This was designed for the ‘Iconic landmark illustration’ brief on Briefbox.
This brief offers a lot of creative freedom, the landmark and the style it’s illustrated in are completely down to you, the challenge is to complete it within 3 days and to use no more than 4 colours.
For this brief I have gone for a landmark that is on my bucket list to visit, the awe-inspiring Tower of Yasaka, which is situated in middle of old Kyoto, Japan. The 5-story pagoda was founded back in the 6th century and has since been rebuilt after burning down, the current tower was built in 1440.
Inspired by Manga cover layouts, I wanted something that would work well as an artwork for posters and/or postcards. I had a lot of fun with this brief and allowed myself the full 3 days to finish, the limitations of using only 4 colours or less is a stylistic choice I tend to adhere to.
