NoLongerHere Posted July 23, 2019 Posted July 23, 2019 Red Eyed Tree Frogs are native to Mexico, Central America and go all the way down to Colombia (perhaps on holiday). Its scientific name is A. callidryas, which comes from Greek words kalos (beautiful) and dryas (a tree or wood nymph). I was chatting with someone about drawing and she liked to do Victorian style flora and fauna illustrations (I think there’s a proper name for it but I forget). I said that I usually try for realistic when I mess around for fun and she wanted to see something. One her favourite things are frogs, she has lots of ornaments etc in her house. So I did this, I think it might be the first living thing that I’ve done properly although I'll probably do a bit more to it sometime. Just the pen tool, no textures. VectorWhiz, Smee Again, Move Along People and 32 others 33 2 Quote
Mithferion Posted July 23, 2019 Posted July 23, 2019 I won't lie: I thought this was a picture. What a jawdropping work! Best regards! jmwellborn 1 Quote Windows 10 and Windows 11 :: http://mithferion.deviantart.com/ Oxygen Icons :: GCP Icons :: iOS 11 Design Resources :: iOS App Icon Template :: Free Quality Fonts (Commercial Use) :: Public Domain Images How to do High Quality Art :: Mesh Warp / Distort Tool Considerations :: Select Same / Object - Suggestions :: Live Glassmorphism Effect
NoLongerHere Posted July 23, 2019 Author Posted July 23, 2019 Thank you, I'll probably do a little bit more on the skin texture but it turned out ok. Mithferion 1 Quote
affinity4Christ15 Posted July 23, 2019 Posted July 23, 2019 I also thought it was a photo editing project...UNBELIEVABLE WORK!!! Mithferion 1 Quote
GDPR-365024 Posted July 23, 2019 Posted July 23, 2019 3 hours ago, affinity4Christ15 said: I also thought it was a photo editing project...UNBELIEVABLE WORK!!! +1 jmwellborn 1 Quote
NoLongerHere Posted July 23, 2019 Author Posted July 23, 2019 It would have been quicker to fly to South America, find one and take a photo! Alfred, Mithferion, PierreLR and 1 other 1 3 Quote
GarryP Posted July 24, 2019 Posted July 24, 2019 Crikey! (Actual words used were a little cruder and rhyme with “suddy bell”.) I would suggest that Serif contact you to make some kind of Spotlight article about this, if you were amenable – preferably with an animation showing a swipe between the finished drawing and the vector-only version. I think it’s reasonable to say that if something as good as this doesn’t show the power of the application in the right hands then nothing will. You consistently produce wonderful artwork but this is really special and deserves way more exposure than what it will get here. Alfred, JohnSnr, jmwellborn and 3 others 6 Quote
Alfred Posted July 24, 2019 Posted July 24, 2019 14 hours ago, Mithferion said: I won't lie: I thought this was a picture. What a jawdropping work! Best regards! 14 hours ago, affinity4Christ15 said: I also thought it was a photo editing project...UNBELIEVABLE WORK!!! 11 hours ago, PedroOfOz said: +1 Add me to the list! I thought it was highly unusual for @VectorVonDoom to post raster work, and I was all set to ask Marc for a summary of the processing he applied to the image. 21 minutes ago, GarryP said: Crikey! (Actual words used were a little cruder and rhyme with “suddy bell”.) The phrase “cruddy shell” works for me. Then all you need to do is knock off the first letter of each word. 23 minutes ago, GarryP said: I would suggest that Serif contact you to make some kind of Spotlight article about this, if you were amenable – preferably with an animation showing a swipe between the finished drawing and the vector-only version. I think it’s reasonable to say that if something as good as this doesn’t show the power of the application in the right hands then nothing will. You consistently produce wonderful artwork but this is really special and deserves way more exposure than what it will get here. +1 to all of the above. Mithferion 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen)
Staff stokerg Posted July 24, 2019 Staff Posted July 24, 2019 11 minutes ago, GarryP said: Crikey! (Actual words used were a little cruder and rhyme with “suddy bell”.) Those same words have been uttered by most of us Tech Support this morning when we spotted this post Really is some great work @VectorVonDoom jmwellborn and Celia at Grafted Works 2 Quote
StuartRc Posted July 24, 2019 Posted July 24, 2019 Wow!..This is absolutely immaculate...best yet!..I need more practice! Mithferion 1 Quote Affinity Version 1 (10.6) Affinity Version 2.5.7.2948 All (Designer | Photo | Publisher) Beta; 2.6.0.2984 OS:Windows 10 Pro 22H2 OS Build 19045.4412+ Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19056.1000.0 Rig:AMD FX 8350 and AMD Radeon (R9 380 Series) Settings Version 21.04.01 Radeon Settings Version 2020 20.1.03) + Wacom Intuous 4M with driver 6.3.41-1
NoLongerHere Posted July 24, 2019 Author Posted July 24, 2019 Thank you, I'm glad people like it. I did pick something that was a bit easier than what we first talked about, I wasn't sure I could do a fury animal well with the pen tool. stokerg and Mithferion 2 Quote
Bentleg Posted July 25, 2019 Posted July 25, 2019 Truly amazing work ! how many hours if you dont ind me asking? Quote
Nazario Posted July 25, 2019 Posted July 25, 2019 Amazing work! I suffer from RSI so I would be in agony doing that. Quote
NoLongerHere Posted July 25, 2019 Author Posted July 25, 2019 1 hour ago, Bentleg said: Truly amazing work ! how many hours if you dont ind me asking? I don't know but quite a few. I did little bits most days, more on others, and it just got finished when it was finished. They aren't really weekend projects though (at least not for me). Quote
Marco Dude Posted July 31, 2019 Posted July 31, 2019 Wow I really was thinking this was a photo Quote
JohnSnr Posted August 1, 2019 Posted August 1, 2019 It's amazing what can be done with vectors. Are you open to suggestions for future projects? Quote
NoLongerHere Posted August 1, 2019 Author Posted August 1, 2019 I don't mind suggestions but whether I'd do one depends if it takes my fancy. Quote
Frozen Death Knight Posted August 2, 2019 Posted August 2, 2019 From a distance it could be taken as an actual photo with effects added over it. I really like how you managed to make it look like actual bumps on the skin to break up the "smoothness" that a lot of vector art tends to have. Good job! Quote
NoLongerHere Posted August 2, 2019 Author Posted August 2, 2019 Indeed, without surface texture it would have looked rubbish, well a lot worse. You see that often when people do vectors faces especially men and children, they don't do any texture, pores etc, and it looks like plastic. Which is why most pick a lady in full makeup which hides all of that and makes it so much easier. JohnSnr and stokerg 2 Quote
NoLongerHere Posted August 2, 2019 Author Posted August 2, 2019 It is all vector, it's something anyone could try if they wanted, have a look at the dragon fly post. You do learn some techniques but it is just the pen tool so the basics are fairly easy. I just break things down in to areas, in this 13 main groups then sub-groups. For example the branch was 5 sub-groups so I could get the depth of field effect. Quote
NoLongerHere Posted November 24, 2019 Author Posted November 24, 2019 I forgot I was going to upload the afd file but didn't. So here it is. Red eyed tree frog.afdesign Quote
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