Initial cover design 2

This design was inspired by the XXL cover featuring 'Lil Wayne', one thing that i really like about this issue is that the cover star was predominant compared to the title of the magazine, and this is what i thought i would create in this design. By making the artist predominant to the masthead it shows that the magazine feels that the cover star is important for the magazine and therefore they should be shown more than the masthead. I used a picture of the artist singing because i felt like it showed the artist how they are and what they do, by having a non posed photo it makes the artist seem real and therefore the audience can connect to this from maybe their own concert experiences of watching that artist live. The idea of incorporating the 'free downloads' section helps to make the audience think they are getting good quality for the money, as they get extra on top of the actual magazine that they have bought. The colour scheme for this cover was inspired by Blender, although similar to Vibes cover they used less pink and therefore made the cover softer, by using just black white and pink it makes the cover look sleek and chic and therefore appealing to a female audience even more.