THE PIZZA MONSTERS

Introducing

The Pizza Monsters are a mini-series of illustrated creatures that will make you want to run to your nearest pizza parlour and grab a slice to eat! They may not be the scariest, but I guarantee these fun little monsters will put a smile on your face!

Mood Board

I drew a lot of my inspiration from vintage comic books and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle franchise. The bright colors and rustic look are elements I wanted to include in my final design.

Original Sketches

All of my monsters started out as quick hand-drawn sketches in my sketchbook. I started out with fifty doodles and narrowed it down to the three I thought would work best together.

Sketches to Patterns

  • Uploading the sketches

    After finalizing my sketches, I scanned and uploaded them to the Procreate app so I could begin the critiquing process.

  • Colors and characters

    I added perfected the line work and colored in Procreate before uploading them to Adobe Illustrator.

  • Pattern making

    After organizing the design elements I drew and uploaded from Procreate, I created my final pattern design in Adobe Illustrator.

GIF Creation + Design

I drew each frame in Procreate with the “Animation Assist” feature. When I was finished, I uploaded the file to Adobe Photoshop and compiled all 29 frames to create one continuous looping GIF. This was my favorite part of the series to create because I got to experiment with animation.