Kasper-V Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 I'm working through the AD Workbook, and the first example seemed a little too easy for an old hand (or do I mean know-all?) like me, so I decided to try something a little more ambitious. So I did a tiger. It wasn't bad, but I thought I could do better ... so I did another one. Here it is ... This is reduced to about 70% of the original size. In the book, Ben The Illustrator says he often works from videos rather than still photos, so I looked out one or two videos on the internet. This image is made from two stills, as the real thing didn't look exciting enough! I made vector shapes on separate layers of: the body and nearer legs; the tail; the head; the further legs; and the stripes -- the stripes I clipped to their layers so i didn't have to fiddle about with the edges. I saved that as an AD file, then as an AP file, which I then edited with some motion and radial blur to give a sense of movement. As I went along, I duplicated some of the layers and rasterised them, so I could add some shading and clip them. Finally, I made up a background from a couple of texture images, and added a shadow underneath the animal. VectorWhiz, GarryP, Alfred and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasper-V Posted February 22, 2019 Author Share Posted February 22, 2019 My spellcheck doesn't like 'rasterised' -- it suggests pasteurised! Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdenby Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Nice way you got the blur effect from working w. 2 images from a stream. I would have liked to look over your shoulder as you worked out the method you describe. Kasper-V 1 Quote iMac 27" Retina, c. 2015: OS X 10.11.5: 3.3 GHz I c-5: 32 Gb, AMD Radeon R9 M290 2048 Mb iPad 12.9" Retina, iOS 10, 512 Gb, Apple pencil Huion WH1409 tablet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasper-V Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 Thanks gdenby! What I did for the blur was, for instance, to duplicate the body layer, then delete all the nodes except the nearer back foot, so I could then blur the duplicate foot. It's a matter of thinking out the effect you want, then working out how you could do it, the trying it till you get it right. Motion blur -- radial in this case to suggest swinging movement -- and then moving and/or rotating the layer for the best effect. Patience is a definite advantage! These are the two stills I chose (saved fro Serif MoviePlus) ... You'll see I've rotated the top image to align it with the bottom one. And here are the first two vectors, traced around the bodies and the head ... Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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