so i got adobe illustrator cs5 yesterday, and i figured it would be fun/constructive to document my progress, feeling the program out and such, so i'll be posting all the things i make in here, and see if we can see some improvement :)
Firstly i just messed around with the pen tool, and i didn't save it, i haven't really used many of the tools yet, but the pen tool seems like the "biggie" imo.
Here's my first attempt at "something", was gonna be a silly gift to SA but turned out too shit to be worth it :L
http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/9...ssassinpic.png
Second attempt, i looked up some monkey cartoons and copied one:
http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/3873/illytesting.png
(yes, i'm aware of the spaces between different peices :$)
Anyways, will be cool too see if i get better :)
Eb got illy!
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02-02-2011, 12:46 PMEbrithilEb got illy!
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02-02-2011, 12:59 PMsilent_assasin
Looks awesome, thanks for the thought!
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02-02-2011, 01:06 PMEbrithilI'll make you something nicer when i get to grips ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by silent_assasin
To say thanks for your assistance since i came back here :) -
02-02-2011, 01:07 PMsilent_assasin
No worries :P, i got illy yesterday, i guess we will both be learning at the same time
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02-02-2011, 01:21 PMEbrithilLol! should be fun :PQuote:
Originally Posted by silent_assasin
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02-02-2011, 01:27 PMScrib
You got a tablet?
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02-02-2011, 02:02 PMEbrithilNot yet, it's on the things-to-get-list , it's right under a decent camera :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Scrib
Second monkey :L =
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02-02-2011, 02:13 PMScrib
ahh too bad then, could have helped you out a lot D: get a tablet.
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02-02-2011, 02:28 PMEbrithilYeah, i've been using illy for like five minutes and have though loads of times "i wish i had a tablet! :LQuote:
Originally Posted by Scrib
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02-02-2011, 02:39 PMScrib
the brush tool in illy is awesome, but tbh you really need a tablet to make full use of it :)
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02-02-2011, 06:51 PMEbrithilI don't now how to use it tbh :LQuote:
Originally Posted by Scrib
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02-03-2011, 03:03 AMScrib
yeah, they're awesome.
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02-03-2011, 03:09 AMPet
It's a good start, but you need to work on smoothing out your curves.
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02-03-2011, 05:38 AMEbrithili know :LQuote:
Originally Posted by Pet
It's a lot harder than it looks!
And i always end up with like a little bump from an anchor point where it shoulda been a perfect curve :/ ( like the left side of the second monkeys mouth are) -
02-04-2011, 01:34 PMEbrithil
took me ages to figure out how to crop it into the art box :L
Here is chuubibi! :D
http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/4...thilvector.png
