I had lots of fun working on this lovely mini puzzle for AUZOU EDITIONS !
Here's my process:

THE SKETCHES:
The brief was simple but challenging: I had to include the city's most important attractions and characteristic elements in a single illustration: from the most iconic Statue of Liberty and Times Square to the street food trucks and yellow cabs typical of NY.

I experimented with different compositions to show as many elements as possible in such a small space.
Here are the sketches I sent to the client at the end of my initial research:

THE COLOR PALETTES:
Once the sketch has been approved, I like to play around with a couple of color palettes to show the client different solutions.
Even if these color compositions are very rough, they're a great way to give an idea of how the final illustration will look.

In this case, I sent the client these three options to choose from:

And here's the final result! :)
I love what Auzou did here with the packaging design!