http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/11/sophie/ A Creative Playground by Maria Q. Stultz Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:46:35 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/11/sophie/#comment-520 Maria Fri, 24 Nov 2006 16:37:41 +0000 http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/11/sophie/#comment-520 That's nice to know Mandarine. Hope <a href="/2006/11/computer-drawing-tutorial/">this first tutorial</a> helped at least a little. I'm only beginning to experiment with all this, but I'll be sure to share any secrets, techniques, and professional artists I discover along the process. That’s nice to know Mandarine. Hope this first tutorial helped at least a little. I’m only beginning to experiment with all this, but I’ll be sure to share any secrets, techniques, and professional artists I discover along the process.

]]> http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/11/sophie/#comment-519 mandarine Fri, 24 Nov 2006 07:31:23 +0000 http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/11/sophie/#comment-519 I am a huge fan of vector drawing (I am trying to learn the power of Inkscape for my absidea site right now). Should you have more tutorials, I'd be a very thorough pupil. I am a huge fan of vector drawing (I am trying to learn the power of Inkscape for my absidea site right now). Should you have more tutorials, I’d be a very thorough pupil.

]]> http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/11/sophie/#comment-515 Mafe Maria • Computer Drawing Tutorial Thu, 23 Nov 2006 19:08:54 +0000 http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/11/sophie/#comment-515 [...] I never thought I would write a tutorial on anything, much less one concerning the tool I’m least skilled at, i.e. Adobe® Illustrator®. However, in my first two attempts at using vector graphics to create figurative or portrait drawings, I have created two pieces that I rather like, and one of my readers — in fact, one who is much better at computer illustration than I am — asked me how I did it. So I thought I’d share the little I know to pass the generosity of those who have shared their own secrets to my benefit. [...] [...] I never thought I would write a tutorial on anything, much less one concerning the tool I’m least skilled at, i.e. Adobe® Illustrator®. However, in my first two attempts at using vector graphics to create figurative or portrait drawings, I have created two pieces that I rather like, and one of my readers — in fact, one who is much better at computer illustration than I am — asked me how I did it. So I thought I’d share the little I know to pass the generosity of those who have shared their own secrets to my benefit. [...]

]]> http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/11/sophie/#comment-509 Petie Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:49:45 +0000 http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/11/sophie/#comment-509 I love this piece - it has so much emotion and feeling. Nice color scheme as well. This would go lovely in a lot of homes. :) I love this piece – it has so much emotion and feeling. Nice color scheme as well. This would go lovely in a lot of homes. :)

]]> http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/11/sophie/#comment-506 Maria Wed, 22 Nov 2006 03:00:48 +0000 http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/11/sophie/#comment-506 I approach it like a painting: Start with a base color (be it solid or a gradient). Then I create smaller shapes for every highlight or shadow. Where I need a soft edge, I give a gaussian blur to the shape. I approach it like a painting:
Start with a base color (be it solid or a gradient). Then I create smaller shapes for every highlight or shadow. Where I need a soft edge, I give a gaussian blur to the shape.

]]> http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/11/sophie/#comment-503 Marla Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:01:32 +0000 http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/11/sophie/#comment-503 Gorgeous. Would love to know how you got all the blended edges.:) Gorgeous. Would love to know how you got all the blended edges.:)

]]> http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/11/sophie/#comment-502 Kim Rodriguez Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:37:34 +0000 http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/11/sophie/#comment-502 This is lovely! You need to be doing something with your art! This is lovely! You need to be doing something with your art!

]]> http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/11/sophie/#comment-498 Maria Tue, 21 Nov 2006 07:16:16 +0000 http://www.mafemaria.com/2006/11/sophie/#comment-498 Got inspired to play a little with vector drawing today... The model for this piece is Sophie, Joachim Dallayrac's soprano pupil in <a rel="nofollow" href="/2006/10/the-music-teacher/">The Music Teacher</a>. Got inspired to play a little with vector drawing today… The model for this piece is Sophie, Joachim Dallayrac’s soprano pupil in The Music Teacher.

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