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Published: 2008-12-12 21:07:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 1509; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 0
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First try at drawing vector people so please let me know what you think and or give me some mad advice so I get better.Changing up my style yet again it seems. Never really delved into vector much other than geometric shapes, so this is an interesting departure I guess.
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Cheers man, glad you think so.
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Perhaps if you're looking to develop more of a style to the actual image, you can try creating your own brush to use.There are lots of tutorials online if you don't know how to do it. I myself haven't created any unique brushes but doing so can allow a more calligraphic line (versus, a stark geometric line). To make using the brush tool most beneficial, I would recommend buying a decent tablet, as it provides a much more natural way of drawing. (if this is just like...a hobby or something, perhaps not such a wise investment :-P) In any case, I really like the line used here ( and the neo-punk vibe exuded), but I am curious how the image would look with a more organic brush-like line.
Overall, it's a great composition, though I feel that the colored shapes at the bottom are being used to fill the negative space. I would try making the message much bigger, it seems so insignificant in relation to the image. Also, the single strand of hair to the right, is incomplete, and feels slightly awkward since there are no other breaks in the image.
Again, great job rendering the image and also great color choice!
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You're pretty observant, cause that's exactly what the shapes of colour were added for, to fill the space. I got to that point and I was like crap, what am I going to do here? I'm surprised someone actually picked up on it. I must admit not much planning goes into the stuff I make most of the time. Generally it starts with a rough idea, and this one ended up going through a bunch of iterations before it reached this one, but it was mostly me grasping at straws.
It was the first piece I've ever done using illustrator extensively, and I did give some other brushes a try, but because of the relatively representative nature of the drawing It didn't really work out. I always thought calligraphic brushes looked better on more simplified and stylised drawings myself.
I have decided to get around to buying a tablet as soon as possible, but at the moment I'm saving for a new computer, as my last adobe CS capable computer recently died.
Thanks for taking the time to leave a meaningful comment, it's much appreciated.
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yup, no problem! You do have a great style going into alot of your work!
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I LUV ELECTRO BOYZ.! Daaaa.!
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Cheers. I'm a fan of this one but not many people seem to like it.
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Thanks heaps! I like this one too, but it's not as popular as some of my other stuff.
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Should be...everything is just really awesome.
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Such a color scheme! It suits the subject and title. I enjoy the line art, you oughta let me take a crack at sometime.
By the way I'm loving that little "ALT" in the circle!
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Yeah i'm thinking of using that as my signature in all my pieces now. It's really simple but I guess it works well. Yeah I'm really a fan of just lines, like with this one and the daft punk one. Thanks for the comment!
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Thanks! I dunno feels like there's too much empty space, but other than that I am very happy with it.
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it's just the way it should be.it's awsome.
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Cheers man glad you like it.
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Thanks man, means a lot coming from you! You seem to know what you're doing with vector people, any pointers?
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the only thing i can tell you its practice its the only way to improve your skills!
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Haha fair enough, thanks man.
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Cheers man, glad you do!
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Dude, nicely done. I wanna get into vectoring people, but I've been too scared. Kudos, fantastic first run.
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Yeah It's pretty daunting at first. I think I actually went about it the completely wrong way. Haha I dunno I definitely will try this again though. I was actually pretty fun to make.
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I'll have to work up the nerve to attempt one of these bad boys soon.
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oh, great mode in this one. Like the collors you choose and the vector, and, sure, I loved it.
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this is very cool indeed. once again, great choice of colours. and for your first time vectoring a person its great.
its always fun to try something a bit different
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I'm actually surprised that it didn't turn out completely horrible. Glad you like it.
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