Here is the first of a series of spring-themed dessert illustrations that I’m currently working on! I’m putting together this cute collection with the intention of ordering prints so I can finally re-open my shop for physical products again. I currently have some digital items available but it would be really nice to offer prints again, and I really like the idea of being able to sell stickers for the first time too!
I really enjoyed working on this illustration, it was the first time I tried drawing a lemon-flavoured one which was something I’ve been meaning to try for a long time. The lemons and viola that garnish the top of the cake were really fun to draw and I’m keen to include more like this in my upcoming work.
At one stage of the process I was having a hard time deciding whether I wanted the cake to be on a plate or not, I thought the plate added some nice context to the piece but also liked the simplicity of having the cake being the main focus without a plate. Luckily I’m in a really lovely discord server with some of my artist friends so I was able to get some more opinions to help me decide. We all decided that the plated version should be the one I move forward with which I think was definitely the right call!