A favorite from this series of vintage packaging inspired illustrations, this sardine packaging with lettering was the first in the series.

The Brief: Following a monthly Autumn Flavors challenge put together by They Draw, to create a food-themed illustration each day.

Role: illustrator and lettering artist responsible for concept, design, and implementation of all lettering and illustration.

Tools Used: Procreate app, iPad Pro, Apple pencil.

As a fun October 2021 drawing challenge, the website They Draw put together a list of autumn flavors with foods listed as daily drawing prompts to complete and post on Instagram. I decided to participate and illustrated a series of cute food illustrations, complete with puns, one for each day of October 2021. The end result was 31 cute illustrations, all using the same color palette. I then used these with some minor modifications for a 2022 calendar series.

Nine of the autumn flavors cute food illustrations, with food puns, from the October 2021 illustration series.

Grid of nine cute food illustrations depicting autumn foods with faces and speech bubbles with food puns — Nine of the autumn flavors cute food illustrations, with food puns, from the October 2021 illustration series.

Grid of nine illustrations with cute food, each with an autumn food and a speech bubble with a food pun — Another nine of the illustrations of autumn flavors, cute food illustrations each with faces and speech bubbles with cute food puns.

Grid of 4 food illustrations of autumn flavors, each with a cute face and speech bubble with a food pun in it. — The last four cute food illustrations from the Autumn Flavors series, each with a cute face and speech bubble with a food pun in it.

Illustrated food including a pretzel with salt and a can of beer, each with a smiling face and the pretzel with a speech bubble with the food pun "Such a Knotty Pair" — Detail of the pretzel and beer illustration, with a cute pretzel saying to the cute can of beer a food pun.

Cute illustration of spices in tins, each with smiling faces and the speech bubble from one wtih the pun "Tis the seasoning" on a pink background — Detail of the spices autumn flavors illustration, featuring cute spices and a spice pun

Cute illustration of a mulled wine in a glass with a smiling face and a speech bubble saying the wine pun "You're the wine that I want" on a pink background — Detail of the mulled wine illustration, with a cute mulled wine and a wine pun.

This adorable series of illustrations was also made into two different calendars for 2022. Each month features a different illustration from the series, modified a little to suit the calendar format (different backgrounds and some variations in puns). These are available to purchase from my Etsy shop.

Photo of two calendar pages that have a cute illustration of chai with a speech bubble saying "Chai there" and another with a cute illustration of candy and chocolate with a speech bubble "You melt my heart", both sitting on a wood table — A few of these cute illustrations on calendar pages, including the chai illustration and candy illustration and their food puns.

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