Red Handed

This week I chose to use the cover of a magazine I have at my house. (yes, murder intrigues me) But I chose this cover because I like the layout of it. You are immediately drawn to the big red hand image behind the title, which if there was no title, you could probably assume this magazines theme has something to do with murder. The solid black background really makes the hand and the title pop. The function of this cover is to simply tell you the theme of the magazine and by using the pictures at the bottom, you get a sense of what/who you will see in the articles. The function of the red hand is to show a sense of crime and blood, which the magazine is full of.