Retro Sign 2.0

This is probably one of my favorite retro signs I’ve made so far, as it was almost “foreshadowing” our summer trip. I made the artwork a while back coming across this quote inspired me to connect it to our travel plans, which I knew would involve a lot of driving. What I didn’t know was that we were going to see those exact cacti! I mean - it is simply a classic cactus to draw but we actually got to see them in Saguaro National Park.

I am proud of how the car turned out. Shading and lights are still a big challenge for me and I feel like it turned out quite well on the car. I also love how the orange/yellow and blue on the retro sign pops and makes it glow!

On my last blogpost about retro signs you can see lots of tips on how to make such a sign on the iPad. Further down this post I’ll be sharing a lot of pictures of how the artwork looked throughout the process. I often try out lots of different colors and lights until I am happy about the looks, (you can see this in the time lapse) so I encourage you to do the same. The great part about art on the iPad is that you get so many chances of trying things out! Don’t hesitate to spend a lot of time on your artwork, don’t rush it! It took me 5 hours to finish this one!

Sketch

Basic shapes and colors

Shading

Adding the car