Lunch-box and soap dispenser illustrations
Now I have found a routine way to produce the illustrations I am finding the process a lot quicker:
- First I hand draw the illustrations in my sketchbook with a pencil then go around the edge with a fine liner to make a clear and distinctive outline.
- Then scan the image into Adobe Photoshop.
- In Photoshop i adjust the image until it is in black and white using the selection wand and brush tool and a graphics tablet. From doing this i found out about selecting the inverse which meant I could get the fine white lines.
- I then Live Traced the image in Adobe Illustrator
- If there were any "wonky" circular or straight parts i used the pen tool to neaten them up and create a blunt/ sharp edge.
- I would then keep flicking the the image back and forth between Photoshop and Illustrator until i was satisfied. (I had to remember that every time i adjusted the illustration in Photoshop i had to Live Trace it after to keep it looking sharp).
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