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Hey guys! For this tutorial/making of I created a fun illustration for my sister Stella's blog. In her blog she writes about funny daily situations and I thought that it would be nice to develop an illustration that expressed that somehow. I hope that this step by step help the new designers and illustrators. So, prepare yourself, and continue reading because even though it is a quite long post I hope it might be useful for your illustration projects. Also, feel free to share your thoughts with comments. Step 1 - Brainstorming ftw
When Im creating an illustration for someone, I like to make a brainstorm and write down stuff that person likes, to create a moodboard and capture her personality in the drawing. In my sisters case, for example, Italy, Trips and Pasta were mandatory in the illustration. In this step I also make preliminary roughs, testing new shapes and interesting compositions.
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Step 4
I like Illustrator because it offers you a ton of cool resources to help your vectorizing process. A solution that I often use is called Pattern Brush. Instead of drawing a whole flower, for example, you can make just one petal, turn that petal into a patten brush, create a shape with that outline, and achieve fun results! This tip is specially useful to illustrators that prefers abstract compositions, like me.
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gradients and chose the textures that Ill use later. My tip is to take a look at the patterns from illustrator, hidden inside Swatches Patterns Basic Graphics.
Step 9 - Typography
Choosing a font to use in the illustration is really fun! I love to test lots of combinations and to hunt for new fonts. The problem is that I get *too* excited in this step, and sometimes I download 30 fonts, and later I simply cant decide which one to use. For this illustration I imagined a strong, bold and modern font, making a visual contrast with a script font.
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Step 10
When you are going to use the same shape over and over again, a good tip is to use the symbol tool. You make a motion clip, and spread the object in your comp, according to your preset. With the tools options you can increase or decrease the symbol, change its opacity, position, etc. This way you dont have to duplicate and reposition the object manually.
Step 12 - Photoshop
After I finish the vector process, I export my work for a final polishing in Photoshop. At photoshop I mix the vector with bitmap images, to achieve a more organic feel. I also use the adjustment layers e test some colors adjustments, levels, curves, etc. And use
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the adjustment layers e test some colors adjustments, levels, curves, etc. And use brushes.
Conclusion
And thats it. Now Its time to create the rest of the layout But thats for another making of. Thanks for reading the whole post! If you want to read more nonsense from me, or for more cool tips and random links, feel free to follow me on twitter: www.twitter.com/carolrivello.
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