Front Page Sketch

Here are my two design ideas fo my front cover. As you can see we haven't really developed a masthead yet but the one thing that I made important to my front cover designs is the main image. I want the main image to be big and in your face. I don't want lots of cell lines as that would detract from my main image. The reason I want my main images to big is because I want it to be the first thing my audience see when they're looking at through a magazine isle. I want it eye-catching. I want my audience to be intrigued because I decided not to have my main image look at the camera. I want it to suggests that my magazines artists aren't destracted by the camera; that they are so completely involved in their music suggesting an array of sophistication.
The inclusion of musical instruments was an interesting idea because I want my audience to believe that my artists are talented not just in singing and dancing but in playing an instrument as well. I want my audience to believe that my artists are passionate about music and not just in it for the money.
I also drew a hat on both of my main images as well to give them the sense of anonymity. I don't really want my audience to know my artists, even the the main cover line would say their name, I want to surround my artists within a sense of mystery and by keeping they're face shadowed out I believe I can achieve that.