Although I have looked at many different backgrounds for my front cover and considered doing an image on top of another image. I have decided to keep it plain and white as that is what I was originally going to do and gives a good professional look on these magazines by NME and MOJO. My main colours are still going to be red, black and white as they are the continuous colours going through the magazine.
I am also keeping to a mid-shot for my model on the front cover too as from what I have seen, I prefer it to a close up shot.