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| 1.OK, it all started with the Superflat
show at the Walker
Art Center last fall. I saw a piece mural piece of Karen Carpenter
and race car driver Ayrton Senna by Niro
Sugiyama, similar to this piece from Sugiyama's website: |
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| I emulated Sugiyamas style with the help of Macromedia
Flash. Started with my image (hair.jpg):
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- Import it into Flash ( File -> Import -> hair.jpg)
- "flatten" the image with Trace Bitmap (Modify ->
Trace Bitmap).
- Took some tweeking to get the Trace Bitmap settings right. Result:
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2. Saved the result by exporting the flat image as a JPG file (File
-> Export Image)
3. After I had my initial image, I knew i wanted something to be
blurred. I took an image from Vector
Lounge, opened it in Photoshop and motion blurred(Filter->Blur->Motion
Blur...) it.
The colors(reds) from the blurred image determined the color scheme
for the piece.
4. Selective Logo Placment.
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5. Used brushes i found on Surfstation
(Thanks!) for my mountains and clouds and stuff behind my head.
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6. Added a grid here and there.
7. Decided it really need a 3D element. Took a picture of a sign from
my Chicago trip, rotated it and added lines and curves in Illustrator.
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| 8. Only thing remaining was the text. Used the following fonts:
Brooklyn Kid,
Garamond, Lemuria and Verdana. |
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| 9. After messing around with layers and thier transparcencies I
had my finished product. |
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