Next portfolio work : Sticker Illustration
The sticker is just an output and usable version of an illustration you create. So you need an idea!
Create an idea for your Juxtaposition sticker... combining things to create new images or perhaps new meaning
Sticker GOALS:
Create a juxtaposed sticker from
2 or more reference photos using vectors & shapes
Use effective
color schemes to create visually appealing stickers
Use these skills and learned experience in the future to create your own
ORIGINAL designs.
**Try to create NEW imagery from non copyrighted image reference sources- meaning don't just pen tool over someone else's silhouette shape. COMBINE things.
So... Don't just pentool or build this clip art penguin
Find a penguin to use as a reference and then add to it
Find a cupcake... pentool or shapebuild or build your own
and combine to make
Or create your own animal or character- what is it's personality?
STEPS:
1. Get an idea.
Find reference photos- they can be entire shapes (hot dog) or an image you use a part of (wings from an eagle). You can use other clip art or illustrations, but you need to change it so much one doesn't recognize it as being from that art. Why? Because Plagiarism
Find Inspiration.... use someone else's ideas or style to fuel your own... but don't pass it off as yours.
This is tough to do when you are learning.
So as you learn, you might study or reproduce someone else's art.
But DO NOT pass it off as yours- out there in the world.
2. Use Illustrator to your advantage. Lock your Image layers. Use shapes, Pen Tool, White Arrow and Shape builder to build your outlines and shapes to build up your sticker.
3.Final print sheet. Pull your vectors off your reference photo and alter them. Change colors, add background shapes. You can print a whole sheet of the same sticker, or many stickers on one page.
