Illustrator projects

Dumb Ways to Burn

Creating a character inspired by the viral video Dumb Ways to Die was a fun yet challenging experience. I wanted to capture the playful and colorful essence of the original while adding my own creative twist.

I started by sketching different ideas, experimenting with exaggerated features like big eyes and expressive facial expressions to emphasize the humor. Choosing vibrant colors helped bring the character to life, making it feel just as quirky and chaotic as the original video.

One of the biggest challenges was finding a balance between inspiration and originality. Since Dumb Ways to Die already has such a recognizable style, I had to ensure my design stood out while still feeling connected to the source material. This meant refining details, tweaking proportions, and experimenting with different elements to create something unique yet familiar.

This project taught me a lot about adapting an existing style while maintaining creative freedom, and it pushed me to develop a stronger sense of design identity.

Dumb Ways to Burn creation

Gangster Pablo

This was my first-ever Illustrator design, created during my internship when I had some spare time. I wanted to challenge myself and test my design skills by making a fun, personal project. Since I love penguins and enjoy creating cute characters, I decided to design a penguin holding a bat, something playful yet simple.

Working on this piece helped me explore Illustrator’s tools, from shape-building to refining details with the pen tool. It was a great learning experience in character design, and seeing the final result made me proud of my progress. This was my first fully completed Illustrator character, and it motivated me to keep improving and experimenting with new ideas.

Designing myself

A fun and exciting challenge, creating a character based on myself. Two interns and I were working on an animation project based around the process of making an animation.

For this particular animation we chose the character to be based on me. So I thought it would be fun to create myself. It was challenging to design but I used a lot of references and the style board we created came in use to choose the type of clothing my character would wear.

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