Further development of tape letters

Taking the origonal brown tape letters and adding red to the places where they overlap:

Another idea was to make the brown red instead, so all red:

Then to remove the areas of different colour red on the main letter:

I like these workings up because i feel the material and the loosness of layout suit the homeless magazine.  The blocky shapes also convey the key themes i am interested in: stability, home, etc.  Yet I am not convinced this style is the one yet.  It is after all a very loose illustration approach that may not always suit the nature of the articles from celebrities or interviews.