What started out as a fun camper illustration project turned into an opportunity to explore my illustration styles! Shallie from Set the Bar Rentals reached out for a custom illustration set of her business’s two adorable event trailers.
To first illustrate Shirley, her retro mobile bar trailer, I started out with my typical detailed approach, clean and precise. Personality still comes through but it’s very controlled and I think it has a certain elegance about it.
Then I felt a spurring on of inspiration and decided to give it another go and keep things quicker and loose.
The bottom illustration was the result – something I decided to call ‘sketch’ in comparison to my more controlled style which I’ve dubbed ‘tidy’.
I took the same approach for the other piece – a modern little restroom trailer (such a smart idea right?!). The top illustration features my tidy style and the bottom is my sketch style.
Full disclosure – I do not paint all my commission projects twice! (Besides the ones I mess up or spill paint water all over…another story for another time) But when inspiration strikes, I’ve discovered it’s best to not try to thwart it!
Now that I do have an example of both nuances of my style – if you are interested in a commission and have a preference feel free to mention so in the notes section of my commission request form!
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I shared both with Shallie and she chose the ‘tidy’ versions as her final logos! She also shared this kind testimonial about her experience.
Rachel was such a pleasure to work with! She responded quickly and answered all my questions. She sent me a simple b&w [black and white] draft that I was in love with and even painted our mobile bar trailer in both “sketch” and “tidy” versions and let me choose between the two. I was extremely happy with the final product and can’t wait to get my original prints in the mail! True talent.
Shallie at Set the Bar
Illustration on White 5×7″
Digitized Artwork Add On
Paper: Canson Bristol
Paint: Winsor & Newton Professional, Daniel Smith Artist, Poems About You