Marisa, my latest client wanted two custom avatars for use on her blog, business cards, you name it. She specified custom designs (not stock) with an Asian look, one as a writer, one as a reader. The reader was to be more alternative looking.
Being custom designs they were sketched out beforehand and then brought into Illustrator to be traced as a vector. After their bones were laid in Illustrator the images were brought into Photoshop to be shaded and some real photography added.
The Process:
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| The Paper Sketch |
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| The sketch was placed in Illustrator and "drawn" over to be made into a vector. |
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| The backgrounds are real images. |
Thank you for sharing how to do this. Not that I could, but I like to see how it's done.
Oh that's really cool. I had no idea what vector stuff was. I buy vector art but didn't have a clue. And the designs are awesome. I love seeing them go from sketch to finished design.
Awesome! I had no idea how these were created. Love them!!!