Senior Adobe Illustrator Production Artist – Heraldic Artwork Refinement & Historical Badge Restoration

I need a Senior Adobe Illustrator Production Artist / Vector Artwork Restoration Specialist to complete two substantially developed family memorial artworks:

1. Grech Family Coat of Arms
2. Historical King George VI Royal Engineers badge

This is NOT a logo design project and I am NOT requesting a redesign from scratch.

Existing artwork, Adobe Illustrator files and detailed historical reference photographs will be supplied. The work primarily involves careful refinement, correction and selective reconstruction only where genuinely necessary.

The final style must remain prestigious, historically significant, richly coloured and heraldic, with realistic 3D depth and premium metallic gold and silver rendering where historically appropriate. Colours must remain faithful to the supplied references. I do NOT want flat, pale, cartoon-like, simplified or generic logo-style artwork.

The successful freelancer must:

• Be highly experienced with Adobe Illustrator and complex vector artwork
• Be comfortable editing existing artwork rather than automatically redrawing everything
• Accurately restore historical insignia from genuine photographic references
• Preserve rich 3D metallic depth and vivid colours
• Follow precise instructions without imposing a completely different artistic style
• Personally speak and write fluent English and understand detailed English briefs accurately
• Inspect the existing AI files before quoting and explain what can be retained, what genuinely needs adjustment/reconstruction, and why

Please do not apply if your normal workflow is to completely redesign existing artwork in your own style.

This is a refinement and restoration project, not a new concept-development project.

The complete Adobe Illustrator/source files exceed the platform’s initial attachment limit and will be supplied directly to shortlisted candidates for technical inspection before any final quotation is accepted.