Student Examples
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PurposeThroughout the creation of this project you will demonstrate your acquired knowledge of the pen tool and the color dropper tool, by creating a vector portrait of a celebrity of your choice.You will be able to successfully identify large areas of shadows and highlights in order to effectively create your vector portrait.
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The Assignment:
Copy and paste a picture of your chosen person onto a new Illustrator document. (The images of Emma Watson and Bruce Lee ABOVE have good shadows and are easier portraits to create.)
Size the picture so that it is relatively the same size as your canvas. Place the image next to your canvas, not on top of it.
Size the picture so that it is relatively the same size as your canvas. Place the image next to your canvas, not on top of it.
- Use the Pen Tool to begin tracing the large general shapes of your chosen celebrity.
- Be sure to turn the opacity to zero when you are creating your shape in order to see what you are drawing.
- Once your shape is "closed" turn the opacity back to 100% and move the shape on top of the image on your canvas.
- It is a good idea to use different layers in order to help keep track of all of your shapes.
- You can now use the color dropper tool to select a color straight from the image to fill in your shape.
- Creating this portrait will take several layers so you need to pay attention to what shapes should be going below others.
- Be sure to focus on large areas of shadows and highlights. If you get to caught up in the details your portrait will take ages to create.
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Reflection Questions: |
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1. What is your favorite part about your finished portrait? Why?
2. Do you have a better knowledge of how the pen tool works? 3. What was the hardest part of creating your portrait? Why? 4. If you could change anything on your portrait to make it even better, what would you do? |
Emma Watson Photo. August 30th, 2016. http://www.images77.com/actors-15_Emma-Watson.html. Bruce Lee . August 30th, 2016. http://view.inews.qq.com/a/BJC2015072001776501.