What I want on the cover and why I'll practice without any background knowledge

I like to do things for the first time with little to no background knowledge on the topic. So, of course, I'm going to start practicing my magazine's cover basing it entirely on things that I like and/or have noticed in other magazines I've flipped through. I believe it's important to do stuff like this to get a notion of how lost or ready I truly am to embark on this project's odyssey and it will help me keep track later on of the things I've improved or might have to work a bit more on.

To not make this process entirely useless, I'm going to be asking my "art kid" friends to help me and offer commentary, given they've really studied this kind of design stuff. I'll be using Canva to do my AICE Media Project and possibly any other apps that come along the way because InDesign both puzzled and terrifies me.

So, without further ado, here's my very first draft:


(The text will not be what goes on the cover at all; it's just a template text box)

Right off the bat, I think one can tell that I'm going for a rather simplistic yet colorful cover and vibe overall. The main focus is the featured person (in this case the legendary Shakira). I don't want there to be overwhelming amounts of text that overload your eyesight and make you so dizzy that you want to buy it. Rather, I want a magazine that will make the buyer say "Hey, this looks pretty cool and neat. Maybe I should check it out?"

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