Progression of digi pack

For the aucillary task i am doing the back cover for the CD cover, which we are doing as one of the tasks. I am trying to make the back look interesting as it's just as important as the front as we are getting more information about the album and with using interesting colours i will be able to attract the audience.

1. Downloading the brushes.
I wanted to have a certain kind of brush to use for my back, so after looking on websites i found a brush style called 'party lights' after trying the brush out i discovered it wasn't the right brush for my ideal look i wanted for my part of the cover. I looked on another website were i found 'sparkles' and i found the style i wanted.
2. Photoshop

back background (before)

After a year of not using photoshop it took a while to get used to controlling the brushes and knowing when to add a layer. Because i need to have the artist on the cover so i used pen to cut him out from the background and saved it to a file. I then tried my brushes out onto a black background on photoshop and got two ideal backgrounds i would like to use, naming them 'possible background 1 and 2' after few edits i decided to pick the first as it was more symmetrical and looked more effective then the second.

possible Inside background

3.Brushes and how i've done it
using the website i followed the instructions to firstly use white paint on a black background and then adding another layer and use a brighter colour which was green, and placing it on top of the white, this has made the lights appear to glow. I have used repeated shapes in different colours this has made my background look symmetrical.
4. Putting it together
After deciding the which background i added another layer (this makes 7 layers in total used to make the picture) i managed to make the picture smaller and look normal rather then out of shape. with this i then smudged the picture into the background to take away the roughness of the cutting which i have appeared to have done well.

Back edited with artist

How i did the back cover
By using a sky and cloud brush i have been able to make the background appear to be a night sky. I have also used the sparkles brush so i have been able to make the theme party as well as the Cd album theme.