Seeking an illustrator to work with on a new website
Budget: $30 – $250 USD
We are working on a new consumer website and are looking for an illustrator to work with. The website will have a modern, professional look and feel and most of the images on the site will be images of people. The ratio of photographs of people to illustrations of people will probably end up between 3 to 1 and 4 to 1.
Over the course of the next 60 days, we think we will need about 20 vector illustrations. If the website succeeds, that number could easily grow to 100 or more over the coming year.
The illustrations will portray people in various positions and displaying various emotions. Some illustrations may portray only one person while others may display two or more people. All of the illustrations must have a common look and feel. Essentially, we want to create an illustrated world of people who all clearly live in the same illustrated world.
The images should have a calm and peaceful look and feel. Even when an illustration exhibits a person who is displaying a negative emotion, the overall look and feel should remain calm. We have identified a tentative palette of colors for the website but we are open to discussing this palette with the illustrator we choose to work with:
background: white
major color:
blue 248faf c0e6f2
complementary colors:
green 24bfaf bff3ee
brown 996633 e6ccb3
yellow ffb840 ffe3b3
pink ff3399 ffb3d9
reddish brown ac3939 e6b3b3
light green 77b300 e6ffb3
red dd3300 ffc4b3
gray 737373 d9d9d9
black
Photographs chosen for the site will be chosen with an eye toward complementing this palette or purposefully violating it in a strong way for impact.
Some examples of illustrations that reflect the basic look and feel that we are seeking:
https://www.activisionblizzardmedia.com/content/atvi/ab-media/2020/web/en/gamermoms.html
https://crew.tubikstudio.com/
https://lapa.ninja
(Sapiens; Sketchvalley; Smash; and especially Fresh Folk)
https://healthline.com
This site has created the sort of illustrated world we are looking to create. Illustrations throughout the site all hang together and each illustration portrays one or more people who clearly live in the same illustrated world. Here are three examples:
https://i0.wp.com/post.healthline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Editors-letter-Healthy-eating-hub732x549-thumbnail-732x549.png
https://i0.wp.com/post.healthline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/617582-6-Steps-to-Feel-Your-Feelings-and-Let-Go-of-Repression-03.jpg
https://i0.wp.com/post.healthline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Breast-Cancer-Hub-crops-01.jpg
The attached images from the Washington Post show the basic kind of illustrations that we are looking for but the look and feel are not right for this site. The colors are too strong and the mood is one of urgency and speed. We are seeking calm and peace.
It's possible that we will also need one-off illustrations for independent articles. These illustrations would also feature people and remain consistent with our palette but would portray people in a more realistic manner. Here's an example of something that we might need (but much larger):
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR92A0vuD2sh1uRR50PH0kdScU7vCyqxHXS3Q&usqp=CAU
The illustrations will mostly be displayed in a relatively small size but some larger ones will need multiple versions for displaying effectively on displays of varying size.
We'd like to start with a small project as proof of concept. The project should include two images:
1. The first image should portray two women. One woman should be in her 30s and the other in her 70s. The women should be engaging in some activity (walking, standing, talking, ...) and be happy.
2. The second image should portray a single man in his late 20s. He can be portrayed sitting, standing or in any other pose but he should be very sad.
Once we have found an illustrator to work with, we will jointly determine the best way forward.
Over the course of the next 60 days, we think we will need about 20 vector illustrations. If the website succeeds, that number could easily grow to 100 or more over the coming year.
The illustrations will portray people in various positions and displaying various emotions. Some illustrations may portray only one person while others may display two or more people. All of the illustrations must have a common look and feel. Essentially, we want to create an illustrated world of people who all clearly live in the same illustrated world.
The images should have a calm and peaceful look and feel. Even when an illustration exhibits a person who is displaying a negative emotion, the overall look and feel should remain calm. We have identified a tentative palette of colors for the website but we are open to discussing this palette with the illustrator we choose to work with:
background: white
major color:
blue 248faf c0e6f2
complementary colors:
green 24bfaf bff3ee
brown 996633 e6ccb3
yellow ffb840 ffe3b3
pink ff3399 ffb3d9
reddish brown ac3939 e6b3b3
light green 77b300 e6ffb3
red dd3300 ffc4b3
gray 737373 d9d9d9
black
Photographs chosen for the site will be chosen with an eye toward complementing this palette or purposefully violating it in a strong way for impact.
Some examples of illustrations that reflect the basic look and feel that we are seeking:
https://www.activisionblizzardmedia.com/content/atvi/ab-media/2020/web/en/gamermoms.html
https://crew.tubikstudio.com/
https://lapa.ninja
(Sapiens; Sketchvalley; Smash; and especially Fresh Folk)
https://healthline.com
This site has created the sort of illustrated world we are looking to create. Illustrations throughout the site all hang together and each illustration portrays one or more people who clearly live in the same illustrated world. Here are three examples:
https://i0.wp.com/post.healthline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Editors-letter-Healthy-eating-hub732x549-thumbnail-732x549.png
https://i0.wp.com/post.healthline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/617582-6-Steps-to-Feel-Your-Feelings-and-Let-Go-of-Repression-03.jpg
https://i0.wp.com/post.healthline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Breast-Cancer-Hub-crops-01.jpg
The attached images from the Washington Post show the basic kind of illustrations that we are looking for but the look and feel are not right for this site. The colors are too strong and the mood is one of urgency and speed. We are seeking calm and peace.
It's possible that we will also need one-off illustrations for independent articles. These illustrations would also feature people and remain consistent with our palette but would portray people in a more realistic manner. Here's an example of something that we might need (but much larger):
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR92A0vuD2sh1uRR50PH0kdScU7vCyqxHXS3Q&usqp=CAU
The illustrations will mostly be displayed in a relatively small size but some larger ones will need multiple versions for displaying effectively on displays of varying size.
We'd like to start with a small project as proof of concept. The project should include two images:
1. The first image should portray two women. One woman should be in her 30s and the other in her 70s. The women should be engaging in some activity (walking, standing, talking, ...) and be happy.
2. The second image should portray a single man in his late 20s. He can be portrayed sitting, standing or in any other pose but he should be very sad.
Once we have found an illustrator to work with, we will jointly determine the best way forward.