Adulting Fears

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When I decided to become a freelance illustrator I wanted to create a project that showcased my set of skills and was fun to make. So, as I was in my 20’s and I was talking with my friends about how neither of us knew how to be “adults” and a list of fears came to my mind. I connected these two ideas and decide to make “Adulting Fears” as a project in my instagram account. I would post each day a fear with a text (pretty long now that I think about it) showing how we all are just figuring it out as we go.

This project was a chance for me to experiment with digital illustration, with color, textures and concepts. My idea was to make and interesting, relatable and fun finished project.

This challenge needed a set of rules for me:
· Posting everyday.
· Use a small and fun color palette.
· I have to make objects, not only characters.
· I have to animate some of them too.
· I needed to have fun with it.

To make this process as efficient as I could I sketched the ideas of the week at once and tested colors. (Even though sometimes I changed the whole thing last minute).

This allowed me the chance to test monochromatic palettes, color composition, different techniques, and brushes to have better outcomes and to avoid a instagram grid that looked all as the same boring thing.