I had put a hold on illustration design since December to be able to focus on freelancing without...

I had put a hold on illustration design since December to be able to focus on freelancing without...I had put a hold on illustration design since December to be able to focus on freelancing without...

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Muminatu Bashiru

• Jan 26

I had put a hold on illustration design since December to be able to focus on freelancing without distractions but I got questions from a few people asking when I was going to illustrate something to share.

People reached out genuinely telling me they loved what I was making and that made me pick up my mouse again and this time, I decided to practice my art by using them for poster designs.

Here are a few I worked on last week.

Which is your favorite?

Mouaad Jaaidi

• Mar 14

Which illustration works better? It's supposed to look like a magnet. Context: This is the empty state for Homiii, a roommate coordination app. That's why I went for real looking magnets (what some roommies use to pin notes on the fridge) instead of the typical flat vector.

6 voted

50%

6 voted

50%

12 votes

Closed

Abhishek Sarin

• Mar 15

Enamel style looks better!

Cara Ellis

max

• Mar 13

Has your rough ever ended up being the final?

This little guy was made for an Italian restaurant brand a looong time ago. I sketched him out in Procreate as a starting point before moving into a clean vector, but the sketch had so much more character that I just kept it.

The more slightly off, uncanny AI imagery I see, the more I fall in love with doodles and handmade craft. I’d love to see what you’ve made/drawn/painted recently <3

Illustration craft brand

Chantal Jemmott

pro

• Mar 12

If a brand is built around texture and atmosphere, how should the illustrations respond?

This brand identity belongs to an interior designer whose work focuses on detail, materials, and atmosphere, so the illustration style needed to reflect that same sensibility.

I started by cutting shapes from paper inspired by interior elements, then scanned and refined them digitally before turning them into vector illustrations for the brand system.

Working this way helped keep the visuals distinctive and more textured, which felt important for this identity.

How do you bring texture or craft into your work? Full project

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