20 Trendy Examples of Illustrated Magazine Cover Designs
Illustrated magazine cover designs have been on a decline. This is because publishers have replaced illustrated covers with photographic images. Today’s magazines are almost identical in appearance with the photos of celebrities gracing their covers. This is unlike in the years 1920 up to 1960 when magazines were focused on creative and original artwork to attract readership. The early days of magazines treated magazine cover designs as canvas, instead of a mere billboard of faces of celebrities.
It is therefore sad to think of the illustrated magazine cover as about to become a thing of the past. But let us face this, magazines in the newsstand today look very identical to one another. So, perhaps, one of the best ways to stand out is to have an illustrated cover.
In this post, therefore, we try to search for creative and striking illustrated magazine cover. Most of these magazine cover designs are from Behance Network. To know more about each design, click on the preview image.
17 EXAMPLES OF ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE COVER DESIGNS
01-Michael Phelps for ESPN Magazine
02-Yorokobu Issue 18 Cover Using Type Illustration
The artwork is inspired by Native American culture. Just as the lettering that forms the center of the totem.
03-Typographic Cover of Computer Arts Magazine
Here is the cover art of issue No. 42 of Computer Arts Brazil Magazine. The main theme of this issue presents the importance of typography in the development of graphics projects.
04-Computer Arts 141 Cover
Cover image and some spreads for 141 Computer Arts magazine
05-Cap and Design Issue 8 Cover Art
06- Illustrated Magazine Cover for Be Magazine
07-Illustrated Magazine Cover for New Scientist Magazine
08-Red Bulletin Magazine Cover
UK-based Red Bulletin magazine made available at the GP Belgium 2008 event.
09-New York Magazine Proposed Cover Design
10-El Patio Magazine Cover No.1
11-El Patio Magazine Cover No.2
12-El Patio Magazine Cover No.3
13-Lettering for March cover of Computer Arts Projects Magazine
14- Cover for a German Magazine
15-Black Queen: Illustrated Magazine Cover
16- Magazine Cover with Illustrated Face
17-Illustrated Music Magazine Cover