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Untitled #01

Role :

Conceptualization and Illustration.

Project Type :

Illustration

Year :

2023

Mediums Used :

Adobe Illustrator

Client / Industry :

Personal Project : Illustration Mini Series

Project Link :

My approach

The Reason / Problem

I've been wanting to work on a more semi-realistic kind of style, that was very bright and vibrant, but also unique and interesting. Something involving BIPOC folks with their eyes closed for a kind of vulnerability and beauty that we don't usually see in popular media. Colour and representation were the goal for this series.

My Process

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Space Vibes by Lunar Autumn Designs - A more stylized illustration of a femme person with light blue, pink, white and yellow hair, and a few brown and yellow accents scatterefd throughout. Their eyes are closed, one of their eyes has simple white and yellow makeup framing it with a gentle swop. There's a star in the middle of their forehead, and they have a gradient heart on their lips. They wear a blue shirt, and have a black eye tattoo on their exposed arm. In the background there's few ringed plantets, and some simplified black and blue swirls to signify space, and white dots as stars. — "Space Vibes" by Lunar Autumn Designs

Initially I started with some simple but glitchy styled illustrations with pops of colour on a greyscale background, which is a mini-series that I'm still working on and dubbing as "Midnight Vibes". Feeling unsure I used a more comforably style while exploring pastels (Space Vibes), and more vibrant colours. All of the process illustrations metamorphosed into the illustrations that are below.

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The ideas came together, and this series came to fruition.

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Exploring the various uses of gradients and vibrant colours has been enjoyable for me. Whether it's as an accent, or a focus I have found it to be deeply enriching for my brain, so I hope you do too. I was going for contrast and an uplifting feeling throughout. The goal was to create something elegant and striking.

Addiitionally braids have always been fascinating to me. What you can do with them, add to them, see in them. How they have a history of being used as maps, or to distinguish tribal areas, status and more.