People&Places!

So, it's time to present the final piece for the Jay Cover's magnificent project called People&Places!

Like you know, I've chosen a coffee shop called:
BROOKS
&
GAO
and as I was drawing space around me, I realised I am pathologically shy and it is VERY difficult for me to draw the staff or the customers - especially after the barista said kindly 'your drawings are good!' - making me automatically hide in my shell of embarrassment, mumbling a thousand thank yous while the I was withdrawing quickly to my table.

So, I focused on the objects. I am also a magpie.
Yes, I DO know, that project was called
PEOPLE
and
PLACES
but as an insecure piece of nervous flesh I decided to find my solution in showing the places through the objects I found,
well,
AMAZING.

But first, the layout and very rough idea of the final piece:

So, firstly, I decided to interpret my favourite utensils, separately, in case to give them attention! Here they are:

And then, as the layout shows, I tried to glue that all together in the flat looking, no-perspective depiction of the table. 

Am I happy about the outcome? 

Maybe. 

After all this time, I think I should have get rid of that font. Why did I do that? Another one of unsolved mysteries of my creative process. Unfortunately, it's one of those final outcomes which I did and I do not really want to think about anymore. I used to make my illustrations in Photoshop a LOT, and when I came back to this kind of a process with the B&G illustration, I finished it with a really unpleasant after taste. I like my separately drawn objects more that I like this sh... stuff. 

Oh well. At least I learned that maybe I am not as good with Photoshop as I though I am?