ILLUSTRATING FOR EDITORIAL

Software Used: Illustrator 9.0
Hardware: Mac, Wacom Tablet.

Neel Patil

I read the article thoroughly and decided to illustrate on the following line.
"It is fairly safe to say that if a criminal is not holding up a large sign with their name and address facing the camera, we will never find them out". The first thing that came into my mind was a burglar breaking a safe. To make his ID prominent I decided to use a top angle so that he looks like he is showing his ID to the camera, which is normally at the ceiling. I draw the pencil sketch on a peice of paper, scan it at 72dpi, and then convert it into gray scale, to keep the size minimum.

I placed [File-Place]the document in Adobe Illustrator 9.0 .
Then changed the picture into a template [Window-Layer-Template].
I created one layer on the top of the template so that when I draw and send
my shapes back and forth, it does not hide behind the template.

2. On the second layer, I start tracing the illustration using the Wacom tablet
with the benzir tool in Illustrator. I set the outline and fill color to none.
It makes it much easier to see the template. This is something which is hard to do.

3. After completing some portion of the image, I filled his face with gradation,
keeping the Transparency level 100%. Then for each shape I used the same
gradation but went on changing Transparency levels and Mode ( multiply
Soft light, hard light)

4. For background I created another layer and moved it one layer down. It
is a good idea to lock the layers that you are not working on. Using the same technique, I colored the background. The advantage of using the transparency level and Mode is that all of the color appears from the same family.
Here is the final peice of art.

Neel Patil
Illustrator for United Entertainment Media Inc. I design Illustrations,
cartoons, graphics, charts etc for the magzines they publish. I've beenworking here for seven years. I also make websites. coolillustrations.com

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Neel Patil
Illustrator for United Entertainment Media Inc. I design Illustrations,
cartoons, graphics, charts etc for the magzines they publish. I've beenworking here for seven years. I also make websites. coolillustrations.com