Book Cover Design (Part 1)

I chose Louis Armstrong as the musician I would create a book for.

I really had no idea how to start this so I actually did everything in reverse. I started in Photoshop because I could throw different ideas around really fast. I quickly realized I knew what I wanted and it would just be easier for me to continue in Photoshop and sketch it out later on.

After about 15-20 minutes of messing around, I completed my project!

So below are sketches of my already completed project, it kind of defeats the purpose but here it is!