I needed to make a "header" graphic for a special section of classified advertising highlighting garage sales. I decided to go with a sign like the ones that show children playing or crossing the street, and I began to experiment with a one-color image showing a garage sale. As this design progressed, the long shadows helped to define the objects, and they made me think of early morning - which is when the best deals at garage sales are available, as everyone knows.
I found a stock image of a residential street with shady trees, and put my sign on a telephone pole in the foreground, and added a little dappled sunlight on it.
