Digital process sketch by Rachelle A. Baker for the cover of Elle Decor magazine

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A digital process sketch created by Rachelle A. Baker for the March 2021 cover of Elle Decor magazine. The sketch is a symbolic re-imagining of Nancy Lancaster’s famous “Yellow Room," and features the figure of a Black woman seated in the foreground amidst the distinct elements of the room rendered in colorful sketched outlines against a white background. At the very top of the image, the word [ELLE] appears vertically, beside the word [DECOR], in large uppercase dark-green letters. The issue date [MARCH 2021] appears beneath the "R." At center, in smaller handwritten dark green text is [THE LATEST ISSUE] above two lines of placeholder text. The woman appears seated in the bottom center left foreground, she appears light blue, with darker blue sketched outlines. She sits leaning slightly forward, her elbows on her knees.

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