Photos that I have used
From myself and pixabay.com

       Fun drawings of myself as an avatar.  From these, I am going to play around on the computer and come up with something fun.  I will be using several layers, all of the photos I am using will be used at least 2 times.  From there, layers will be blended erased and altered, to create an awesome fantasy background.  From there, I plan on putting myself in the foreground controlling water somehow.  I want wings... and possibly horns.

So with this cover, I put together 4 images for the background.  Then I wanted to keep the type simple and natural.  The artist is all about the environment and uses its influence in his works!  I found him while researching and thought it would be a nice one to make.  He was greatly influenced by the time he lived in Alaska, so I went with an arctic theme.  No, I did not do the 3d with the words, it just didn't look good, I did emphasize some words by changing the font size.

Went back and did a color balance, image next:

Book Cover 1

             I started this before Christmas and decided to continue with it.  I used the tutorials to try to get 3d objects.  I need more practice.  I also used my own picture and used layers upon layers, and masks upon masks, to get the different effects that are in it.  It looks very busy as a whole, but when you only look at the half at a time, its kinda fun!  
              Paul Bley is a jazz artist who primarily plays the piano.  He has performed classical Christmas tracks and has also created his own Christmas tracks.  I think that I am going to make another cover to see if I can get this 3D thing down the way I would like.

Sad that I lost the old barcode I made, it takes a bit to make a new one, at least the way I do it, constantly replicating layers, moving them and changing the widths!