Brief;
- Design an present a series of 3 enamel badges in Adobe Illustrator based on an existing property, as well as a backing card and logo/branding for the collection.
- Each badge is limited to 4 pantone colours + line
- Each badge is limited to 4 pantone colours + line
AIMS;
- explore Adobe Illustrator
- develop and understanding of Illustrator's capabilities and potential with regard to our work
- explore the world of self authorship and self marketing as a component of contemporary illustration
- develop and understanding of Illustrator's capabilities and potential with regard to our work
- explore the world of self authorship and self marketing as a component of contemporary illustration
Research;
Market Research (Etsy/Pinterest);
Natty Peterkin;
Rebecca Hollingsworth;
Designing the pins...
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I really connected with the work of Natty Peterkin (see above), and wanted to emulate the tone of his pins. I briefly played around with adjusting the line weight (see below) but I wasn't satisfied with the artificial look and I decided that the only way to recreate that look would be to trace a drawing with the pen tool, which I felt would be sidestepping the challenge of using Illustrator if I designed them in that way.
Standing on Digital Shoulders...
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Mick Marston Original
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Copy
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The pins were made using predominantly the pen, shape and brush tools to build complex shapes, then coloured using the live paint tool. I initially mocked them up in Illustrator, before re-doing it in Photoshop for a more realistic effect.
I tried creating my own font based off the title card of the show, but preferred one that I found online (Push Black).
For the backing design I looked at the work of Rebecca Hollingsworth, however I couldn't figure out a way to recreate the texture in her work that looked good and wasn't distracting from the pins.
I tried creating my own font based off the title card of the show, but preferred one that I found online (Push Black).
For the backing design I looked at the work of Rebecca Hollingsworth, however I couldn't figure out a way to recreate the texture in her work that looked good and wasn't distracting from the pins.
OUTCOMES;
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