torsten Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Hey, thanks for your advice. You're right. What about that one?! http://s1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd388/st-le/Hockey%20Concepts/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floorlizard Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 I have no idea if I am doing this correctly. However, if any of you would be willing to follow the links to my photobucket page and help me out a little, I would be eternally grateful. I have a few questions...1- I used the pencil tool to trace everything. Is this what I should be using or is there something better?2- Assuming I have done everything correctly so far, how do I move to the next step? The 'thickening up' of the lines, etc. Obviously, just changing the pt. thickness of the lines isn't the answer. What should I be doing here?Please forgive my niavete. I having been trying to teach myself Illustrator for a few years now by simply doing. I want to begin designing logos, etc. and this seems like a great tutorial... I just don't know the basic controls I should be using.Original picture: Outline picture: Thank you in advance for the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdw18 Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 my first attempt.kid cudi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHcreative Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Torsten - I'd suggest that you maybe find a better picture of a hippo if you want to go that route for the Giants. The one you have shows too much mouth and not enough face. The trace isn't too bad, I just don't think the picture chosen is right for a sports logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
untvar Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 I've always had a soft spot in my heart for Augustus Caesar... cuz when I was younger some used to say I looked like him. So I'll try to turn him into a logo.1. I did a freehand sketch, and it's got the typical problem of mine: it's a line drawing, surfaces undefined, very few shadows.2. I'm using Photoshop. 3. Where do I go from here??? What exactly would you attack next?4. Do I really need those construction lines? I could just start layering shapes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkaake Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 i was looking for this thread!!!!im new to illustrator and i am not good with the pen tool at all (or whatever you guys are using to make those shapes). what are some suggested tutorials to try to improve my skills? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkaake Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 I guess I need to start out by asking for help on my sketching. I need to improve there...Original picture :http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/632/4395457525729d510593z.jpgMy sketch of the head :http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/3338/image066x.jpgI am currently working on a vector version of it but as i said, i still need to improve my skills with the pen tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
untvar Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 UpdateMy first two attempts at digital sketching are utter failures. What am I doing wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbaker19 Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 my first attempt.kid cudiThat. is. awesome. Thanks Dolphins91 for the jersey avatars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnes2000 Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 Still picking at this one.... -SB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike1990 Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 I've been looking at the things you all have created and I must say, its really cool. I would like to try something like this but I honestly have NO idea where to start. I'm using GIMP, could someone kindly tell me how I get started doing this? I honestly have no idea.Thanks all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
untvar Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 *the thread that wouldn't die... bwahaha*I drew vectors over one of my pencil drawings. I guess Davidson's technique of 'sketching' right on the computer just doesn't work for me. My question is this: Is the face 'finished' or does it need something more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad. Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Need some guidance on my go at a Blake Griffin face...here's my photoshop sketch (so disregard choppy lines and rounded edges to everything) before I go and vector it:I'm not sure if the cheekbone shape looks right and the eyes have been screwy as well...C&C needed and appreciated! Red Goat Creations :: Graphic Design Solutions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidson Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Need some guidance on my go at a Blake Griffin face...here's my photoshop sketch (so disregard choppy lines and rounded edges to everything) before I go and vector it:I'm not sure if the cheekbone shape looks right and the eyes have been screwy as well...C&C needed and appreciated! Not really sure what advice to give really? Its clear this image hasnt been made by following the tutorial from this thread?You are just effectively just trying to make a colour half tone? Why not just blur the image slightly, crank up the curves and then trace over the top of something like this?Will save you a lot of time and effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udonkey Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 This thread ROCKS! Thanks again, Davidson. I'm currently working on an illustration of myself and will post when I have something respectable.Edit: I'm certainly no pro, but here's what I've come up with. Suggestions/criticism would be great. I'd like to start doing more of this stuff, just to improve my Illustrator skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missouri tigers Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 I just made one of Kurt Cobain, It doesn't look too much like him because I couldn't get the facial quite right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCdog Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 My attempt at this.... (pic of me)Eh, compared to others I've seen, it just feels like it's missing something. Did I not do something right here? The dimension feels off. It doesn't look as good as I thought it would, which kinda frustrates me...Feel free to go crazy with it if you have any ideas... