I have created several fun designs lately, but only this sticker made it to my blog. I’m excited for vacation next week in Santa Barbara, California and wanted to create a simple retro graphic. Surf’s up!

The striped effect – iconic for a 70’s throwback – is both a horizontal gradient on the fill and also a repeated stroke underneath. Since I’m only adding FX to the text we can easily change the words and the style will stay.

Tools: Adobe Illustrator.