Magazine Cover Design - FIN1

I think this is probably going to be my finished piece, unless I get some solid feedback from MUGID and a couple of my classmates. I'm satisfied with it, I guess?

I tried to go the route of "the main article also functions as the cover spread" angle and while I think I accomplished it, I can't help but feel that maybe I oversimplified it? I mean, when looking through other magazine covers with this layout it was generally very simplified. I don't know...

I also feel like I back-tracked and hit the sterile look I was attempting to avoid. Which is kind of not fun, but... Yeah. I don't know. I like how it turned out, but it didn't seem to be what I had initially envisioned  I guess visions change?