Line art illustrations
A sample line artΒ illustration I did for a client. I drew it first on paper using 0.1 fine line pen. Later scanned it down and enhanced the brightness in Photoshop. I had to adjust the brightness because scanning doesn’t always gives the correct brightness when we scan directly from a sketchbook with thick board cover. So I got a clean white background just like the one in my sketchbook:
Later I export it to Illustrator and convert it to vectors, changed the outline color to dark blue, do a simple flat coloring on separate layer and rearranged all the items like this:
There’s actually a company logo after the doughnut, but I covered it up because I don’t have the permission to use the logo.
Drawing takes about 15 minutes while scanning up to coloring and everything took about an hour. It seems pretty easy that it can be done is just 10-20 minutes, ya? Well, it is but I took the time to find the right color combination not to mention rearranging them.
I actually made a direct drawing in Illustrator using tablet-pen like this:
But somehow I feel that it is too clean, that it doesn’t have that ‘oomph’ feeling. Get what I mean? I like it better using pen, the effect is more satisfying even after you convert it to vectors. The imperfect outline makes it perfect.
25 Comments
Whitey Mommy
akk… cute…:) even simple line… tapi still menarik… because it is done by you…:D
TheSharkox
Yeah kak.. saya suka yang pakai pen tu..nmpk lebih raw… π
emila
haah kan, lagi best…
emila
thank you, sha π
ayujamal
lukis apa pown sume nmpak ok je.
tgh tunggu lagi ni bila la akak x buzy… nk tnya pasal flyer tu..agak2 dalam bape rm ye?
emila
ayu, emel akak contentnya dan gambar apa nak? nanti kak emi quote dari situ, k.
ayujamal
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zulkbo
salam..
begitu ke caranya nak
melukis..tak mudah juga
seperti ynag di snagka
Jiji
rasa outline hitam lebih nampak real… yg biru mcm lepas trace atas carbon paper kaler biru@!~
cantik gambar mcm ni.
darkstar
hasil tangan memang lebih ‘oomph’ berbanding lineart dari hasil digital. tablet pun tak leh lawan lukisan dari jari2 kite ni =)
darkstar
akak, congrats di interview berita harian! Yay! Happy for u <3
emila
thank you…dah keluar paper ke?
emila
betul tu azah, kurniaan Allah lagi hebat dari ciptaan manusia.
emila
tu la, yg hitam tu lagi best.
emila
salam encik zul, secara asasnya begitulah jika hendak menggabungkan kedua-dua teknik.
zarahanie
luv your idea, combination for both handrawing + digital. I nak try later cuz luv doing sketch but 0 knowledge on photoshop. he..he..he Thanks again k. emi for sharing.
::Ida::
you’re soo right!
the handrawn look waayyy much better than the pen tool!
so this is how it is done eh? been wondering myself how do they do that!! love it!! π
emila
thank you ida…wonder no more hehe
shasha
suka semua sketch food tu…nice! kalau ada wrapping paper cenggitu sure i borong banyak2..hihi
nYomeL
ohhh.. cenggitu rupenye akak lukis and convert to vector..
slama ni wonder jugak camne akak wat.. π
Chandra Wijaya
Memang la menarik ya kak, apalagi lepas convert ke vector..
emila
thank you chandra
emila
haah…bukan kerja senang.
emila
hmm..good idea tu.
Yukino Hinata
oh i looooooooooveeeee your illustration ><