The Tao'tieh from J L Borges's Book of Imaginary Beings,
painted as part of a demo at the Ringling College of Art & Design.
(The below approach was heavily influenced by the inimitable Sam Neilson.
Pay him a visit, if you haven't already.)
(The below approach was heavily influenced by the inimitable Sam Neilson.
Pay him a visit, if you haven't already.)
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| 1. Graphite drawing, scanned & cleaned in Photoshop |
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| 2. Illustrator "live trace"(converting to vector for scaling purposes). |
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| 3. Local color pass |
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| 4. Ambient lighting pass |
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| 5. Direct lighting pass |
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| 6. Steps 2-5 combined; the final (topmost) image has cleanup and layer effects added. |
2 comments:
This! This is awesome! :D
Thank you! It's heartening to know someone finds these rambles helpful.
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