mock up front cover.

This is my first mock up front cover for my music magazine 'Step Up'. The genre of my music magazine is rap. The reason i have chosen a close up image is to make the artist appear approachable to the target audience. The artist looks approachable, due to being young, fashionable, and she looks as though she is enjoying her music as shown my her facial expression and the way she is holding on to her headphones. I Have chosen the colour schemes red, white and black, this is to give the effect of simplicity. Therefore it the colours dont look too busy, the look bold and clear. Plus the colour reflects the main article title, 'Little Red, unlplugged...'