4/22/2023 0 Comments Ipad for illustratorsIt was at this point that I started exploring pen-to-screen based hardware. Lately however, I have been searching for ways to add freehand shapes to my style because sometimes a character needs more than a circle for a head. I have added a human touch, an organic element, a bit of surprise in the past by printing out parts of my illustration on a small scale, scanning it back in and playing around with the levels to take the harshness from some of the vectors, giving the shapes a rough edge an a bit of grain. ![]() Putting together a jungle composition and copy-pasting the same leave or tree one time too often and your artwork looks cheap, or at least a bit too computerised. Illustrating something involving technology and squares feel fitting. Scaling it up and a big, perfectly circular head shape can look a bit too perfectly circular. Working on a small scale – spot illustrations for instance – it makes sense to keep the shapes and lines as sharp and straight as possible, if only for printing arguments. ![]() It depends on the subject matter to decide if squares and circles are sufficient in telling the story visually or if I feel the need to bring in a bit of hand drawn, organic elements. I have been playing around with an iPad Pro for a couple weeks and here is how it added a new direction to my style.Īs vector illustrator I am mostly building compositions with geometric shapes.
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