u still put them there, previous design or not....
dont get all booty hurt....just keep practicing brah........
heres sum real constructive critism:
avoid using filters AT ALL until u have more practice under your belt
and can properly use them in MODERATE DOSES TO TOUCH UP A PIECE....
1 of the biggest mistakes beginning designers have is over-using filters to
dress up a piece, or simply adding 2 much at all.....
work on getting to know PHOTOSHOP well......
see how tight u can make pieces by stiking to the least amount
of objects/things going on in the piece as possible.....
look at the composition of professionally-designed covers
and what they did and why......
if u wanna go deeper than just rap music design;
start paying attention to big-corporation branding
(HEINEKEN, GUCCI, ect, whatever, whatever)
and do the same shit; analyze how and why
their designs are the way they are........