Hello everybody!
I am illustrator and creator) I am originally from Russia, but more than 4 years I leave on Mauritius - it`s small island placed in the middle-of-nowhere))) (okay its somewhere in the region of Madagascar)
What do I want to do here? Let`s starts with some random picture from my portfolio and some small details:
One more time - because I live on the "paradise island" most of my pictures are full of sun, bright colours and surfing style. For example these dudes from my neighbourhood.
My idea was to create maximum different characters but recognizable (if you ever been on a surf beach, I am sure you have met such people:) For this purpose, I played with shapes, sizes, colours and accessories. Combination of this elements gives you absolutely different characters! Also, you can give more dynamics to show different characters, but this picture like an intro or poster and they have to stay still here)))
Same story I`ve made for this illustration: 
You see it? I decide to draw the island like the old man - his parts (like hairs or eyes) are natural things - waves, waterfalls, trees, beaches etc. And the same - to share the sunny mood of the island I tried to use as brightest colours as I can!
If you want to see more processes, pictures and stories - let me know. This post just for the introduction;)
cheers