Creating a Album cover

This is my first attempt at creating a album cover. I used my star model Kid Cudi as the model for my attempt/ practice.
I used ROCNATION and the Parental Advisory symbols to make it look realistic.
I felt that the album is a bit plain and could do with more exciting colours.
I believe that the artist should be the dominant feature of the cover as the artist is supposed to be the most important part of the music, staying away from the commercialization to a point where fans can focus on the artist, however this isnot to say promotional techniques such as product affiliation should not be used, as it can in some cases benefit the artists promotion of a album.

You have to keep the customer in mind when creating the cover and making an attractive cover is key for the customer as they will not pick it up unless it is well advertised or attractive.