: What's the style from these "Humble Bundle Monthly" illustrations? I'm falling in love with humble bundle monthly illustration that used on their video and background image on their website. Unfortunately

@Bethany839

These are vector illustrations, most likely created using Adobe Illustrator and finished off in Adobe Photoshop. By the look of it the illustrator has used a Wacom pen tablet and a number of vector art brushes to create a soft, painterly effect. These illustrations work because of the subtle, clever use of colour and transparency effects. That, and the layouts themselves are very well considered and beautifully balanced.

There are heaps of tutorials online that will give you a good grounding in how to use Illustrator, but to create something like this you will also need to understand what makes a good composition, and this isn't as simple as following a set of instructions.

I would suggest you find a photo you really love, placing it in Illustrator (locked it on a template layer) and then recreate it in vectors over the top. Straight up trial and error – that's how I taught myself Illustrator.

Who knows you might even discover your own illustrative style in the process.

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