Magazines Pt. II

An image-based cover is the most common type of magazine cover. Most of the time, it's a portrait. Image-based covers are useful for, well, pictures. Illustration-based covers were most common before the 1930's, back when photography was barely a thing. However, illustration-based covers are still useful today, especially if you want to add a bunch of color and absurdity to your cover which couldn't otherwise be obtained with a typical photograph. Type-based magazine covers mainly consist of text. They're mainly used for more serious occasions involving stories. Concept-magazine covers tend to be the most artsy, as they usually have a certain meaning behind them. Finally, the relationship between words and photos on magazine covers is that the words explain what is happening in the picture.