VIBE cover analysis

This is a front magazine cover from vibe. When first looking at this magazine cover your eyes are drawn to the image of Kanye West, which helps give you the idea of what genre of music you may find in the magazine, In this case I know that Kanye West is a rap artist so I assume that there will be articles on other rap artists. The masthead on this front over is being half covered by the photograph. This suggests that this is a well-known magazine and they aren’t too bothered about the masthead showing as people will still recognize it. The colour they have used is the same colors that are on Kanye West’s jacket. This makes the magazine cover more interesting to look at and makes it look more professional. Vibe have stuck 3 main front colors blue, pink and black which all work nicely with each other. And have used a light grey background which the photograph and text fits on.