We now had exactly what we needed to start making the cover. From here on was fairly straight forward. We created a new file with the exact guidelines for the CD & Vinyl packaging. Using the band font we started adding in the various text layers and aligning them one by one. With the images of us being cut out we could create a slight pink to white gradient as a background and match the font colour to it. It was a case of fiddling and adjusting until it all felt right:

So with a bit of DIY effort from us and the kindness of talented friends helping out, we had total creative control over our album art work.