This is my latest gift card design for cryptogreetings.com. I decided to go for a cute and more commercial cartoon this time. The four cards that I have up now are more fantasy/sifi. I think it's good to have a bit of variety :)
I created this one on Affinity Designer, a great alternative to Adobe Illustrator. It's my favorite Vector graphics program at the moment. It's got some awesome tools and a fantastic price.
I didnt go crazy with lighting and 3D FX on this one. It's a nice simple flat cartoon. I'm actually very pleased with the way it came out. It reminds me of some old cartoons and comic strips like Garfield.
Let's take a look at the creation process.
- Pencil
I think he looked a bit Winnie the Pooh in the first sketch.
- Digital Drawing
I improved the line art on FireAlpaca, digital drawing program.
- Vector
Here is the Vector art after the first colour pass. Still a bit rough.
- Final with added shadow
Here here is with shadow FX added. I decided not to use shadow in the end. I think it's better flat as it has that classic cartoon look.
Well, I hope you liked this one. I'm going to be doing a few of these Cryptogreeting cards so do stop by again :)
