Front Cover Comparison

I completed my second front cover using Pixlr express as this was the most easily accessible.
When comparing my original cover to my latest one I found that I had made adjustments based on what I thought needed improving and also the suggestions that my target audience had given.
The background I chose was from 'Olga' called 'Dragomir' as the colours chosen by the target audience were bold colours like purple, green and blue. I tried this however it made the cover too dark and although the text was still white, it didn't have the same effect as it does on this colour background. I wanted to interpret every colour that my target audience wanted so this effect was the most relevant as it had the bold colours but they were faded out so that the text was readable.
I used different text fonts from the section 'Retro' as they all suited the genre. I changed the title to "Groove" because I felt that this fit the genre and style of the magazine better as people will be able to guess what the magazine is about when they see the title. The font I used for the title is from the section 'Retro' called 'Madison Square' with the colour white because I thought this looked professional over a coloured background compared to Black, which didn't really stand out, which is necessary when on a news stand with various other magazines that could be the same genre. I liked the title and I got lots of positive comments about it.
The strap line is "The UK's most obscure magazine" and this is font is 'Diner'. I chose the colour black for this as I thought it was the most effective colour after I had tried others such as green, red and purple. I chose the word "Obscure" because it means unknown, which is equivalent to the information inside the magazine making people want to buy it because they will think there is stories and events that they were unaware of before.
I didn't want to have too much information on the front cover and I felt that on my first draft I had too much text. The text I did use was 'Madison Square', which is the same as the title so that it had the same house style and structure on the same page and I tried to use a minimal amount of text but still get the main information across and colours that were bright because they would be easy to see by passers by. Moreover, the text that is blue and orange are additional information to try and increase the chance of someone buying the magazine because of what can be found inside and not just the artist. On the original, the orange text was a quote from the artist, this wasn't as clear as the guitar in the background was a similar colour.
Furthermore, I liked the way the main focus was just on the artist and there wasn't any additional images around the main image, so I kept this for my final front cover as well. Also, I changed the position of the barcode as I wanted it to be on the back cover because it's unconventional and also makes the magazine look different from other magazines on a news stand.
The talent I chose was Sophia. This is because she fitted into the genre Indie/Rock due to her style. I thought the colours that she was wearing and the background colours went well together because her hair colour matched the beige as well as her top that had similar colours to the lower half of the effect.