The
models lipstick matches with the
masthead. The model’s expressions
intrigue the audience in knowing
her. The model is holding a cat
with her which is usually said that
sad people keep. The color blue on
the model might be meant to show
depression.
Main image