Use brush on old fashioned, real white paper to make some more or less straight lines. Scan them in gray or B&W mode on 300 pix/inch resolution. You should get an image that looks like this: How to create your own custom brush in PhotoShop Now you can simply create…
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Inspiration is right in front of you!
Take a look at your desktop (the real one – not the screen ;)) It’s there, whatever you see you can, for instance – scan and start from there. In this example I will show you how to use stuff from your desktop to get compelling illustration. So, as I…
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Learn to draw, for beginners
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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