One of the best things about illustration is collaborating with others to make a unified piece. The best Art Directors play ping pong with artists dropping sketches into layouts, sending the layouts to artists, and artists refining sketches to send back to the art director. SooJin Buzelli and I use this method often whenever working on something larger. I’m more of an illustrator with a designers mentality so this process makes it easier to visualize what is best as an artist for the page. When SooJin sent back the final layout, it was like a kid opening a present for his birthday.