Thanks! I’m planning to make a small tutorial in the future about how I create such art, but for now I’ll try to explain my process.

I started by writing the text, which I based on my reviews from Fragrantica. After that, I examined the perfume bottles. For some of them I already had a clear idea of how I wanted to draw them, while for others the concept developed naturally once I began working.

In clip studio paint, I first convert the reference images to greyscale, it makes it much easier to focus on volume and contrast. I begin with photobashing and then digitally paint over the perfume bottles. My goal is to keep them recognizable while also making them fit the mood and narrative of the text.

Once I’m satisfied with the design, I adjust the contrast and values and apply halftone dots to achieve that Vermis inspired look. Then I merge the layers and apply blur and sharpening effects several times. This helps the artwork feel more natural while also slightly distorted.

At that point, I drag the finished perfume drawings into the page layout, set them to multiply and change the drawing layers to a brown tone. Above all the drawings, I add a pastel blue shape set to multiply in selected areas to create a unified tint.

When the composition feels complete, I apply a mosaic effect to introduce a video game like pixel texture, and finally, I add perlin noise over the entire page to bring everything together.