Plastic Free July

I was recently commissioned to do an illustration that could be tiled and used on a website supporting the ‘Plastic Free July’ campaign which originated in Australia.  The drawing was of a pile of plastic containers and wrappings that can easily be accumulated in most households.  I remembered there was a good technique for making a repeat using a simple grid system and found a tutorial which explained it nicely.

It was a little tricky making sure the watercolour washes matched up and I did spend a while at the end on Photoshop just tidying it up at the edges.  The screenshot gives an idea how it looks on screen and you can see it live at
http://croydon.randomness.org.uk/plastic-free-july/

I always try and recycle waste but not acquiring it in the first place seems quite a challenge.  If you would be interested in taking part, there are lots of tips on the main website here http://www.plasticfreejuly.org/ or on Twitter