Magazines Cover info process - unfinished

I wanted my front cover to be as similar to red dead receptions theme as possible, this is my magazine without any additions of price issue masthead etc. this Is the first step or the design aspect of my magazine, I will include in final product a text box with an article of information, a bar code in the lower left or right, an issue number in the top right, a masthead behind the dominant image, and finally I will include my company name, which is yet to be created.

here is a comparison to an image I clearly had inspiration from, to make this very red dead themed, no part of the ps4 cover I used inspiration from was directly copied, I gathered internet sources and manually created the the images within my magazine cover. to see my internet sources please follow this link: https://joshfoundationmedia.blogspot.com/2018/12/emmas-magazine-project-with-pitch.html