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9erssteve Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 My attempt at this.... (pic of me)Eh, compared to others I've seen, it just feels like it's missing something. Did I not do something right here? The dimension feels off. It doesn't look as good as I thought it would, which kinda frustrates me...Feel free to go crazy with it if you have any ideas...Personally I think the problem is the total opposite. Nothing is missing, in fact you have to much. To much detail and to many colours. What you've got here is a really solid illustration but it looks to much like a "live paint" rendering of a photo to be a successful logo.Pick two colours and two colours only. That means no cheating with tints! Ditch the black outline and reduce the number of highlights you have on the face and I think you could be onto something really strong... oh yeah and ditch the gradient in the background, go solid colour, nothing or if you want to cut things cleanly then maybe box it up but gradients really dont fit with the style Davidson was trying to pass on imo.I dont think you need to redraw anything I think if you do a "save as" version 2 of your original file you could keep the illustrative one and then simplify what you've got here to achieve the "Davidson" look really easily.9erssteve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCdog Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 My attempt at this.... (pic of me)Eh, compared to others I've seen, it just feels like it's missing something. Did I not do something right here? The dimension feels off. It doesn't look as good as I thought it would, which kinda frustrates me...Feel free to go crazy with it if you have any ideas...Personally I think the problem is the total opposite. Nothing is missing, in fact you have to much. To much detail and to many colours. What you've got here is a really solid illustration but it looks to much like a "live paint" rendering of a photo to be a successful logo.Pick two colours and two colours only. That means no cheating with tints! Ditch the black outline and reduce the number of highlights you have on the face and I think you could be onto something really strong... oh yeah and ditch the gradient in the background, go solid colour, nothing or if you want to cut things cleanly then maybe box it up but gradients really dont fit with the style Davidson was trying to pass on imo.I dont think you need to redraw anything I think if you do a "save as" version 2 of your original file you could keep the illustrative one and then simplify what you've got here to achieve the "Davidson" look really easily.9erssteveAppreciate the input. Agreed on the Gradient, I kinda got lazy there as just a flat black background didn't do it for me either. I think I need to find a way to take the render "out of the box," so-to-speak, that I've kinda put it in. Just don't know to to achieve that. Maybe redraw the suit so it just fades out??? I feel like I'm having writers block here lolAs for colors, I'm torn here. Maybe I could switch out the yellow for some other color but I feel the facial illustration needs the colos to provide some depth (like this one below, posted earlier)Still picking at this one....I love this and tried to emulate a style like this ....not quite happenin for me though. :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9erssteve Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 My attempt at this.... (pic of me)Eh, compared to others I've seen, it just feels like it's missing something. Did I not do something right here? The dimension feels off. It doesn't look as good as I thought it would, which kinda frustrates me...Feel free to go crazy with it if you have any ideas...Personally I think the problem is the total opposite. Nothing is missing, in fact you have to much. To much detail and to many colours. What you've got here is a really solid illustration but it looks to much like a "live paint" rendering of a photo to be a successful logo.Pick two colours and two colours only. That means no cheating with tints! Ditch the black outline and reduce the number of highlights you have on the face and I think you could be onto something really strong... oh yeah and ditch the gradient in the background, go solid colour, nothing or if you want to cut things cleanly then maybe box it up but gradients really dont fit with the style Davidson was trying to pass on imo.I dont think you need to redraw anything I think if you do a "save as" version 2 of your original file you could keep the illustrative one and then simplify what you've got here to achieve the "Davidson" look really easily.9erssteveAppreciate the input. Agreed on the Gradient, I kinda got lazy there as just a flat black background didn't do it for me either. I think I need to find a way to take the render "out of the box," so-to-speak, that I've kinda put it in. Just don't know to to achieve that. Maybe redraw the suit so it just fades out??? I feel like I'm having writers block here lolAs for colors, I'm torn here. Maybe I could switch out the yellow for some other color but I feel the facial illustration needs the colos to provide some depth (like this one below, posted earlier)Still picking at this one....I love this and tried to emulate a style like this ....not quite happenin for me though. :-(But again that's very illustrative rather than logo like. You dont need millions of colours to get a good likeness, it can be done with two and negative space (white) really easily.(I'm not bumping my work up cos I think it's the best, there are others in here that use only two or three colours and are far better, I just dont wanna pull other folks work out of context without asking if it's ok.)Looking at this now I could possibly have simplified a bit more and pushed it a little further with regards making it more stylised but at the same time I'm pretty proud of the faicial likeness and with the reduced colour palette it's in a more logo like vein than the Ivey image you posted. If that's what you're going for then great it's a cool style but it's certainly not simple enough to be a logo.9erssteve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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