Album Cover (First Draft)

I have attempted to make a first draft for my album cover for my artist. This is purely just the cover artwork at the moment, because once I have come up with that I can work forward and start to do the booklet which goes with it and the back cover which has to correspond with the colour scheme and style.

Dimensions
12cm x 12cm

As this is only my first draft I am not too sure if this design is right for it. I have tried to make the background look like blurred out lights with a black back drop, but I'm not totally convinced that it has worked yet. I wanted to make the lights look colourful because the lights I use in my music video are colourful and flash on and off. I have used a multi coloured gradient to achieve this effect. I have not begun to put the Jack in the Box on the front because I want to get the background right before I start to do that incase I have to add some colourisation effects to the Jack in the Box or blending effects to make it fit in and not just look like it has been 'plonked' there.

I am using a piece of software called 'The GNU Image Manipulation Program' (also know as, GIMP) to achieve these effects. I may also use another similar software called 'Photoshop', this piece of software has a lot more features that 'GIMP' and has a lot more effective results - as it isn't freeware software.

I am still trying to find a font that will suit the style of the music, the band name, the cover (colour wise) and the website. Depending on the final colour of the album cover I will probably use a contrasting colour so that it stands out, I will also use this technique for the website which I will be creating.

Overall, I think I will need to do a second draft because although it would stand out to my audience and has a resemblance to the music video, the supposedly blurred lights which I have tried to create look a bit too busy and it all looks a bit too dark. I will try and use a different range of colours to get it perfect.