I'm not exactly a newbie to PS, but I've never posted here. Here's three recreations of band cover albums/designs. I love my pen tool. Used to go by JacksonW and M^2 on some other forums.
The "splat" isn't how I like it. It doesn't really come out of a central point.
More proud of the fact I recreated the album cover from scratch than looking at it from a sig point-of-view.
Made completely by using several rectangles and one circle with the shape tool. Really a fun one to make.
C&C as you please.