My practise magazine cover

This was one of the first times I had attempted to use photoshop and I tried to make the masthead cover the top and make it bold.I tried to cover the masthead with my artist to make it look professional and include various sell lines .I tries to include a plain background so your focus were on the text, so your eyes would be drawn to the subjects inside of the magazine. I realise that there is area for improvement because I will need to include more sell line and information about article as it looks rather plain.

                First draft                                                                                             Second Draft

                                                    What I need to do to improve:

I need to make sure that the image I used is to scale and to adda a barcode and price. I have also included too much dead space which makes the cover seem plain and boring.The sell line needs to be enlarged. The sell lines are not big enough and should be aligned down the right hand side. I think that there is too much dead space in the background.