An eagle on a motorcycle simply has to be an adult beverage design. Suggest the United States flag in the background with a few stars and stripes and you have yourself a label for an American lager.
This turned out much nicer than the version I originally had in my head. The design or drawing process that takes on a life of it’s own and dictates the direction of the project is fascinating and strange at the same time.
Well, the liquor labels have been shoved aside to make room for other beverages. Finally. Ya’ll in the south will be thrilled to see this one I reckon.
Well, when I posted the last couple of labels, I said there was nothing left in the pipeline, and at the time that was true. But apparently there are still a few designs left in my head that are clamoring to get out and I really can’t say for certain when this design theme of mine will come to an end.
On each of the labels, I have tried to keep the design as consistent as possible with the theme: fonts, color, secondary elements, even the border design. I haven’t always been as successful as I would have liked.
As a reminder to those of you who have asked, all of these label designs are created in Illustrator, 100% vector format and fully scalable.
There are no more of these in the pipeline, so this will be the last installment of my cartoon series of liquor labels for at least some time. I hope you’ve enjoyed them as much as I have.
Last week I promised three more liquor labels for your viewing pleasure and here are two of them. Check back on Thursday for the third one and a bonus. Who knows when this madness will end?
Yeah well, I guess I have more of these left in my head than I originally thought. Usually, once I get a cartoon or an idea on paper and finished, that’s it, the compelling urge disappears. Not so with these labels for some reason, although I suspect the number and variety of cartoons I’ve drawn over the years has a lot to do with it. I have three more ready to show you after you finish studying the two below. Coming up with the names is a lot of fun too. I’m especially fond of the “Dos Pistoles” name.
These are a couple of mock beer brands I had to create and get out of my head. Even though I’m not a drinker, I do enjoy looking at the label designs. Aside from the initial hand drawn cartoon portions which were turned into vector art, these were created entirely in Illustrator.
Here is a commissioned Illustrator cartoon that will be put on a dark blue background, on the stern of a boat named “Fish and Chips”. I’m sometimes surprised and often honored by being chosen as the artist for many of my client’s projects. Some of the more unique uses that have been found for my cartoons are on orthodontic devices, children’s prosthesis implants, enameled pins, cake decorating software, quilt designs and vending machine graphics.
Here is a vending machine graphic I created long ago. A photo of the machine can be seen here.
Graphic Design, Illustrator | Jeff Bucchino | 
February 18, 2010 10:10 am | 
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