FEAST
Valentine's Day 2024
Isometric Illustration | Food illustration | Pattern Design
Illustration: Maggie Enterrios (@littlepatterns)
Final artwork: "Feast" by Maggie Enterrios, isometric repeating pattern
ABOUT THE WORK
Each year I create a passion project for Valentine's Day: a way to collaborate with fellow creatives or explore a new technique or technical challenge. While I've dabbled in isometric illustration before, this year I wanted to create a seamless repeating pattern that includes a half-drop. It was a mathematical endeavor that took a fair amount of creativity to achieve.
PROCESS
All artwork was illustrated digitally, pattern composed in Adobe Photoshop.
High resolution, large-format. Elements were illustrated separately and layered together as composite artwork before tiling.
Progress: Initial Sketch to final artwork
Progress: Initial Sketch to final artwork, shrimp cocktail
In-progress artwork
COLOR PALETTE
While I intended for this work to be tonal (retina-scorching tonal!), after the work was completed I began to experiment with some alternate colorways, landing on this high vibration combination of searing pinks and blues.
Close crop of illustrated pattern
FEATURING
Wine, wine bottle, tinned fish, candlesticks, grapes, olives, playing cards, cocktail (+ shrimp cocktail), charcuterie board, roses, matchbook + matchsticks, chess piece, melted candle, pistachios, bread, chocolate covered strawberry and box of chocolates.
Smart Objects: Close-up view.
PATTERN CREATION
Because why not create a completely over-the-top isometric pattern?
The pattern was completed in Adobe Photoshop using a 10x10" pattern tile at 600dpi.
The pattern was completed in Adobe Photoshop using a 10x10" pattern tile at 600dpi.
Below, see the pattern building process in-progress and finalized.
FINAL ARTWORK
The final product is a seamlessly repeating isometric pattern in two colorways.
Thank you for viewing.
Thank you for viewing.
See previous Valentine's Day projects below:
More of Maggie's work can be found on instagram: @littlepatterns
or at littlepatterns.com