Good vs. Bad Layouts

Since we did an assignment on good and bad layouts I decided to blog what I thought was a good and a bad example of magazine cover layouts.

The Good
I thought this was a great layout. The colors caught my eye, it used shapes and text well. The picture has a good angle and nothing os over lapping or blocking off other text.

The Bad

I thought this was a pretty bad magazine layout. First of all there is part of the text blocking the title of the publication. The colors used dont go well together, and tha main picture on the cover is blocking some of the image in the top right corner. Overall its a messy cover layout that I wouldn't waste my time looking at.