Vector Portrait, of Hugh Jackman Options

[Mikeplyts]

Probally the longest time I've spent on designing. Took about 5 hours with at least like 300 something shapes. I think it's my best attempt, ever, at a vector/vexel, w/e.

Without further ado, my Hugh Jackman vector portrait.

(The only thing I don't like is the eyes but they didn't show up good when I posterized it. Oh well.)

C&C would be nice. Thanks.

[manny-the-dino]

Omg I so freaked out when I saw "Hugh Jackman" /needs to control her Hugh obsession


Buuuuuuuuuuut well tbh, it all looks blurry. And the edges are choppy. "/ How did you do this?

[livwho]

I really like it, but I agree with ^ (Natalia?), it looks kind of choppy.

HE IS SO HOT.

[Mikeplyts]

Well, I don't really see a blur but I'll fix up those edges tomorrow.

Well, I just copied an image of him and pasted it as a new document. Then, I did CTRL+J and went to Image>Adjustments>Posterize. I put it around 7-10 pixels and it give me a "guideline" of all the shapes. I used the pen tool to trace all the shapes and gave them each their own respectable colors. Then, I selected the "main" part of the image (Hugh) and inverted the selection. I hit delete and gave the empty area a dark green to black gradient. Pretty much it.

[hi-C]

It's not very good. There's no detail to the thing. You can't see the separate fingers, etc. I think you've got the basics, but you have to work on refining your skills.

[ForgiveTheSinner]

^what they all said.

And yea, he's def hot. lol

[schizo]

If you were going for the realistic type vector, you're obviously way off. I actually think it's an interesting style, though. If you were to make the entire background in that choppy box technique instead of the gradient, I think it would make for a pretty good piece of work.

[fixtatik]

eh, it looks like you just put it through a five second cutout filter in photoshop.

[Maccabee]

Very different style because many people just use like a solid color and then shade it.
But since you did it like that I would imagine it would need much more detail and many more shapes. Good try though.

[none345678]

I agree with Greg. At first I thought that's all you did was add a filter.

[markmejia]

Not bad; I see improvement. It's kinda cool cause it looks like some kind of painting, haha.

If you really wanna get better at vectoring, though, you should work on making the edges a lot more defined. And I think you should use a lot more curves. Your shapes could be lot simpler, instead of having jagged edges everywhere.

But nice. :)

[Mikeplyts]

If you were going for the realistic type vector, you're obviously way off. I actually think it's an interesting style, though. If you were to make the entire background in that choppy box technique instead of the gradient, I think it would make for a pretty good piece of work.

No, I was going for a painting style. At least that's what I hoped. Not much but I guess I could try another backround.

Not bad; I see improvement. It's kinda cool cause it looks like some kind of painting, haha.

If you really wanna get better at vectoring, though, you should work on making the edges a lot more defined. And I think you should use a lot more curves. Your shapes could be lot simpler, instead of having jagged edges everywhere.

But nice. :)

Haha, yeah, I had a bunch of jagged edges at first but I tried cleaning it up some but obviously messed a lot of spots and some of my shapes were off which kind of affected the curves like around his shoulders. Thanks though.

[Maccabee]

No, I was going for a painting style. At least that's what I hoped. Not much but I guess I could try another backround.

Well there is kind of a HUGE difference between a painting style and a vector. Make up you mind. haha.

[schizo]

^You can do a painted style using vector. A vector is just anything using vector layers and tools. It doesn't really matter what the end product looks like.

[livwho]

I hate when people with little to no artistic authority try to give advice and talk down to you. "Nice try", wtf?

Anyway, it's pretty much da bomb Mike. Like most people have said, it needs work, but it's far from amateur.

[Maccabee]

I hate when people with little to no artistic authority try to give advice and talk down to you. "Nice try", wtf?

haha, I know I was just getting back at him, cause he says that to people all the time!

[markmejia]

I forgot to say - you did a pretty good job at choosing the colors for each layer. I guess that's what makes this better than most beginners' vectors.

[Mikeplyts]

I hate when people with little to no artistic authority try to give advice and talk down to you. "Nice try", wtf?

Anyway, it's pretty much da bomb Mike. Like most people have said, it needs work, but it's far from amateur.

Thanks Liv.

haha, I know I was just getting back at him, cause he says that to people all the time!

I don't necessarily say that all the time or rarely, because I usually say "good job" if it's alright or "great job", "well done", or "excellent work" if it's awesome or I like it a lot. I don't mind though. :)

I forgot to say - you did a pretty good job at choosing the colors for each layer. I guess that's what makes this better than most beginners' vectors.

Haha, thanks Mark.