Slalom

I created a series of nostalgic and abstract illustrations for a personal project, inspired by Italian advertising design of the 1920s.

I used block colours, gradients and custom shapes with an intention to use as few lines as possible to (hopefully) create an iconic style.

Most of these ideas come from an initial freeform shape that I create without thinking. In this case, it was the 'skier's' body. It seemed to indicate downward movement and speed, so I built out from there, adding head, helmet (safety first) and the surrounding landscape.