Little Angels 4 - Sitting

Posted Aug 18, 2007, 12:39:32 AM UTC

This and four other companion pieces were done for an illustration assignment in my junior year for a corporation, foundation or non-profit organization.

I chose to do spot illustrations for a brochure (or something of the like) for Little Angels Pug Rescue. Having owned a pug for 15 years, I appreciate what those people do. They basically take unwanted, abandonned, sick, or injured pugs and adopt them out to loving families. On their website they talk about what they do and why pugs make good pets. This illustration is just a "glamour" shot of how pugs usually sit. lol

Illustrator CS2

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puayen
Aug 18, 2007, 6:17:12 PM UTC
Wow; I worked a bit with illustrator too, and know it must have take eons to create all the shapes you did in this piece.
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- KrisCynical
  Aug 18, 2007, 7:39:40 PM UTC
  Eh, working on this wasn't that bad. I do all of my linework in Illustrator since I first learned the program and now I'm decently fast at it. I think.
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  puayen
  Aug 18, 2007, 11:44:22 PM UTC
  But to get lines of different thickness you have to actually draw/create them as shapes and use the mesh tool to tweak them, don't you? Otherwise the lines are just single-thickness, no?
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  KrisCynical
  Aug 18, 2007, 11:54:58 PM UTC
  What's the mesh tool? I just draw the shapes without tweaking. O.o
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  puayen
  Aug 19, 2007, 12:00:21 AM UTC
  Wow, you must have a good artist hand then. The mesh tool allows you to create anchor points around and within a shape so you can tweak the shape itself and the shading/gradient within.
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  KrisCynical
  Aug 19, 2007, 12:02:34 AM UTC
  What tool are you using to make your lines? The pen tool gives you smooth arcs that don't need tweaking.
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  puayen
  Aug 19, 2007, 6:06:59 AM UTC
  Hmm... I usually just use the line tool for lines (because for most of the time now I use Illustrator only for technical illustration).
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  KrisCynical
  Aug 19, 2007, 11:18:08 AM UTC
  If you're using the line tool for straight lines in technical illiustration, do you have any curves that you have to adjust using the mesh tool? I use the line tool for straight angles and such in my backgrounds.
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  puayen
  Aug 19, 2007, 6:43:14 PM UTC
  I think AI also has a curve tool. But in any case, you can always add new anchor points to a straight line or add curvature to it later on. The mesh tool works for shapes/shaded regions.
  
  PS. If you receive two copies of this reply, it's because of an internet technical error happening during the last reply.
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Alatariel
Aug 18, 2007, 4:02:59 PM UTC
^^ Cute, very cute
This pug reminds me the dog that appears in the Men in Black series/movies XD
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