Magazine Front Cover Design

This is my first initial idea for the design of the front cover. The masthead would be situated o the left hand side of the page presenting an edgy and unique look to the magazine as this is not typical of magazine covers. There would be a strapline at the top of the page saying something like 'the UK's biggest selling magazine' to compel the reader to think the magazine must be good as it is high selling. The main image would be a medium shot, allowing the model to make clear eye contact with the reader in order to establish a relationship straight away. A pug would be situated to advertise an interest aspect of the magazine such as a quiz or money prize and secondary images would be scattered around the page to present a messy look and therefore appeal to an indie/rock audience. Text would be situated the side of the model where there is empty space making the page look busy and compact and suggest to the reader that alot is in the magazine. However with images scattered around this may look to messy and therefore not appeal to my mature target audience.