*And always - in illustrations, render layers. More flexible. When the client wants to change more things, add whatever to it, you don't have to render the whole thing again.

*Wabe's right with this, currently I'm doing a series of 5 covers for a client, the main image being the same for continuity but an added central image which is different each time.
using layers means I only have to change that centre piece rather than do the whole thing 5 times, saves a lot of work.

One thing I do if it has to wrap round, is look at the main image background colour and use that as a fill colour with a bit of cloud added in CS3, it's a cheat but sometimes it's good enough for the client, depends on how they want it really!

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