Steve Simpson is an Irish based illustrator and graphic designer specialising in packaging design.
Steve started off his talk at Offset on his origins - he was at first a cartoonist and started shadowing his uncle who was also a cartoonist at an early age. He continued to create cartoons for companies but soon branched out into a broader style of illustration.
His foray into packaging design became a passion of his and he created the packaging for Mic's Chilli, an Irish hot sauce brand.
It was while creating this that he realised that he was in fact a graphic designer as well as an illustrator, something he never thought he would be.
I even spotted it in a different country!
Steve's advice/methods
Steve always sketches to form the beginning of his ideas. He goes through multiple sketchbooks a year.
He sticks to limited colour palettes, as they help bring everything together.
He loves hand lettering and uses it often. Similarly, patterns are a regular feature in his work. He looks back on patterns and the like from the 80's and gets inspired.
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