A Study of Visual Expressional Form on Design and Illustration Magazine Covers: The Case of dpi Magazines

• Main Authors: LIN,CHUN-YI, 林鈞儀
• Other Authors: HO,CHIU-PAI
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/9v244p

碩士 === 國立臺灣藝術大學 === 圖文傳播藝術學系 === 104 === Magazine market is highly competitive. The cover is the best way to help magazines stand out from the same type of publication when the reader in the case of text unknow. The cover will be the theme, content concentration and visualization to attract readers, to assist the magazine to establish their own positioning. Among them, for the type of design illustration magazine, design and illustration is a selling point, compared to other types of magazines, the cover shows more attention to sense of design. However, studies for this type of magazine is rarely. The purpose of this study is to analyze the visual representation of design illustration magazine covers, take the well-known design illustration magazine DPI as the research sample. The application of content analysis method to explore the manifestations and characteristics of the application. And investigate feeling from the readers about design illustration of the cover of the magazine by semantic analysis. The subjects were different backgrounds. The research results show that the design illustration magazine's expression form and its application characteristics are expressed in the form of semi abstract, supplemented by realistic. Mostly take the straight sections form for horizontal arrangement. A variety of fonts, warm colors and characters of the theme is the composition of the picture. Mainly presented by illustration, prefer to use the balance of the principle to be the characteristics of the techniques; The results showed that the magazine cover’s perception. Design illustration magazine covers give complicated and creative feeling to readers and have artistry. The difference between gender and professional background will influence reader’s feeling. Women have a sense of confidence in how to estimate magazine's color and appearance. Person who has professional background has the confidence of the assessment of magazine cover's color and appearance.