I love to cross stitch and this is something i made for a very special friend. It took three months to do.
holy moly..thats f***ing great...can you explain the process for me please???WOW
I love to cross stitch and this is something i made for a very special friend. It took three months to do.
holy moly..thats f***ing great...can you explain the process for me please???WOW
it's called "would you eat your cat?"
These are amazing, you could seriously make a load and stick them on ebay.
i'd certainly buy one
Well.....it's not artwork I know.....but I thought I should be sharing what I had made some months ago...
lots of patience, lots of thread, lots of cross stitches and there you go Why, do you want one?
I started off in Photoshop with a scanned photo, converted it to grayscale and then chose the amount of tones I want by using the Image; Adjustment; Posturize command. In the first Illustration, I took the grayscale photo, which would have 256 shades of gray and asked it to convert to only three or four! I then brought it into Illustrator to trace the grayscale shapes, using both the Pen tool and the pencil tool. Morrissey, the musical notes and the records are all vector. When the vector work is complete, I brought it back into Photoshop (keeping the layers) and then added various scanned images, like the building, statues, texture in the jacket, the monogram on the shirt and the graffiti. I also used photoshop's brush tools to paint different shapes, like the background circles, flowers and stars.
The second illustration has a little more detail i.e. gradients and shapes but pretty much worked in the same way.
The Posturize tool is a good one to use to achieve that graphic look.
thats some really great advice, im a graphic artist also, so I really appreciate that explanation....such great work! Do you have a permanent position as a graphic designer or do you only do freelance work...and did you go to school for it?
I'd love one I need to figure out this camera I have I painted a few Morrissey T-shirts and handbags...I'll try to put up pic..everyones art is awesome
I did not go to art school. I received my Bachelor of Arts degree with Specialization in Graphic Communications (BAS) from Montclair State University in 1990. I had no interest in doing freelance work; my goal was always to seek a permanent position somewhere, either an ad agency or studio. Unfortunately, I came out of school at the height of an economic recession so, I worked freelance for years, building my work experience and expertise, while working part-time at various jobs not art related for steady income and benefits. The freelance work consisted mostly of illustrations used to accompany editorial at various newspapers and magazines.
I believe that my decision to go to a state college, rather that art school, was a good one because had the opportunity to study business management, marketing, as well as develop my writing and speaking skills as required for my degree. So, in the end, having a solid business background, along with my graphic design training and building my portfolio with professional freelance projects helped me eventually land a position with a full time employer.
I'm currently employed as senior graphic design specialist (otherwise known as art director) at a nonprofit trade organization which has the foresight to create their own in-house creative department to promote their events. I still do freelance when opportunities pop up (recently, I did a catalog for a high-end fashion house) but generally, I am content with the decision to opt for full-time employment at one firm. The creative projects we receive at the firm are pretty varied; brochures, postcards, catalogs, web design, newsletters, signage and even animation! What's great about my employer is that all of the designers (myself and four others) are required yearly to pick up new skills and training in state-of-the-art software, and my employer will pay for those training classes.
That's given me the mighty horn, beautiful.
experiment in black and white
experiment in black and white: