Blog #1- Magazine Cover Preview Assignment

Blog #1:
  • Make sure that your cover is appealing, so add colors to it. Be creative!
  • Avoid a weak cover by not messing to much with it.
  • Decide what element is worthy of being dominant and enlarge, isolate, etc.
  • Never trim a print-out
  • Gather copies of what your targets might be reading, and your competition too.

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