I thought it would be fun to peel away the layers and show all the different elements that went into my recent cover redesign for my new adult dystopian thriller series, Secrets of PEACE. You can find out more about the books on my website here: http://www.tahernandez.com
I do all of my design work in Photoshop these days. The stock images you see here were mostly purchased through Neostock. This was made mainly just to give a quick overview of my process, so it doesn’t go into too much detail. I taught myself everything you see here just by watching tutorials, practicing, and learning from a whole boatload of mistakes along the way. This tutorial in particular has been especially helpful and is one I keep going back to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-RXsQLvFNQ
Music: “Moments in Space” by Spinmeister: http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/spinmeister/12093