http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2010/07/23/new-infamous-2-character.aspx
The visual hierarchy of this cover for Gameinformer (in my point of view) is as thus:
the title is the brightest and biggest single chunk of information that the cover provides; eyes are then drawn to the face of the figure (because we as humans are drawn to human faces), and then to the lightning that is shown from his right hand to his left hand. After, the next brightest contrasting object is the pink, red, and yellow blob of color on the lower left hand side of the cover--over it the title of the game INFAMOUS 2; the two objects (blob and text) work together to pull the eyes away from the main larger figure on the cover and tell what the cover is depicting (as most gamers who subscribe or purchase this magazine are interested in the cover and what is being shown). The audience will then take in the background, such as the single red speck of light that signifies a gun firing at Cole (after knowing the title, most gamers will know that the man on the cover is Cole), and that the whole of the background depicts chaos with a building partially on fire.
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