Music Magazine Front Cover Flat Plan 2

The following flat plan is my second flat plan for my front cover. The masthead is the same as the last but positioned at the top of the page and the "r" of Everest has been masked by using layer masks to hide the rest of the "r" so the artist's face isn't being blocked. The colour of the stories on the side stand out which is good so the reader can easily read it and the colour scheme is not bright so the scheme suits my target audience of indie rock fans. the main image is the same as it is on the last flat plan to see how effective each design is. Compared to the last flat plan this design follows the left third rule which is he conventional magazine design. As it is conventional the target audience won't be alienated or deterred from reading the magazine. This design works well but I am beginning to think that the magazine will need more colour and content on the front cover to make it appear less bare and more more content to read.