Working with Spotify on a bespoke Halloween campaign, I had to sign a NDA preventing me from sharing my music playing monsters I illustrated for them. I had so much fun on that campaign that I kept the momentum illustrating my own.
That and a totally healthy obsession of the most radical holiday ever, Halloween!
Deliverables
x16 Illustrations
Roles
Concept
Design
Illustration
Goals of the project:
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Challenge myself to follow the same techniques I used to create the Monster Illustrations for Spotify's Halloween campaign.
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Apply the same character design discipline from the Spotify campaign to a self-directed set, without a client deadline shaping the pace.
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Use my background in Character Design to pour as much life and personality into each monster as possible.
Design Direction
I wanted each monster to feel like they were in motion playing their various musical instruments. I started each illustration out as a sketch to focus and tease out their expressions. I challenged myself to use straight lines, even on curves, wanting to prioritize the number of illustrations I could turn out in a short amount of time.
