Today started like yesterday: with a blank page and a requirement to do something with it that would be suitable for a cover design for an event programme.
At least I had the advantage over yesterday of starting with an idea already rattling around in my head (the benefit of not being able to stop thinking about this problem all evening), so I fired up Photoshop to do another rough sketch, so that I could see how well it worked.
Looked pretty good (though I can't draw hands) and definitely doable in a few hours. From this prototype I made a much cleaner vector illustration, with only small changes to the design, recreating the sketch's dimensions with filled shapes made up of straight lines and Bezier curves.
I'm really happy with this design (though I can't draw vector hands either). Although it's a lot simpler than yesterday's idea, I think it's better. Also, the coloured irregular polygon in the background gives me a design element that I can carry through to the headings inside the programme:
There'll probably be some feedback tomorrow and changes to make, but apparently my boss really likes it, so we're nearly there.
So... that concludes this two-part post about brainstorming, then producing, this illustration. Like I said at the start of yesterday's post, I really only do this kind of work once a year, so forgive me for taking the chance to indulge in work blogging — I'll try not to make it a habit.
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