Combine Photo Elements to Create a Surreal Photo Manipulation. Combine Photo Elements to Create a Surreal Photo ManipulationReviewed by Oliver Cereto on Feb 13Rating: Preview of Final Results Step 1 – Place the background The first step it’s to place the sky, our background, into the image.
As you can see, we have changed the color of it. Tips on Creating Fluffy Characters. One of the best things about clients is that they're always surprising us with some random and misterious pitch works.
One of my last briefings was to create a fluffy character, but since I always made illustrations more realistic, this was quite a challenge for me. As some of you may have thought, I also tought that creating a fluffy character would be as easy as drawing an apple, but I was wrong and on this tutorial I will explain the reasons why. So, you may be asking yourself, why is not that simple to create a fluffy character? Well, character design is actually a specific field, so as every specific field on art/design area, it has some rules and guidelines. So, before we start our tutorial, let's first understand why should we learn more about it: character design is a very requested service in areas like advertisement, visual identity, branding design, comics and children's products (books, packages, websites, etc). Melanie Matthews Tamara Henderson Jeremy Ville Bruno Mota.
Create a Zee Vintage Label on Illustrator. It seems that the past 3 years had a boom of retro design, starting with the "cosmic neon lightning" 80's aesthetic that I think most of you are already bored about.
Not just because it became a trend, but also because everyone with a photoshop could emulate one. So here's the thing, this new retro wave more focused on 50's and 60's design and illustration seems to be really different, why? Because most of it is hand drawn, and when it to comes to drawing, you wouldn't believe how many designers can't do it. Let's assume, the last 20 years were pretty revolutionary to design since the computer took a big role on productivity and creation. But he also created patterns and made things more similar, some designers can't even work "old school", since they rely too much on the computer and that's not good.
Step 1 First of all, let's open Adobe Illustrator and create a new canvas with 21 x 21 cm (8,27 x 8,27 inches). Using the rectangle tool (M) make this big square that fits over the canvas. Illustrator. Design with Swirls and Flourishes. It’s very common these days to see swirls and flourishes within graphic design.
You can use brushes or vectors to achieve this look, but if you want to customize your own you’ll have to dig in and spend some time creating them. How To Create a Cool Vector Yeti Character in Illustrator. Follow this step by step Illustrator tutorial to create a cool vector Yeti character.
We’ll use as many basic shapes as possible to achieve that quirky style of illustration, then bring the character to life with a palette of cold colours. Despite the use of basic shapes this tutorial includes a good spread of intermediate to advanced tools and techniques. The Yeti character we’ll be creating is made up of basic shapes to maintain that simple illustration feel. The plump round shapes all help create a friendly and loveable character while the high shoulders and wide stance give him a slow and lazy personality. Create Your Own Spoof Airplane Safety Illustrations.
This post was originally published in 2008 The tips and techniques explained may be outdated.
A reader commented on a previous post with the great idea of creating a tutorial on how to produce vector illustrations in the style of the safety cards found in aircraft, as seen on examples from Airtoons.com. Follow this step by step guide to creating your own illustrations, ready for the combination with comedy captions! Unless you are a talented artist, use photography as a base for your poses. This can be sourced from a stock photography website or quickly created by directing a group of friends into the relevant positions and poses. Open up your pictures into Adobe Photoshop. Roughly trace around the outline of the character, minimizing some of the detail if necessary such as the folds and creases in clothing. Continue by creating more paths outlining the shape of the face, here I've used my own discretion to give the character a stylish side parting.
Create a Themed Repeating Pattern in Illustrator. This post was originally published in 2008 The tips and techniques explained may be outdated.
How To Create a Cute Hairy Vector Monster Character. Follow this step by step Illustrator tutorial to create a cute vector monster character.
We’ll create the character from basic shapes to give a cute and friendly appearance then we’ll bring the character to life with gradient colours and a detailed fur effect. The fantasy woodland monster we’ll be creating is made up of lots of simple rounded shapes to give the character a friendly appearance. The large eyes in relation to the size of the body is the key ingredient to creating a cute and lovable character. View the final cute monster character Open up Adobe Illustrator and draw an ellipse on the artboard.