Magazine Cover Design with Clipping Masks
Design the front cover of a magazine using the creative tools in Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop.
📏 Specifications:
- Format: 26.9 cm x 21.3 cm, portrait orientation
✏️ Your magazine cover must include:
- The name of the magazine
- Three headlines – one of them significantly larger and more eye-catching than the others
- At least two photos, which will be used with clipping masks
- At least one simple graphic made from vector paths (e.g., an icon or shape)
- The issue month and year (e.g. March 2024)
- A barcode
✂️ Use at least three different types of clipping masks:
- A vector object (e.g. a circle or rectangle) clipping another vector graphic
- A vector shape clipping a photo
- Text used as a clipping mask for a photo
🎯 Before you begin:
- Choose a genre for your magazine (e.g., Football, Tennis, Sailing, Fashion, Winemaking, Pop Music…)
- Define your target audience (e.g., children, teens, adults)
- Design your cover in a way that will appeal to your audience, using suitable:
- Fonts
- Colors
- Shapes
- Image choices
- Overall layout
Here is my result:
