Hip Hop Mixtape covers are hard. Between the all the effects, layers and over photoshopping, I can understand why designers would charge a rather large fee to design a mixtape cover that will make people look twice.
With that said, I can also understand why I see so many low budget down right ULGY covers out there… Too many people try to go it alone.
Hip Hop Mixtapes are a somewhat annoying because the vast majority are just downright corny. They always consist of the same three things:
1) Money
2) Half naked “vixens”
3) More Money
The recent covers I have seen have broken out of this rule, but they are the exception…NOT the rule…
I made a simple mix tape cover template that is free to download and can be used for a variety of purposes… and consist of the two most requested elements mention above…
yup…money and a chick…lol…I WON’T even mention the looks I got while working in starbucks on this mess.
here is the first one
Lots of space was left so that
1- you can easily add pictures of your self and more text
2 – you can easily add elements and change the layout to be something completely different.
Here is what it looks like when you removed the background. Again, you can add a different background and totally change the look:
zip file comes with photoshop file and font used. I plan on posting tutorials later in the week..
Please make sure to read the read me file…