For this project, I designed a series of bird themed stamps. I was inspired to create clean-looking illustrations that still express the beautiful qualities of nature. By incorporating neutral colors into the backgrounds I was able to give these a “state park” feeling. I also combined a slab serif with Futura to provide the font with a very polished and welcoming look. For the main illustrations, I reduced the complex forms of my reference photo into simplified sketches. I then used those simplified shapes to construct birds with a stylized look. The background colors are supposed to complement the birds on each stamp. For the Blue Jay, Bluebird, and Hummingbird, I deviated from the green I used for the rest. This choice made each stamp individually stronger.
