Front cover research

I was comparing my images that I have taken to the ones on the internet of all the pictures on the front of magazines. I like my images but the ones that are on current music magazines seem alot more sexy. The poses and clothing that they wear is alot more appealing to men. I think the magazine does this so it can attract attention from both male and female readers, men because they want to look at the pictures of the female artists (as most R&B artists are female) and women because they will idolise the woman on the cover and either want to be her or make friends with her, therefore buying and reading the magazine.

On both of these covers, the females aren't wearing much. In many cases, this would look far too revealing but on these magazines, I dont think it's too bad. I think it just makes the magazine look appealing and more interesting. I like how there is only two colours of font on these covers and I've noticed that most magazines have only two colours, one of them always being black because it's a bold colour and look good with any other colour. I think for the writing on my cover, I'll use a maximum of two colours, including black.