The video below shows the sped-up process for the illustration. The piece was all done in the app Procreate on an iPad Pro.
The inspiration came from Sunisa's floor work when she struck this beautiful pose. The background started with gymnastics equipment with her posing on the competition floor. The equipment turned out to be visually distracting. Instead, the piece was simplified so that the focus was on Sunisa. The illustration evolved to include the American flag as the competition floor, and Sunisa focused inside the sun of the Japanese flag. 
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