The Cover Challenge (PLEASE READ THE THREAD RULES IN POST #1)

[Aja Mok]

My entry

model: Alyona Omanova
ph: Mark Pillai
10 Magazine Winter 2008
source: superme.blog

 

[parkereloise]

Gemma Ward "Precious Gemma" by Norman Jean Roy, US Vogue Dec 2007
i know this font isnt looking right.. but just for fun
from Herfamedgoodlooks.com

 

[tarsha]

Entry #1
Entry #2

Both covers are good, but the first is very NOT-VOGUE

 

[duynk88]

Both covers are good, but the first is very NOT-VOGUE

So, what exactly VOGUE is? Is this the thread for graphic designers show their own talent? or for the "look-like-VOGUE-designer"?

 

[Fini]

^I think tarsha was just referring to the fact that the first cover you created didn't use the traditional VOGUE font. Just an observation.

 

[tarsha]

^I think tarsha was just referring to the fact that the first cover you created didn't use the traditional VOGUE font. Just an observation.

101 %

 

[sethii]

There's no rule that a standard traditional 'VOGUE' font must be used. Even the real VOGUE magazines sometimes have fun with it.

Btw please remember the guidelines:

4. Please include the cover entry number, photographer, model name, and the source of your image (Please remember to source correctly -- another model's thread is not a proper source) in your submission post.

 

[hfgl]

Great job everybody,soo happy this is back!

 

[Royal-Galliano]

entry no. 1
GUINEVERE VAN SEENUS by SOLVE SUNDSBO
source: exacteditions via surrealseven

 

[tigerrouge]

Great job everybody,soo happy this is back!

And some great stuff on show here.

The theme of 'hard times' is a very good one, not simply because it's current, but also because of the difficulty of integrating this theme into a product that's generally bought by people to brighten their day.

For all our artistic appreciation of magazines, the average reader turns to them for amusement, and will be turned off by any overt reminder or emotional evocation of being in a negative situation. Generally, negativity is permitted only as a starting point for the endless advice magazines give out on how to make our lives better.

So that's the genius of the 'hard times' theme - how do you integrate this dark concept into an image that won't turn off people who need to hear good things? That takes a little bit of thought, especially about what wording to use. Your visuals create the mood - but your wording sets it in stone. If you combine a negative image with negative wording, what is the result on the potential purchaser? In contrast, if you combine a negative image with positive wording, what curious effects can you create in the mind of the reader?

We're very quick to dismiss 'commercial' covers without realising that a lot more thought and consideration goes into their creation than the 'arty' ones. It's easy to be 'arty', to be honest, because of the freedom. But creating something stunning within the confines of both art and commercial appeal, that's taking it to the level above.

 

[ganimedes]

The Vogue Cover Challenge is back!! Great!!

 

[wolfy]

I have decided to try this out Hope this works
Entry #: 1
Photographer: Andreas Kock
Model: Sara Blomqvist
Source: scoopmodels.com via shely

 

[xhommex]

Entry #1

Entry #2

Images - Herfamedgoodlooks.com

 

[BerlinRocks]

entry no. 1
GUINEVERE VAN SEENUS by SOLVE SUNDSBO
source: exacteditions via surrealseve

ah .... i was waiting for Vogue Vaticano to come back !!!

 

[tarsha]

ah .... i was waiting for Vogue Vaticano to come back !!!

was there really Vogue Vaticano ?

 

[Tinsley V]

no..

 

[flyme2themoon]

Awesome covers so far! B)

I'm working on my entries.

 

[Filipe]

Great, happy see this challenge alive again.

 

[MyNameIs]

Entry #1
Model: Snejana Onopka
Photographer: Paolo Rovarsi
Source: claire.belliard.free.fr

 

[flyme2themoon]

Entry #1
Photographer: Sebastian Faena
Models: Lily Donaldson and Guinevere van Seenus (?)
Source: vmagazinedigital.com via minus1. (V#54 July/August 2008)