This was created as a part of a larger cartoon illustration for a calendar and other marketing and advertising applications, featuring the client’s existing mascot ‘Der Kümmerer’ riding a mountain bike. It was very important that the phone in the character’s hand was very crisp and clear and all the features visible. I therefore decided to create an almost photo-realistic 100% vector reproduction of the Nokia mobile phone, which would reproduce and scale lossless up or down to all sizes. The fine shading and hues were achieved using gradient maps.
For the final, approved version of the overall illustration which went to print, the client requested that I make a less photorealistic and more hand-drawn line-art version of the phone. The finished illustration is on display in the ‘illustration’ slideshow on my site at www.marsdencartoons.com
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