1) The author realized their initial depiction of sellotape on a draft music magazine spread did not look realistic, so they deleted it and started over. 2) By examining a real roll of sellotape, they applied a stencil to depict it in an off-yellow color instead of white, to look more natural. 3) The final steps were adding a byline to credit the author and photographer, branding the magazine title at the bottom, and tweaking the slug size and anchor text for improved readability.