From sketching to design..

I've shown these sketches before, and here's what I have been doing with them:

I laid them out along with my sketch of the statue of Liberty.

I liked the grey-blue colour scheme but couldn't resist adding the yellow taxi cab colour.

This final image is showing the first textural layers.

There's still a long way to go with this 'New York' piece but I am happy with the look so far.