Research For The Front Cover

To get ideas for the front cover of my magazine, I am currently looking at 2 magazines: Mojo and Metalhammer. The front cover of Mojo is more how I imagine the front cover of my magazine will be than Metalhammer is. It is fairly bold but still quite simple. The masthead is large and bold, and also slightly covered by the head of the artist, which shows brand confidence. The cover lines and masthead also go well together, as there is a common black, grey and white theme running throughout, which I think would look good on my own magazine. There is also only 1 font on the cover. This and the colour scheme creates a simple, easy-on-the-eye look.