May 17, 2023

Name: May 17, 2023
Uploaded: 2023-05-17T15:44:51+00:00
Duration: 44 s
Channel: Ryan Maloney
Description: Ryan Maloney designs a minimalist Buffalo mascot for merchandise, starting with sketches of simple shapes and an arrow-shaped mouth inspired by football…

17 May 2023 · 1 min

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Ryan Maloney designs a minimalist Buffalo mascot for merchandise, starting with sketches of simple shapes and an arrow-shaped mouth inspired by football diagrams. He traces the concept in Illustrator, refines curves with the Pen tool, adds color, and tests it on products while staying open to feedback.

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Buffalo needs a street art character. Something simple that could go on helmets or clothing. So I started whipping up a few sketches and I started to latch onto this simple shape. Usually I overcomplicate my drawings and projects and absolutely everything. So I want to keep this as simple as possible. Basic shapes, an arrow for the mouth, sort of like a football arrow in playbook. Let's airdrop it over to my computer and start building it in Illustrator. I started to build it with simple shapes, but I realized I'm going to have to do this by hand and trace it with the pen tool. I curve the path around the entire drawing until it looks complete. I can even shift things around at this point. Start to add some color. I think we're just about done. Of course, I'm never satisfied, but let me know what you think. Is— am I just fooling myself here? There's the helmet, maybe some graphics, some clothing.