Retro Magazine Cover
During a live stream I gave my viewers the opportunity to choose which one of my illustrations to turn into a graphic design.
The viewers selected an illustration that I did a couple of years ago based on a retro magazine cover.
From Life to Vogue to Harper's Bazaar to Vanity Fair and even Playboy... the photography of various vintage magazines is classic. My original illustration showcases my take on a original Playboy cover from 1969.
During the live stream, I produced the lineart was in Adobe Illustrator and then later it was colored in Clip Studio Paint using an XP-Pen Artist 24 Pro Display Tablet. The final background circle was created in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. Finally, the image was composited together in Photoshop along with the background circle.
I wanted to give the image kind of an Instagram influencer kind of style. Sexy, but not over the top. Also, I did not want the design to look exactly like the picture so I made subtle changes. For example, I reworked the hair somewhat.
I hope that you enjoy.
The final design is available on my Redbubble shop on a number of products and as prints. Click HERE.
Link to Live Stream where you can view the process of how the lineart was created. Click HERE.
This is the final design created in Adobe Illustrator and Clip Studio Paint on an XP-Pen Artist 24 Pro display tablet.
The original pencil and ink illustration was created in 2018. Sometimes I will save illustrations for a while before deciding if I would like to digitize them. I believe if you continue sketching you will have several pieces that can eventually be turned into a graphic.
Here you can see the completed lineart in Adobe Illustrator.
Giving the illustration various line weights gave it a WOW EFFECT.
Here you can see the flattened version in Clip Studio Paint. There were several layers before everything was merged down.
Normally, I would have continued in Illustrator when coloring the design, but this time I decided to do it in Clip Studio Paint. I believe that it was easier managing the shadows and highlights. Also, I was able to give her subtle freckles her cheeks, arms and stomach.
Here you can see the original Playboy cover, the pencil and ink illustration as well as the final graphic. It is obvious that I did not want to copy the original magazine cover 100% and that I wanted to update it while still paying homage to the vintage style.
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