Here's some sketch slides that show some of my process during this final piece for Payne. I used tracing paper to separate the layers and reconfigure overlapping objects. Then, for the sketches, I tend to brainstorm with a list of trigger words and well known imagery/symbolism (and of course, I first decide what I was going to use the image for. Depending the results, it will either be a skateboard design or a mural (or both). It's a pretty flexible image, which I think can be beneficial.