Try a little exercise called “Vase/Faces” where you can see how a side benefit of learning to draw is getting to know your own brain a little better. Source: drawright.com
Tutorial: Vectorizing an image
… in Illustrator. Step 1 First, place a high-contrasted image (high-key image, in this case my model Iva) into Illustrator work area. Step 2 There is a bunch of tracing software and plug-ins out there, but for this example I decided to do tracing manually with pencil tool. Step 3…
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Illustration today
Starting in the 1990s, traditional illustrators confronted a challenge from those using computer software such as Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and CorelDRAW ().The use of Wacom tablets and similar apparatus also increased the ability of drawing and painting directly in a computer. Whilst some of the new generation of illustrators are…
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Illustration function and history
A few words about history of illustration. Illustrations can be used to display a wide range of subject matter and serve a variety of functions like: 1. giving faces to characters in a story 2. displaying a number of examples of an item described in an academic textbook 3. visualizing…
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Graphics Illustrations
This is the first post in my blog which will, eventually, become one of the most popular blogs on graphics and illustrations in a time to come 😉 It’s a hard work and I have a long way to go, but I intend to make it so useful, that you…
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