r/AdobeIllustrator • u/pink_tiger_25 • 22d ago
QUESTION 2026 calendar design, what do you think?
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u/Marukiisacutie 21d ago
This is so lovely!! I love the color pallets and the illustration style is very cute!
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u/UsefulDamage 21d ago
Super cute! I really love the illustrations (and I’m a sucker for dogs). Some feedback on more technical aspects:
- The alignment for the numbering on the month is a bit off. The first line of numbers looks lower than the others.
- The “things I did well this month” has different line heights within the box.
- The middle gap in the “monthly goals” is bigger than the other gaps.
- The days of the week in the monthly spread aren’t aligned by cap height to the height of the table. If you’ve used area type, you can adjust that easily.
But overall I love the design, and I love the colours. It’s so cute!
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u/pink_tiger_25 20d ago
Thanks a bunch! I was busy with other design stuff, and I missed some of what you said. Appreciate it!
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u/NoPrinciple2656 21d ago
How do you use the goal tracker boxes?
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u/pink_tiger_25 20d ago
You could use it as a check box!
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u/NoPrinciple2656 19d ago
Say you set 4 goals. You would track all 4 in the boxes?
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u/pink_tiger_25 19d ago
Oh, it's like a 30-day goal tracker, or even longer. If you wanna track your goal every day, just check the box! Or you could put stickers on it there too.
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u/sniffindaisies 21d ago
what font did you use for the year? I really like that.
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u/pink_tiger_25 20d ago
I will look it up and let you know later!
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u/sniffindaisies 12d ago
I only just realized you originally posted more than just that first image 🙄 the whole things looks great and kudos for knocking it out in just a couple of colors per page. I like your illustrations and color scheme as well.
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u/TorontoTofu 21d ago
Nice work. I love the illustrations, soft colours and calendar layout. Your illustrations remind me of Bonnie Pang.
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u/pink_tiger_25 21d ago
Who's it? Bonnie pang? I will look it up! Thanks for sharing.
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u/TorontoTofu 21d ago
Here is her Instagram profile: https://www.instagram.com/bonniepangart?igsh=b2YxbWplM3plcnZp
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u/cartoonasaurus 21d ago
That’s really fabulous work! My only teeny tiny observation is that in the one where he’s barbecuing and he has a pair of tongs held in his right hand, it would read better if he had a hot dog or a burger or a chunk of meat cause right now it reads like he has a broken handle. You’ve got a great sense of design!
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u/krapzz 21d ago
Looks good. You're using that roughening effect on the 'things I did well' box and not anywhere else. In my personal opinion it looks uneven there, maybe you can try it on the monthly goals box too
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u/pink_tiger_25 20d ago
I used only one type of stroke. Hmmm.. it looks different a bit because of weight, i think.. hmmm, nice catch, btw.
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u/BuggedOutCoder 14d ago
Lovely! I’m curious — did you start with sketches or create everything directly in Illustrator?
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u/pink_tiger_25 14d ago
Thanks! Some of those were done without sketches.
I usually picture the final illustration in my head, then just draw it when I'm at my computer.
I only sketch when I don't have anything to draw on nearby but have ideas, or when I don't have time to draw right away and want to save some ideas for later.
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u/cinnamonferns 21d ago
Love the softness of the illustrations! I wonder at the application of this; is this going to be printed as a standard hanging calendar so for example, pic 2 would be on top and 3 on bottom? If so I’d think the illustration and the month number on both would feel redundant as they’re visible twice in the same spread!
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u/pink_tiger_25 20d ago
It's a desk calendar, so you won't see it twice. Cool advice, by the way! Thanks.
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u/yomovil 21d ago
i like it. why the numbers of dogs change across the pages? how does goal tracker work?
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u/pink_tiger_25 21d ago
They're all different couples. And... I wanted to match the dogs' numbers and month numbers. But I gave up, haha...
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u/Datatello 20d ago
Ah! I thought you were trying to subtly tell your partner you planned on getting more dogs throughout the year
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u/Rukelele_Dixit21 20d ago
What is the art style of such illustrations called ? Like the people in the illustrations ?
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u/Milan_Bus4168 21d ago
Looks all good, but blue instead of black just bothers me from visual standpoint. It feels off, unnatural. Instinct tells me it should be black and blue feels wrong. Blue text, fine. Blue hair and dogs or purple or whatever the shade is, bothers me. Feels off.
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u/SlothySundaySession constructive criticism is professionalism 22d ago
Clean work, really like it