01 Croton

To help improve my skills in illustrator, use of color, and the pen tool; I'm making this series where I make an illustration of popular houseplants. I gave myself constraints of simplicity in color, lines, and background. Along with a three hour limit and using of different plant pots for each plant.

Houseplant Series - 01 Croton (Codiaeum variegatum)

I wanted the illustration to showcase the various colors of the Croton plant with its unique contrasting veins of the leaves. The veins of the leaves might have made the illustration less simplistic as I intended, but I felt it was an important quality of the Croton.