Aerial Design

Ok, its new illustration time… Ladies and gentlemen I present to you ‘Just my luck’.

Im really pleased with how this design came out, even more than usual! Partly because it’s finally finished. Sometimes I have these ideas or concepts that seem to swim around in my head for months and months, so its great when I finally get around to actually creating them.

Recently I have been really into the work of French artist Mcbess, especially his typography and intricate line-work. The guy is super talented and pretty darn creative, using an odd mix of the darker, macabre content portrayed in an almost comical display! He knows how to balance a copious amount of fine detail with thick, rounded flowing lines. What can I say, I just like his style, so I decided to pay homage to him and it seemed fitting to do a piece on luck. Luck is an interesting concept. It’s either good or bad, the associations behind it are also split in two; on the one hand you see casinos portrayed as classy institutions for gentlemen and their monogamous partners, in the other you find the seedy, sleazy dropout culture of the gambling addict. I wanted to create a grey area between the two, ironically choosing to use only black and white… Monochromatic designs often come across a little more debonaire, conjuring imagery such as the classic suit, its clean and crisp. To counter this I decided to fill the entire design with some crazy weaving line-work.

The arbitrary looking line-work helps to generate a more ‘out of control’ feeling, juxtaposing the classy, clean elements previously mentioned. And if you look at it from a distance, it looks grey. mission accomplished.

I used to hate super detailed designs, mainly because I never had the patience to see it through… I am a total convert now, well all except for my right hand who is sick of getting cramp.

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