We shall now observe and start on the whole process for the illustration, yes?
1. I did the outline for the tree, the base of it. Of course, i had traced it via one of the sketch in my previous entry but i didn't think it was much of an importance to add it in. The outline was done via the
pen tool.
2. I added more tree carvings using the
pen tool and proceeded to add the colours to it via the
live paint bucket tool.
3. Fun part, the leaves. I took my time to do some research and finally settled with the selected picture which i soon started to trace using the
pen tool. This is to help me get a good even shape of the leaf and to stop my brain from telling me to do the typical tear drop shaped leaf.
4. After tracing,
i copied the outline of the leaf and added in 3 different colours to it. I
duplicated the leaf and started to
arrange it one by one on the tree since using the symbol sprayer tool made it look too busy and not exactly how i wanted it to look.
5. But this, however, was used via the
symbol sprayer tool (the leaves at the back, lighter colour) since the arrangement was so that it would make the tree look much more healthier.
6. After that, i decided to make a simple background for my really lonely healthy tree. Experimented around with the colours, made the front part lighter, going darker towards the back. Oh, i used the
pen tool here and then the
live paint bucket tool.
7.Used the
crystallize tool to make the whole place look like as if it's grass since it looks too illogically smooth. I suppose it did the job in a way.
8. Added the background, blue sky coloured via the
live paint bucket tool. Then added the clouds using the
paintbrush tool, testing around with the form and the length of the line. After much arranging, i played around with the
opacity level and made the clouds look from white to less visible from bottom to top.
9. Added the logo 8D
10. Checked for any mistakes, touched up on some smaller parts of the whole piece and finally, finished~
1. I placed the first sketch and started to trace all around it to get the form and shape using the pen tool.
2. Next, i proceed with tracing the sketch of the little forest friends carefully using the pen tool. Mostly used the pen tool but for the uneven leaf-like outline, i used the pencil tool as it was easier to make the lines look smooth and un-even.
3. Added both of the traced outlines together to form a base for the whole poster.
4. Coloured the big Willow tree using the Live Paint Tool which was quite frustrating near the end as i have forgotten to close all paths. So there was an awkward moment there while trying to colour. I didn't take a screenshot of the coloured little forest friends as the process is almost the same as this one.
5. Using the reference photo of the Willow leaf, i carefully traced the shape of it using the pen tool. Somehow the shape was fun to trace due to the fact that it's curvy and not cubic, i suppose.
6. I coloured the leaves using the Paint Bucket tool and started to arrange the leaves one by one seeing as how the symbol sprayer tool was not effective enough for me to use and i had time to waste. I duplicated, transformed, played around with the shape of the leaf and after doing a lot of duplicating, i finally stopped at that current point where the willow tree looks good enough.
7. Of course, i didn't forget about the background. I did the silhouette chopped off trees at the back using the pen tool and pretty much flat colours. As for the sky, i used the same technique as the one i did for my illustration. I used the brush to line up the clouds, making it look like a mist of clouds rather than puffy cotton-candy-like clouds.
8. Added the little forest friends into the whole thing just to test out how it looks and i'm pretty much happy with it.
9. Added the motherly Willow tree face on it because it just won't do without a face. Honestly, i'll confess that i used my mom's face for this because i couldn't come up with a motherly face to draw therefore i took her photo and traced it using the pen tool and altered it in some way so that it won't look like her face at the same time. And no, i'm not showing the steps on how i traced my mom's face here haha.
10. Added the final touch up, the logo, and my caption for the whole poster: Together for Greenery; Save our Forests. Behold, the final product!
