Sketches: Walking With The Stars

Nothing too terribly complicated here. I actually came up with the basic idea while driving (which wasn't as dangerous as it might sound), and did a quick sketch on my iPhone will waiting at a traffic light...

...and elaborated on that basic idea in the customary series of thumbnails.


I had it in mind to do something simple and bold (and flat) — but the Author asked that the star be less yellow and bright, and further along that process it also became slightly more representative of an actual Walk of Fame star (which had been part of all my original sketches, anyway). It took some time to work out the details, as the design elements on the star now had to have depth and shading, but I still tried to keep the design (mostly) flat.



I don't think this was entirely successful — if I were to approach the question again, I'd probably just make the star a flat, but more golden color and have done with it (and avoid those additional elements altogether). The gold detail seems to look darker and less delicate when the image has been reduced, though, so perhaps it will all work out better in print.

That's dummy copy on the upper right hand corner of the blue cover. The subhed proved to be too long to fit up there, so it was moved to the lower left. (The Author also asked for the color to be more purple than midnight blue.)