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One Sunday in Alameda: Vibrant illustration series depicts the bustle of a busy marketplace

This beautiful set of illustrations is by Colombia-based designer and art director, Paola Escobar. The colourful drawings depict a bustling marketplace in California's Alameda, featuring a range of interesting characters going about their business.

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Bustling Alameda marketplace scene with colourful buildings, street vendors, food carts and diverse people under umbrellas against a pink sky, illustrated by Paola Escobar

The individual portraits are set against bright shops and apartments, further adding a sense of movement and dynamic activity to the two-dimensional works.

During her career, Paola has collaborated with a variety of clients, including Kleenex and Pernod Ricard, as well as producing designs for editorial publications. Her unique style particularly lends itself to street scenes, and travel documentation. Discover more at facebook.com/paolaescobarilustracion.

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Colourful illustration by Paola Escobar showing a bustling marketplace scene with diverse characters selling and shopping at various colourful stalls and food carts beneath rainbow umbrellas and coloured awnings
Colourful illustration of a vibrant street corner in Alameda featuring a bright yellow building with ornate windows, a pink restaurant storefront, magenta apartments, potted plants and overhead power lines against a pink sky
Colourful storefronts painted pink, green, yellow and red with potted plants on rooftops and umbrellas in rainbow colours at street level in Paola Escobar's illustration of Alameda marketplace
Colourful illustration of a vibrant street scene featuring multicoloured residential and commercial buildings with shops at street level against a soft pink sky
Paola Escobar's vibrant illustration of a busy Alameda marketplace teeming with diverse characters shopping, selling produce and goods from colourful stalls and storefronts beneath rainbow umbrellas
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