Moon Landing

illustration

A series of illustrations I created to celebrate the 60 year anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Any excuse to draw a rocket really. Keeping it Adobe Illustrator, my focus with these illustrations was to use minimal shapes and colours and experiment with lots of blending modes.

Role

Illustration, Character Design

Illustration of a man in 1960s fashion holding a paper with the moon landing on the front page. Done in a minimalist style with negative space and a limited colour palette.

Illustration of the Apollo 11 rocket taking off. Done in a minimalist style with negative space and a limited colour palette.

Illustration of the Apollo 11 moon lander and astronaut holding flag. Done in a minimalist style with negative space and a limited colour palette.

Illustration of a woman in 1960s fashion holding a camera and shielding her eyes to watch the rocket launch. Done in a minimalist style with negative space and a limited colour palette.

Breakdown illustration of the newspaper. Left: reference image, Middle: final art, Right: vector linework.

Breakdown of limited colour palette used throughout the illustrations as well as the vector linework of the rocket and character’s head.