Hello beautiful people! It's official, I've decided to do a sports magazine and I'm super duper exited! Now I'm going to look at a bunch of sports magazines, especially their cover pages, colors, fonts, and overall aesthetic for inspiration. Here's what I found:
The first magazine I researched was Sports Illustrated, which was first published in 1954. They typically use a photo of a well-known athlete in a dominant pose on the cover, which draws in readers. Their covers often include the colors white, blue, and sometimes red and orange. They use a lot of action photos that capture emotional moments, or show success or intensity.
The next magazine is ESPN, which was first published in 1998, and stoped printing in 2019, after transitioning to fully digital media. Their masthead is the ESPN logo, similar to Sports Illustrated, they use famous athletes on their covers, however, I noticed they use a lot of headshots instead of action shots. Their covers and articles use modern, bold fonts and bright colors.
Next is Sporting news, which started printing in 1886, and stopped printing in 2012. Because of this, their magazines have a vintage aesthetic and use muted colors, mainly red and orange, and old fonts. Most of their late covers included one large action shot of an athlete, however some of the older ones used a group photo, or multiple small photos the corresponded with the articles inside.
Those 3 examples are magazines that cover multiple sports, but another option I have is sport-specific magazines like Slam, Golf Digest, Baseball America, and Runner's World. These all appeal to fans of specific sports. This could be a good option for me so that I don't have to take photos and write about multiple sports.
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