ONE CUPCAKE - SIX WAYS

Spot Illustrations in Varying Styles

Deliverables:

Six illustrated cupcakes, in varying graphic languages and emotive styles.

Tools:

Pen and Paper
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop

Skills:

Various Illustration Abilities and Styles

Goal:

My goal was to conceptualize and exemplify some of the varying styles used in graphic illustration.

Reference Cupcake:

Illustrations

CUPCAKE 1

GRAPHIC LANGUAGE - Oblique View, Low Abstraction

EMOTIONS - Serious, Melancholy

MEDIUM/TOOLS - Adobe Photoshop

CUPCAKE 2

GRAPHIC LANGUAGE - High Formal, Flat View, Line Only

EMOTIONS - Dainty, Sweet, Professional/Logo-esc

MEDIUM/TOOLS - Adobe Illustrator

CUPCAKE 3

GRAPHIC LANGUAGE - Plan View, Flat style, Line-Only

EMOTION - Energetic

MEDIUM/TOOLS - Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop

CUPCAKE 4

GRAPHIC LANGUAGE - Oblique View, Cartoon/Abstracted

EMOTION - Psychedelic, Excited, Cheerful

MEDIUM/TOOLS - Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop

CUPCAKE 5

GRAPHIC LANGUAGE - Informal Style, Flat View

EMOTIONS - Jealous, Embittered, Cute

MEDIUM/TOOLS - Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop

CUPCAKE 6

GRAPHIC LANGUAGE - Abstract,
Flat View,

EMOTIONS - Amusing, Joyous

MEDIUM/TOOLS - Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop

Cupcakes
in use

Illustrations Coming to Life

01-
LOGO/BOOK PUBLISHING

This project began when a friend requested a logo and some illustrations for her new cookbook. Talia was formally educated in Food Science and uses her unique knowledge in her recipes. She immediately resonated with my high-formal, line-drawn cupcake illustration as a logo and mascot for her brand.

From there, we workshopped other brand elements to fortify her visual system and brand-book, and of course, implemented this in the publishing of her new cookbook.