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Place to Escape magazine front cover layout process

For the layout of my front cover I had draw inspiration from several covers. Most of these covers have minimal text and the attention is given to the photo featured, I wanted to replicate this concept. The "AFAR" magazine for example, the main cover line is placed in the gap of the canyon. The purpose of this is to focus the front cover on the featured photo rather than the text. I also saw this concept in the "travel" magazine featuring the Greek islands and the "budget travel" magazine. Therefore, I placed the masthead, main cover line, and cover lines in accommodation to the photo so that instead of interrupting the photo, it blended with it. I did this with intentions to focus on the beauty of nature rather than the text.






My first draft I had a three tier layout for the masthead; however, I realized that none of the magazines I had researched had this format. So I looked at the  magazines I drew inspiration from, specifically "Travel" .The strap line sits above the masthead, this look connects the text visually. With this in mind,  I decided that the format most suitable for my front cover was one where there is a word drastically larger and the rest of the text sits on top of the text--creating a puzzle-like look.This helps to minimize the amount of space the text takes up.

 As for the cover lines I wanted to place them in the bottom right corner so that the base of the photo was focused on rather than the text. However, the text was illegible. To correct this I placed the text on the trunk of the centered redwood and made it so that the text appeared to be a part of the trunk( I shrunk the text boxes to fit the size of the trunk.)

 As for the main cover line, I positioned it on the top left corner, opposite side of the masthead. This made the top portion of the magazine cluttered and distracted from the canopies of the red woods. As a result, I moved the title over to the left upper corner (to create balance this the text) and moved the main cover line mid-page.  I saw this in the "travel" magazine featuring the Greek islands. Beneath the main cover line "Greek Islands" there is small text giving context on the featured photo. This placement of the small text creates visual balance with regard to the text opposite of it. I found this technique relevant to my front cover so I implemented it.

Draft:
 

Final product:


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