I remember always reading National Geographic as a kid, it was one of my favorite. The covers are always the same yellow border that goes around the edge so you can spot it in a library a mile away. but now that you are looking at the stack of magazines this one sticks out above the rest because they did something different and removed the bottom yellow edges. they could have still done the same effect while keeping the border but I love that they chose not too it adds so much more effect when its not the norm. just like the statue of liberty being under water, it adds the allusion of the water filling up more.

 This is an issue of esquire magazine, and as the top suggest I think the cover of this issue is fantastic. Mainly because it is different than most covers you see where there is a type treatment that is more clean straight and aligned. This cover I would say is in the middle of that and graffiti but is its own style which always catches my attention.Even though there is a lot going on the colors of blues calm this piece down and draws everything together.

This is a cover from ESPN I found that has Michael Phelps on the cover. Half is photo while the rest is illustrated and I thought i was an amazing job of the two put together and the inner workings. the background is blue with splashes that relate to his swimming carer that is also seen in his body along with the colors red white and blue representing America.  Even tho his head cuts off the P in the title it does not effect this peice because of the well know and distinct typeface used of ESPN. another really interesting feature is the use of color in the title that becomes very natural when using white between each color that calms it down. I feel like this piece is very well balanced all around.

This is the cover of the TagCom Magazine for 2013. I found this cover very visually appealing the dark color of blue in the background that gets lighter around the bottle with the light coming down from the ceiling You can almost feel the glass exploding off of the red bottle and the detail of the "smoke makes it feel very cold and chilly which makes it feel like a very refreshing drink

 In my opinion, one of the best ways to get someone to remember something is by being creative. the above three pictures are great examples of this. the top one is a billboard with a light pole in the way. to most people this would be a horrible spot to advertize, but the creator of this ad used it to better his ad as wee see a car crashing into it. this not only draws in people attention for being clever but also ads a 3 denominational effect along with it. the next one is Micky D's here they use the reflection of the glass background to complete the logo. (although this may only be possible with well know logos due to the effect being lost in the day time) and the last one i thought was the most creative by using the anchor rope from the ship to look as if a noodle. this gives me inspiration to use preexisting elements with the advertizements them self to have them stand out more than the others that may be around them.