VectorWhiz Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 This is my second vector portrait. First I began creating the vector shapes in the face - eyes, eye brows, nose, mouth, shadows and hair (first image). The second image shows the various stages of building the vector shapes and a screenshot of the outline view. Third image shows how far I have progressed now; this was done by applying custom made brush strokes (I needed to create 10 so far and perhaps I will need more in the process). It is far from finished, but a more detailed update sequence can be seen in my portfolio blog: https://communicats.blogspot.nl/2018/03/marlon-brando-vector-portrait.html Also attached the afdesign-file so it becomes clear how the vector shapes were built for people that are interested. Building custom vector brushes is a trial and error process mostly, because AD does not have the dynamics settings of brushes like AP has, but fiddling with the options there are in AD, transparency, layer filters, with the direction of the nodes and pressure settings creates an almost similar effect. This portrait is more difficult to make than the previous one of Abe Lincoln, because Brando is younger in this photo and has less pronounced wrinkles in the face. I don't always stick to the facial features in the reference photo, because I want to enhance certain characteristics while decreasing the accent of others to try to bring out the essence of the person in the portrait. Marlon Brando vector portraitafdesign.afdesign Quote Home: https://vectorwhiz.com : : : : Portfolio blog: https://communicats.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Such a moody picture! VectorWhiz 1 Quote MacBook pro, 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB, OS X 10.11.6 http://www.pinterest.com/peter2111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorWhiz Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 Update March 22 2018. Added colour layer and began texturing the hair. Everything is drawn with the mouse. I tried working with a tablet (I have a Huion 610 Pro), but it doesn't work for me. Portrait is still far from finished. AD-file is only 6.64 MB, png 55 x 41 cm is 16.2 MB. No crashes whatsoever in the 1.6.4.104 (Beta). Below is the vector outline of this stage. peter and Wosven 2 Quote Home: https://vectorwhiz.com : : : : Portfolio blog: https://communicats.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorWhiz Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 Head is done for now. Will start on neck and jacket after this. More detailed update sequence at: https://communicats.blogspot.nl/2018/03/marlon-brando-vector-portrait.html Quote Home: https://vectorwhiz.com : : : : Portfolio blog: https://communicats.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorWhiz Posted March 25, 2018 Author Share Posted March 25, 2018 Almost done. peter, ronnyb, Mensch Mesch and 1 other 4 Quote Home: https://vectorwhiz.com : : : : Portfolio blog: https://communicats.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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