Dearly Devoted Dexter & an illustrator project review.
I finished my final for advanced rendering aka illustrator 2. Technically, my best illustration from all my projects this quarter. The one before it, was a mailer I threw together during in all nighter. Surprising though, they liked it, despite myself thinking what a mess it was. I had a jazz poster, which has to be tweaked, cause it came out too Hendrix instead of jazz. So it has to be reworked. I need to, since I need new material for my portfolio.
Which leaves my bookcover, so...here you go. It's been a long time since I posted art here. I think luridmuses's server is down, so the CSS is missing for my lj, but I shall be fixing that soon.
I did it on Dexter, well, the books the show was based off. Sorta of fandomy. For those who watch the show, you can see why I did the red lines (homage to the show) and how they are used to measure the blood patterns etc.
Starbucks helped me with the face, helping me find the shadows and highlights--so I redrew the shapes and blended it myself(as ethically I can never take credit for someone else's work).
It's the first illustration I used blends, I am trying to get the hang of them. Gradient mesh I love, but it's time consuming. And I need to learn to be fast in Illustrator just like in Photoshop.
Which leaves my bookcover, so...here you go. It's been a long time since I posted art here. I think luridmuses's server is down, so the CSS is missing for my lj, but I shall be fixing that soon.
I did it on Dexter, well, the books the show was based off. Sorta of fandomy. For those who watch the show, you can see why I did the red lines (homage to the show) and how they are used to measure the blood patterns etc.
Starbucks helped me with the face, helping me find the shadows and highlights--so I redrew the shapes and blended it myself(as ethically I can never take credit for someone else's work).
It's the first illustration I used blends, I am trying to get the hang of them. Gradient mesh I love, but it's time consuming. And I need to learn to be fast in Illustrator just like in Photoshop.