“The Sustainable Vegan” is a recipe book that was created in April 2022. The concept of this book is to highlight my illustration skills and joy for vegan cooking. These 12 illustrations can be seen each accompanying a recipe, as well as stickers. I wanted to create a visually appealing and interesting recipe book that is not only informative but a piece of art. The illustrations were inspired by Studio Ghibli and Japanese-style food art as a lot of the recipes in this book have an Asian influence. I also really like the clean lines and bright highlights in this style of illustration so wanted to incorporate this theme within my book. The stickers are an element of the book for the consumer to take and decorate their life with. I thought that would be an interesting feature as now the art from the book is mobile and can be shared.

To separate each section of the recipes, I made little windows with the corresponding letter, B for breakfast and so on (seen in the image below). This feature element was to incorporate the recycled plastic I collected to make this book. This recycled plastic was also used to create the pouch in which the stickers are kept. The cover was made from some discarded cardboard I found at my work. The binding thread was made from an old pack of dental floss sitting in my bathroom cabinet. All these elements coincide with the sustainable theme of the book, giving a second life to these products that would have otherwise been thrown away.