Description I set out this fruit plate a couple of days ago and was struck by the composition of the plate. I don't do many still-lifes, but I was compelled to do this one. This was, among other things, an exercise in seeing how many different ways I could get Illustrator to crash. I approached this like a digital painting, a la Painter or Photoshop, and quickly found out why Illustrator isn't used much for that. On the other hand, it tends not to look like so much like a vector--even though it is.
No mesh. No raster effects. Lots of custom art brushes, a few blends, some symbols. No photo-reference (this was drawn from life). No Wacom tablet (this was drawn with a mouse). Lots of headaches.
Enjoy.
Application Illustrator
Labels Still-Life, Realistic
Times Viewed 4437
Approved By DayDream
Cool Style Award
This award is given in recognition of your PERSONAL STYLE displayed in this image, which is just plain cool.
1 March 2007 - 05:58
Conversation With
Thanaban (gigadeth)
good talent :)
1 March 2007 - 16:53:
Christianne Benedict (doctormorbius)
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Thanks for the kind words.
1 March 2007 - 08:51
Conversation With
Jerry Mills (Husker)
You did an awesome job!
1 March 2007 - 16:54:
Christianne Benedict (doctormorbius)
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Thanks. This was fun to make.
1 March 2007 - 14:07
Conversation With
Todd Macadangdang (toddm)
That's what I'm talking about! Fantastic. Innovative, creative use of an old AI tool! This gets an award ; )
1 March 2007 - 16:55:
Christianne Benedict (doctormorbius)
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Wow. I'm a bit overwhelmed. I guess I can swim in the deep end now. Thanks for the award. It was wholly unexpected.
3 March 2007 - 13:26:
Todd Macadangdang (toddm)
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So many folks don't understand that Illustrator is an ARTIST'S tool.... so it's WONDERFUL to see real art created with features in AI. Yeah, get rid of those floaties... you can definitely leave the shallow end ; )
Thanks for the kind words.