More front cover designs

I have been experimenting with more front cover designs, by the looks of it I have been basing the front covers off Monster Hunter and Legend of Zelda. Here are some of them.

For this front cover, I have gone into Photoshop and created my own sand texture. I then grabbed the two images and tried to make them fit into their environment by bass relief with similar colours. The only thing is this doesn't fit my theme at the end of the day. Plus it just seems a bit too plain in certain areas.

Here are the source images I have used.

Finally I have made a Zelda version of the Link I have done earlier with the crystal cloud effect. Again this is a bit too plain and doesn't stand out much at all. I have also tried to give the a slight stone slab effect too.

Here is the source image I have used