Base Fill: So after doing the line up and finishing the 3D, we move onto the base fill. With this part of the piece the options are limitless. Some artists try to cram as much crazy into their fills as possible, whilst other keep them very simple. There are as many reasons as there are styles as to how you would do your fill. Essentially, the fill is done to create or 'fill in' the letters and usually a contrasting colour to the other elements is used. In this case greens and browns are used to bounce of the pinks in the 3D. A series of fades are done to blend the colours in a rough way to each other. As you can see the fill starts giving some body to the overall piece and it becomes more visible.
Detail Fill & Background: From here we can add extra detail elements to the fill, they could be fine lines, dots, bubbles, stars and almost anything else you can think of. Again this is a time for considerations, too much detail can ruin the overall visibility of the piece. There is often a big temptation to cram as much into the piece as possible, this is usually not a good thing.After the details in the fill is complete, you can move onto the background, this allows for keeping a very sharp edge around the overall lettering and helps to make the outline easier and better to do. In this case complimentary colours to the 3D are used which is a nice tie in and offers some balance. As you can see the 3 yellow crowns are also filled and outlined, while a black bottom bubble is finished.
