Inhaler instruction illustration

01 / The assignment

Homework, but make it personal.

At Université de Montréal, in a course I think was called infographie, we were learning vector illustration in Adobe Illustrator. The brief: illustrated instructions on a subject of our choice. I picked my inhaler.

I’ve had asthma since I was two. I hated gym class because of it, but boy do I know how to blow… my Ventolin and Flovent inhalers. :P

02 / Photo references

My inhaler gets a photoshoot.

Me, my inhaler, and some very committed hand poses. Model and artist. Efficient.

03 / Learning the tools

Oh. So that’s how Illustrator works.

I’d already taken one or two logo jobs before learning Illustrator properly in class.

Turns out; There IS a difference between drawing something first, running it through Image Trace, then cleaning up all those paths… and drawing the vector paths directly with the Pen tool. Who could have guessed.

04 / The finished illustration

Four panels. Zero complaints.

So, naturally, I misrepresented how to use my own inhaler because “it looks better if it fits on four panels.”

A grand total of zero people called me out on it. Mey wins once again.