The author experimented with different ways to break up a solid black color on a cover by going to psbrushes.net to find smoky effect brushes. They applied the smoky brushes to the color image to make it look smoky and mysterious.

1. I decided that the black was too dominating on the cover and try different ways to
break up the solid colour. I went on to psbrushes.net and chose some brushes with a
smoky effect. I leaked the smoke onto the colour image, making it look smoky and
mysterious.