Learning Retro Futurist Illustration

D I A R Y
Written By Pearse O'Halloran

I love the retro-futurist style of Ada Zielinska's illustration work. When I saw she had a course on Domestika, I needed to jump right in and up my Procreate skills with a new challenge.

Final outcomes

I began the project by scouring my Pinterest boards for inspiration. I have quite a few examples of 'retro-futurist' styles, but I want to bring in other inspiration from vintage logos and book covers.

In addition to Ada's guidance, I included some inspiration for colours. I gathered these up on Mac's 'Freeform' app.

I then sketched out lots of ideas for forms based on the resource. 

Moodboard of inspiration

Two compositional concepts began to form from the initial ideas I sketched.

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I took these into Procreate and followed Ada's excellent tuition. ↓
procreate retro futurist sketch

I took these into Procreate and followed Ada's excellent tuition.

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Final versions

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'ADA'

A retro futurist procreate illustration inspired by ADA Zielenska

OTTO

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Retro Futurist Sci Fi art with textures in an Isaac Asimov style

Bonus pillow patterns.

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Pillow Case Mockups with Retro sci fi illustrations
Pillow Case Mockups with Retro sci fi illustrations

Thanks to Ada for the Guidance and inspiration.

Pearse O'Halloran https://www.pearseohalloran.com
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