For Designmodo - a popular blog about design topics - I wrote a step-by-step tutorial on how to design a splash screen for mobile.

This step-by-step tutorial covers:

• What is a splash screen?
• Starting point
• Choosing a color palette for the illustration
• Creating an inventory for the elements
• Creating the city scene
• Overview of all the steps
• Finished illustration
• Assembling the illustration in Photoshop
• References

Read the tutorial on Designmodo