From Idea to Launch – Creating Kitty, Coffee, Chill Graphic

Peace everyone, hope you’ve been well. As we enter the last quarter of 2024, I’m hustling up so I can load some new works here and at S6 to finish the year right.

I just want to kick it with you here and share a little insight into the new graphics. Like I’ve stated in the past, I want to go from idea to concept much faster, which for me means not overthinking or overly critiquing the work before I can sell it. For this one, I with chilling and quickly sketched out the idea based off some past sketches, which I loved. I used a quick 20-30 min session to work up the general sketches in my journal and then jumped directly into Adobe Fresco to digitally draw it out and then off to Illustrator to clean it up, add the cities, and formats. I tried my best to just focus on the fun vibes I wanted the kitty to give off—a playful mix of baseball hats, coffee and straight chilling.

Once the design was ready to go, the next step was uploading it. I usually feel like this should be the easiest part, but there’s always a few bumps along the way. From choosing the right product options to adjusting image sizes and making sure the graphic looks good on different items and color backgrounds. Copy, Tags, Mocks, keywords and seo stuff is completed too. All that background work can sometimes be tedious but overall, I lowkey like doing that shit. It’s been exciting to see the first wave of reactions and orders. Little by little, moving it along and staying grateful.

I have some apparel and stationary items coming along the way. New cities too… LA, Oakland and Chicago most likely but hit me up if you would like to see another city. Thanks again and hope to be back here with more updates. SHOP COFFEE MUGS HERE. Peace.