Organic Food, Mechanical Tech

     Here are two food spot illustrations I recently designed. The concept is making food the focal point with hand painting and reducing an appliance to stylized graphic lines. This expresses the organic nature of food versus the mechanical nature of technology.

     A piece of news I'm happy to share is moving my website to Squarespace. It also has a new url: Adar-illustration.com

     One of the writers from the Writers and Illustrators of the Future workshop I attended, Jonathan Ficke, is currently writing a series of posts about each piece of art from the contest this year. Check out his blog, jonficke.com 

Illustrators of the Future and Maite Franchi

     A use of illustration that I am very interested in is editorial. This mainly refers to magazines. This outlet features many unique styles and opportunities for illustrating food. Take Maite Franchi for example. She is a French illustrator. The above image for Shop Magazine exemplifies the strong themes of design and food throughout her portfolio. Below are more examples of her work. All info is from: maitefranchi.com  

     Here is an interview with Maite on 99 Percent Lifestyle

Maite Franchi for The Huffington Post 2016

Maite Franchi for Easy Jet Magazine 2015

     As for me I am in Los Angeles this week for Illustrators of the Future. This is a contest I submitted imaginative realism illustration to in 2017 and was accepted as a finalist. Now I get to participate in the week long workshop and attend a Hollywood awards ceremony. That is when the grand prize winner is announced. Frankly I would love to win! Who wouldn't!? But whatever happens I'm happy with myself for making it this far. Plus I get to meet some other very talented illustrators and professionals. No doubt I can learn a lot from these people.

Peppers and Passover!

     One of the best aspects of drawing food is the variety of shapes and colors. Peppers feature both. How many of these peppers can you name? How many have you tried? Healthy eating offers an ever-increasing range of options for trying new foods. Before I started to eat healthier I did not know there were so many kinds of peppers.

     Below I placed these peppers on some kitchen products. It's fun to imagine printing fabric and creating useable items!

     Last but not least, Passover is coming up next week! This is definitely a food holiday. In fact, the center piece of the holiday is a plate featuring some of the food items below (plus there are many cups of wine!) The graphics below from left to right are a shank bone, apple-raisin mix, matzo, parsley, egg, wine glass, horseradish, lettuce and wine bottle. The text is a Hebrew saying from the Seder which means "next year in Jerusalem".