Vector Portrait

Pre-Production

I chose a picture of myself because I just thought that would be cooler seeing myself as the subject. Also I do not have any pets so I could not do that and I know my parents would not want me to make of them. I picked a headshot my friend took of me in downtown Kansas City because that is my favorite picture of myself. Once I downloaded that picture I cropped it so it was just my head mainly and then I used posterization so I could see the different values better. Then on Illustrator I made two art boards one has the picture with 100% opacity and then that same picture on the other board but with 80% opacity.

Production

I learned during this project I learned how to use the curve tool better and how to make sure everything is layered right. I also learned how to use layers to my advantage to make the process faster so I didn't have to exactly trace over every value. I also problem solved by just doing one lens of the glasses then I made a copy of that lens then reflected it and just made it the other lens to save a lot of time. I also sectioned my layers with the different body parts and accessories I had on. I focused on just zooming on the photo a lot and just trying to get every value traced in filled in as much as I can so then the result of the product would be as realistic as possible.

Final Product

I am very pleased and proud of my self for being able to recreate this photo in such a short amount of time. The only thing I would change is picking a picture of me not wearing glasses because the reflection took a long time and was very hard to replicate.

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