stuck on class project

ms.scotland · 11-16-2004, 02:47 AM

thats a very detailed picture mr. curb! it will be different if we recreate it in illustrator but it can be done. it might take 10 hours. it has too many gray values to try a tracing program, as far as i know.

PrintDriver · 11-16-2004, 03:08 AM

In Illustrator???
Piece of cake. 3 - 4 hours max.
Make all of the shadows into shapes you can fill. Use transparency if you want to. Or just individual shades of gray.
Do all of the gridlines as stroked lines
The round things in the bush are round things.
The bush is a little amorphic but you can get creative with that.
The trick is to stack shapes over shapes. You don't have to recreate the bushy edge on each step. Just square it off and make sure it is behind the bush shape.

PrintDriver is a grande format digital print dude. His advice/opinions may not apply to the 4color/offset/web world of printing

WarmingTheCurb · 11-16-2004, 03:46 AM

Would anybody be willing to start me off?

**morea** · 11-16-2004, 06:19 AM

can you try using a program like Streamline? I'm not sure how effective it is - I use the handy little pen tool, personally.

I haven't lost my mind... it's backed up on disk somewhere.

pean77 · 11-16-2004, 08:57 AM

do you have corel graphics suite? if you do try corel trace

PrintDriver · 11-16-2004, 04:32 PM

Nope. Your homework, not mine.

PrintDriver is a grande format digital print dude. His advice/opinions may not apply to the 4color/offset/web world of printing

WarmingTheCurb · 11-16-2004, 06:48 PM

I think I'm just going to outline all the staight edges with the Photoshop line tool, but how do I fill it in with the paint bucket without making the whole page black?

Post Edited (WarmingTheCurb) : 11/16/2004 3:43:32 PM GMT

PrintDriver · 11-16-2004, 07:14 PM

Do it at 6' x 6' and output at 167%

PrintDriver is a grande format digital print dude. His advice/opinions may not apply to the 4color/offset/web world of printing

WarmingTheCurb · 11-16-2004, 08:49 PM

I think I'm just going to outline all the staight edges with the Photoshop line tool, but how do I fill it in with the paint bucket without making the whole page black?

ReedHendrix · 11-16-2004, 09:07 PM

If you insist on using PhotoShop, use the pen tool (you will have a lot more control with this) but you should really be using a vector program (Illustrator, FreeHand etc).

WarmingTheCurb · 11-16-2004, 09:24 PM

I don't know how to use Illustrator and don't have FreeHand. With the Pen tool, I don't get straight lines like I do with the Line tool...yet I can't fill in shapes?

uncle carbunkle · 11-16-2004, 11:27 PM

you need to take a tutorial and learn how to use the programs. i suspect that's why you were assigned this project. honestly, not being nasty, but ask your teacher or take a tutorial. tonnes of photoshop & illustrator tutorial links in the resources section of the gdf.

but nobody will do it for you. or will they? c'mon! somebody do this guy's homework! while you're at it, i haven't done my dishes in DAYS...

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stuck on class project

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