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ngdawg · 11-20-2005, 06:04 PM

By subject's request, I'm posting a portrait done in Illustrator. Took about 9 hours start to finish:

The reason it took that long is as below. Each blue line is a single pencil stroke, the hair so many strokes it became solid:

Now lest you think I did each color strand seperate, I didn't. To get the various tones, including the grey, I used gradients, matching each section of hair as the original showed.

amonkie · 11-20-2005, 07:56 PM

Absolutely FANTASTIC dawg - amazing how quickly you've picked this up - really looks like him

maleficent · 11-22-2005, 05:28 AM

hair's getting a little thin on top

Excellent representation... I can't even begin to imagine how that's done...

/me fires up illustrator
/me pokes around in menus
/me shuts down illustrator

ShaniFaye · 11-22-2005, 05:31 AM

boy he looks evil

great job!!!

tecoyah · 11-23-2005, 03:29 AM

Evil....hmmmm....I like that

Fantastic Dawg...as expected....Looks just like Analog

11-20-2005, 06:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
ngdawg peekaboo Location: on the back, bitch	Guess who! By subject's request, I'm posting a portrait done in Illustrator. Took about 9 hours start to finish: The reason it took that long is as below. Each blue line is a single pencil stroke, the hair so many strokes it became solid: Now lest you think I did each color strand seperate, I didn't. To get the various tones, including the grey, I used gradients, matching each section of hair as the original showed. __________________ Don't blame me. I didn't vote for either of'em. Last edited by ngdawg; 11-20-2005 at 06:06 PM..

11-20-2005, 07:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
amonkie Drifting Administrator Location: Windy City	Absolutely FANTASTIC dawg - amazing how quickly you've picked this up - really looks like him __________________ Calling from deep in the heart, from where the eyes can't see and the ears can't hear, from where the mountain trails end and only love can go... ~~~ Three Rivers Hare Krishna

11-22-2005, 05:28 AM	#3 (permalink)
maleficent Junkie Moderator Emeritus Location: Chicago	hair's getting a little thin on top Excellent representation... I can't even begin to imagine how that's done... /me fires up illustrator /me pokes around in menus /me shuts down illustrator __________________ Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less.

11-22-2005, 05:31 AM	#4 (permalink)
ShaniFaye Submit to me, you know you want to Location: Lilburn, Ga	boy he looks evil great job!!! __________________ *I want the diabetic plan that comes with rollover carbs. I dont like the unused one expiring at midnite!!*

11-23-2005, 03:29 AM	#5 (permalink)
tecoyah Illusionary	Evil....hmmmm....I like that Fantastic Dawg...as expected....Looks just like Analog __________________ Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. - Buddha