Designed by Row » Illustrator http://designedbyrow.com Where creativity and communication come together. Thu, 21 Apr 2011 23:34:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Creating a self-portrait vector http://designedbyrow.com/blog/design-time/421/creating-a-self-portrait-vector/ http://designedbyrow.com/blog/design-time/421/creating-a-self-portrait-vector/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:23:29 +0000 rowforbes http://designedbyrow.com/?p=421
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    • ]]>     RowenaCreating a vector portrait from a photo is a rather easy process.  I began with a photo recently taken at my brother’s wedding.  I opened it in Adobe PhotoShop, cropped it, then added smart blur and poster edge filters.  The filters simplified the details and decreased the number of colors.

    I saved this file as a JPEG and placed it on a new document in Adobe Illustrator.  Once in Illustrator it was just a matter of creating general shapes along the color lines created by the posterization.  I made some minor adjustments, such as the color of my top, added the floral detailing and company name, Designed by Row, to finish it up.

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    My candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open…

    ~Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

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