How do you make these bright areas?

Hello ive seen this done alot and im a noob =) I would like ot know how to make these bright areas in photoshop here is an example http://www.billybussey.com/artwork/blazon.jpg

those bright white areas that are around the page how is that done?

Use a layer that is brighter than the one(s) below, and change Layer-mode to "Color Dodge" on the bright layer. You´ll see how it works, that´s the (very very) basics, lol.... Hope it helps at all... :D

oh, and now that I´m more awake.. :D ..To get that glowing-sensation to it, you can use the airBrush with a bright color on the layer, or gaussianBlur stuff, or whatever.. Just experiment, and you´ll get the hang of it.

Well im going to try it out now. Thank you

You can also try to select that area with the Lasso tool with, oh maybe, 15 to 25 pixels? Then you can Image>Adjust>Brightness/Contrast. Play around with the sliders and it might come out as well.