Front cover of my magazine so far!

Here is a photograph of the front cover of my magazine so far.
I stuck to the original picture I was planning to use for the front cover of my magazine as I felt this shows the genre of the magazine well and the image of the type of person that Hayley Williams is. I cut the model out of the original background in the forest as I felt this didnt show the genre as well. I had difficulty doing so at first, but after a couple of tries I was able to cut my artist out and place her on to a white/grey background. The reason for me choosing to use this colour background is because most rock magazines use this idea so the target audience would recognise it straight away as a rock type magazine. I also stuck to the colours that were red, yellow, white and black for my magazine to create a good housestyle. I experimented with highlighting certain pieces of text to make them stand out more and make them clear and easier to read. I included a few inducements on the front cover like free posters however for my final front cover I feel it would be a good idea to add another inducement. This will be chances to win tickets to upcoming gigs. I have decided this as I feel this would attract even more reader attention to Pulse. Also the barcode is slightly unclear so I will try to make this clear so it is readable.