Mwahaha, KRISTINA HAS DONE IT!! Options

[technicolour]

I FINALLY finished my first person vexel. I did that shoe, but, eh, figured i'll try to do a person.

I think it looks alright. The picture had like no nose to it, so, that's why it may look a tad bitty bit weird.

It's Reese Witherspoon.

Anyways:


THUMBEEDDDD!
Original:




Mine:




Blah, you know the drill. Critique, discuss, disgust..yeah..

[technicolour]

I think I posterized it at 10?

I guess the reason why I didn't want to do much shading was because on the original..it looked..orange. Like she used some really bad self tanner stuff...and I really didn't want to do that cause I knew if I did it would have turned out orange. And orange skin is just..bleh..

After not looking @ it for a while, like a day or so, I realize I should go back and darken it.

...or just leave it alone for fear i'll screw it up.

...and it does look flat.



But THANKS A BUNCH! for all the tips and comments and shtuff

[Gigi]

I think I posterized it at 10?

I guess the reason why I didn't want to do much shading was because on the original..it looked..orange. Like she used some really bad self tanner stuff...and I really didn't want to do that cause I knew if I did it would have turned out orange. And orange skin is just..bleh..

That's why I do this:
I duplicate the original picture, and then grayscale it. Then posterize to about 15. That way you don't get distracted by all these weird colours. It's easier to figure out light and dark shades with black white and gray rather than reddish, yellowish, and orangey flesh tones.

It shouldn't matter that, in the picture, her skin looked orange. All you're looking for is how shades are shaped on a person. One of the unwritten rules of vectoring is: Do NOT pick colours for skin from the original picture. Use a colour palette, with a bunch of colours for skin or whatever you want that look natural. There is a tutorial for that on here somewhere. It doesn't matter if the skin looked orange in the original, because you're not going to see it after anyway, right?

Anyway, don't get discouraged! I'm only happy to give out some tips and tricks to make vectoring easier. I personally hate starting things over from scratch, so I'd suggest starting a new one. Keep working at it! It'll get better.

If you're discouraged, check out www.vexels.net for inspiration. =]