The Portrait
This was a lot more work than I originally intended it to be. Of course I knew that it would prove to be a challenge, but I had no idea that it would be as difficult as it was. That wasn’t the only thing that surprised me in the making of this. I enjoyed it so much more than previously anticipated, and I hope that the viewers like it as much as I do.
The Process
First was the hardest part; finding a picture of myself that I didn’t hate entirely. I’m sure that wasn’t an uncommon theme across my classroom. I then uploaded the photo into Adobe Illustrator and went from there. I first made multiple layers for each part of the picture, namely: face, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, etc.
This was the photo that I had decided on using. Of course, I’m not the best photographer, but I didn’t want someone else taking a picture of me
Using solely the pen tool, I then began the long process of drawing the various shapes to identify the highlights and shadows of the face. It took a lot of time (I mean a lot of time) for the face to finally appear out of what appeared to be a figure straight of a Sean S. Cunningham film.
Using many, many layers, the face finally took shape. Except… there was one last road block that I was (quite literally) unable to see. The colors that I believed to look perfect, didn’t seem to pass as well through everyone else’s eyes.
Though I have a hard time noticing it, I’m sure the first thought that went through your mind was “Hey, why is he green?” that’s when I remembered… “Oh shoot that’s right, I’m colorblind.” With the assistance of my teacher and other peers, I was able to get the colors right, and I now share witth
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