RIFF Magazine Cover - Drawn Draft

This is a drawn first draft of my front cover of RIFF. I haven't added any images, because I am still unaware of what I am going to do, and from experience, I found it better to actually take the images first, and then work the coverlines etc. around the image. I decided to use the masthead "RIFF" as it was voted the top masthead in my online survey, and I think it best describes the magazine.

I designed the masthead in a way that would reflect the genre of the magazine. Therefore, as a rock magazine, I decided to replace the "I" in "RIFF" with the neck of an electric guitar. I was aprehensive at first whether this would work, however I really like the look of it. Although, when I actually create my cover, I will have to take into account whether or not this will work. For my main feature, I think I'm going to focus on the lead singer of a band, and create a question and answer article. All of the fonts I have used for this draft are not final, as I know that I'm going to have to alter certain fonts to fit the conventions of the cover.