Finished front cover

This is my finished front cover. I made sure that I included a barcode so that it looked professional and also every product must have a barcode so that it can be purchased by customers. I also made sure that I put celebrities names on the front about what stories they will be in e.g. Chris Brown, Rihanna, Drake and Usher. I added 'The sexy issue' as this is what was on one of VIBE magazines and i thought it was appropriate for my magazine as i had two pretty girls on my front cover and also on the double page spread there are two images of the girls on their 'sexy' photo-shoot.
I liked the girls outfits in this image as it nicer that they aren't in the same outfit this time and shows variation. It looks very natural as the other images are all posed specifically to how I wanted them to be.
The background is black graduated down to grey which is the same as my contents page which shows consistency through my magazine. I didnt keep it the same on my double page spread as when you go through magazines they background to pages usually change whereas front covers and contents pages are generally the same kind of design.