cellophanedeity

I was supposed to be packing for the wedding.

I decided to draw my head instead.

I give you head! haha... I'm so tired...

majik_6

That's REALLY nice!

Looks kinda like Illustrator?

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cellophanedeity

Yup, done in Illustrator.

I'm glad you like it.

kramus

Good head Cello

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amonkie

It really does look like your head - even down to the way it falls

Nice job... now get packin!

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Charlatan

I want to learn how to do that...

Good head cellophane.

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cellophanedeity

It's quite simple really,

Take a photograph and import it into Illustrator. Then pick out any lines or blotches of colour that look important and trace them. Then select the colour by using the eyedropper tool. The only part that takes much skill at all is deciding which lines are worth keeping, and which can be left out.

Mister Coaster

Looking good, but watch out on the ends (corners) of some of the paths, you're getting some "looping" of the path. This is caused by the handles going beyond the end anchorpoint and the path crosses itself. I only see a few of them (in the hair, near your chin).

If you have version CS2, look into the live trace tool. It will make you sick.

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cellophanedeity

Yah, I was having some issues with that, but I figured I could let it slip. This was more for fun and practice than for art.

I figure that when I go back and change some things (the bottom of the hair needs more detailing) I'll probably fix up the loops as well.

Thanks for pointing out where it's most noticeable.

Mister Coaster

BTW, I wasn't trying to be an ass, just giving some constructive criticism. Sometimes it's difficult to offer a suggestion for improvement without sounding harsh...

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aberkok

That's awesome, Cello!!! How long did it take you?

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ophelia783

Very cool.

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wdevauld

Excellent skills. Got links to any other works?

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cellophanedeity

Oh, I know! I didn't even think that. I really appreciate constructive criticism.

The piece took me just over an hour, which sort of explains the lazy loops.

animosity

I really need to get out of PS and into illustrator. Nice work