By Hand Poster #362

A colder morning than usual and a sunny afternoon not so cold playing basketball — one hour thirty! I created a new style of this poster that I realized in an illustrative way. You didn’t see a lot of illustration from me during this Poster Design Challenge.
So, I rectified the shot and I draw with my trackpad, the head of Apollo for the pleasure of your eyes.

The Design

As previously stated, this is an illustration realized with Photoshop and my trackpad. I drew lines over the picture of Apollo. I only follow Apollo’s shapes with a round brush with a size around 30px. I followed the outline as well as an important area with this brush. Then, I used a brush size around 15px to draw less important, and I draw the last lines with a thinner brush.

It takes time, and the challenge was to be consistent and don’t overcharge the illustration with too many lines. The final result is convincing and nice — one more time, according to me!
The visual is pleasant and fresh. One of my defects, as well as many designers, is to be a perfectionist with details. Today, I let my hand and my eyes do the illustration without think too much about those details while drawing. The reason why I let some lines not closed. That brings something nice to the poster.