Must Conquer Vector Art

Jun 14, 2006

For a long time I’ve shied away from attempting to create what I consider “difficult” vector art. I think the tool is hard to master, and the thought of it used to remind me of my very old failed attempts to convince recruiters that I could become a consultant… With the difference that as bad as I may be at this, I am truly inspired, and I do want to learn more and get infinitely better at computer illustration. Never the case with consulting.

So it begins. My first serious attempt, “Peace” is posted in the Playground. Far, very far from perfection, I must say working on this drawing felt as nice as making art again. There is so much I need to learn, and that is extremely exciting. Do not let me get away with posting more Photoshop stuff. From now on, I really need to focus on vector drawings. That’s what the playground is for.

4 comments:

On Jun 15, 2006, Petie wrote:

That’s really amazing – you did that all via computer graphics? It looks more “emotional” then most computer graphics – I like the light angles you use to make it look so real.
On Jun 15, 2006, Marla wrote:

You’re SOO going to blow me away in this tennis match!

But it will inspire me to learn more!
On Jun 15, 2006, Maria wrote:

You two are too kind… Thank you…

I based the digital drawing on a sketch I did during a Figure Drawing class:

As you can see, I’m still clumsy with Illustrator. I relied on gradients and blur effects to suggest “realistic” volumen, but I couldn’t render all the shadows and highlights as I had them in the original drawing. And I couldn’t suggest/draw nose and mouth easily.

So, no Marla… I will not blow you away on our soon to come tennis match. I may have some skill with figure drawing, but other subjects, and all of Illustrator’s tricks are still beyond me.
On Jul 7, 2006, Chris wrote:

You could always take up MS Paint.

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