Kissing Fish: Illustrator Vector Art
30-Day Illustration Challenge Day 20: Kissing Fish. This piece focuses on volume and lighting. I wanted the simple 2D fish illustrations to look like they have some depth. The light rays and transparencies are all vector art in Illustrator. If I were to create this...
Owl Character Vector Illustration
30-Day Illustration Challenge Day 19: Daytime Owl. This is my first vector drawing that started on a digital drawing tablet in Photoshop. I sketched the owl on the Wacom One and brought it into Illustrator. I’m not used to the pen tool workflow with a stylus, so...
Retro Bee Illustration Poster
30-Day Illustration Challenge Day 17: Retro Bee Poster. I’ve been exploring a bunch of retro/vintage styles and textures. This piece uses a couple of grain textures painted using the freeform gradient tool in Adobe Illustrator. #30DayChallenge #adobeillustrator...
Polar Bear Illustration
30-Day Illustration Challenge Day 16: Pappa Polar Bear. It’s my dad’s birthday, so I made him this polar bear illustration. I’ll probably do two more animals in this retro/posterized style. #30DayChallenge #adobeillustrator #drawing #vectorart...
Retro Sea Turtle Illustration
30-Day Illustration Challenge Day 15: Retro Sea Turtle. I’m digging the retro vibe. So, I’ll probably do a series of 5 or 6 animals in this style. #30DayChallenge #adobeillustrator #drawing #vectorart #illustration Original sea turtle pencil sketch scan...
Retro Hummingbird Illustration
30-Day Illustration Challenge Day 14: Retro Hummingbird. I was inspired by some retro posters on Pinterest last night. So, I took an old pencil drawing and turned it into a retro poster illustration. #30DayChallenge #adobeillustrator #drawing #vectorart #illustration...
Squirrel Illustration With Noise Grain
30-Day Illustration Challenge Day 13: Noisy Squirrel. This was a fun one. I’m currently focusing on texture in Adobe Illustrator. This piece uses a lot of grain effects with opacity masks. There’s also a paper texture overlay. For the background lines, I...
Cartoon Robot Character Illustration
30-Day Illustration Challenge Day 12: Friendly Robot. I’m still focusing on the freeform gradient tool in Adobe Illustrator. I’m also using different textures to give the vector art a more organic feel. Special thanks to Bryan Goff from Unsplash for the...
