Just the process to making my album cover.

2. I created my album cover using this size because it is a perfect
square.

3. I created a gradient overlay using these settings so that I could
potentially use it in the future.

4. This is what I did to change the colour spread of the gradient.

5. The next thing I did was add that dark fade at the bottom of my album and
this is what I did. I did this so that it added a dark ominous feel.

6. What I did here was delete the background from a picture of
myself, then I put it on the album cover.

7. Next, I put the image on the right into my album cover in a layer,
behind the layer of myself. This is so that I could use it later on.

8. I decided that the dark blue background wasn’t what I was trying to convey,
so I changed the colours so that it was a darkish grey colour.

9. What I did here was chose a brush and plotted a shadowy sort of feel
on the layer of myself. So that it would create a dark misty effect.

10. I duplicated the layer of the image in Step 6, after that I created a mask
and selected a black colour. I did this so that when I painted the black, the
image would begin to appear and thus I created an image like the one
above.

11. For this I did the same as above except I inverted the mask and
used a white colour to create a different effect. The reason I did
this effect was to add texture to the album cover.

12. For this I did the same effect as the last two except that I positioned it
sideways along the bottom to that makes the effect come from the bottom.

13. I used five layers for the whole effect so it gave an ominous aura.

14. Next I found this image on the internet and inserted it above
my album cover.

15. Firstly I changed the opacity so that it would blend nicely with
the album cover.

16. After that I changed the black and whites of the photo to make it
go with the theme.

17. Finally I moved it so that its layer was in front of the background layer
but behind the others and then repositioned it. I chose to add this in
because it gave a much more interesting background and when it
coexists with the background gradient a, it creates a interesting gradient.

18. To cover up some space and leave a focus in the only blank space left
(which is where the original gradient is), I took an image of cracked
glass, changed its opacity and positioned it so that it fit nicely in the album
cover.

19. To create a shadowy 3D effect typography I had to write the word in a text box
and duplicate it many times (in this case 9). Then I had to individually move
every layer a bit over to the left and up a bit so that it made it 3D. Lastly I had
to change the colour for every single bit of text so that it looked like it was
going down a gradient.

20. In the final step, I simply add my initials in the bottom right corner and
change the colour to a bright white.