Check out this short animation of one of my favorite songs from the band Tenth Avenue North.
As the song says: Life could take a toll, everyday demands; so much energy so many mundane plans. So we go digital, purely physical - hey it's just medicinal, we need to ease our minds.
Day-to-day each person goes on with their lives, and the cities which are filled with color could actually be filled with people who are worn out. Just some thoughts to think about.
For beginners in using Adobe Illustrator, it may seem complicated to use at first. That's why I've uploaded a simple project anyone could follow. Creating characters using basic shapes are easy, and in this time-lapse video you could get some ideas on what to do.
In Illustrator, it is a huge key to think in shapes. Most objects can be created from basic shapes, and we can create characters using these shapes.
The Pathfinder is also your friend. You can combine shapes, subtract shapes, divide a shape (and more) to create a new kind of shape.
Some years ago, I've made a video tutorial on making hair strands for vector portraits. I remember finding it so much fun to do and very interesting. Often, when I am making these portraits, I really have no idea how it's gonna turn out but then I surprise myself when it comes out really beautiful.
So here's the video. It's not actually a tutorial though - I just captured how I make the process for the base hair, and haven't put it into much detail.
With the pen tool set to make paths, not to make shapes, I create single curved strokes and then while holding Ctrl + Alt, I drag each stroke to duplicate it and to make multiple copies of paths. With the brush set to Opacity 100% and the second default Hard Round brush, I stroke the path and...voila!
The video shows how I copy all these to make the hair of the subject. Well, I didn't really capture how I made the rest of the hair, and wishing I did, but for the rest of the hair, I've done the same process except with varying colors and brush sizes.
And here is how it turned out when I finished making it.
Sorry about not explaining how I made the rest of the portrait but hopefully I could make more tutorials in the near future.
