How to Design a Cover for a Children's Book in Photoshop

Learn to design a captivating children's book cover in this 29-minute Photoshop tutorial. Master essential techniques including working with textures and patterns, masking, coloring, and utilizing vector patterns. Follow step-by-step instructions to create a colorful and eye-catching design, incorporating elements such as coral borders, dotted patterns, and decorative lines. Explore how to add depth with drop shadows, craft an engaging background, and integrate tribal patterns and bird illustrations. Perfect your skills in text placement and texture application to produce a professional-looking book cover that appeals to young readers.

Intro
Create a new file
Fill the new layer
Add texture
Create a coral border
Mask the group
Mask the gold border
Create a dotted border
Create a diamond
Combine the two corners
Add Drop Shadow
Duplicate Top Corners Group
Main Title
Background
Masking
Second Hill
Color
Mask
Text
Tribal Pattern
Decorative Lines
Adding Birds
Adding Texture
Outro