Pen to Vector, a Tutorial
There’s so much more you can do with a doodle once it’s turned into a vector!
There’s so much more you can do with a doodle once it’s turned into a vector!
All of my art starts with a doodle, it’s that simple. I sketch out a page full of doodles, outline them with a good fine tipped inky pen, and then convert everything to vectors. Then I use Adobe Illustrator to work the individual vector elements into illustrations and patterns. If you would like to learn more about my process and try it out, I’ve published my first Skillshare class and it’s all about converting doodles to vectors. Please have a watch and share my tutorial with anyone who could use this skill, Skillshare offers a free trial if you aren't already a subscriber. Converting doodles to vectors is a useful skill for those who are interested surface pattern design, children's book illustration, illustrating for home decor and more.
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Redbubble Featured Artist- ME!!!!
If I could give my younger self some advice I would say 'just do it, draw something everyday no matter what it is and if you want to learn how to do something, stop wishing and take the initiative to learn it.
I'm a little late in sharing this but two week's ago I was RedBubble's featured artist, complete with an interview and pictures :) The thing I've come to love the most about Redbubble is that they work really hard to recognize the hard working and dedicated artists who contribute to their online store/ community and I am very flattered that of the thousands of artists on their site that they can choose from for their once a week Featured Artist blog post, they chose me.
"...if I could give my younger self some advice I would say 'just do it, draw something everyday no matter what it is and if you want to learn how to do something, stop wishing and take the initiative to learn it.'"
Visit their website to read the full interview.
Feeling Imaginative
When I was a kid I was always day dreaming. My imagination was so alive it was almost uncontrollable, especially in 4th grade math class where I missed out on foundational math because I was too busy drawing happy troll looking characters on my desk and giving them haircuts with an eraser or escaping to the away dreamlands that would spill onto my paper.
Adding pen over my pencil sketch
I added color using watercolor pencils and a wet brush.
When I was a kid I was always day dreaming. My imagination was so alive it was almost uncontrollable, especially in 4th grade math class where I missed out on foundational math because I was too busy drawing happy troll looking characters on my desk and giving them haircuts with an eraser or escaping to the away dreamlands that would spill onto my paper.
This morning I woke up early like I always do to get right to work, I feel like I'm most creative as soon as I get out of bed, before the sun comes up, but to my disappointment, there was an internet outage and the project I was hoping to work on was a website. It was cold and rainy outside. I missed out on the perfect morning to sleep in. For a minute I almost allowed myself to get upset about outside forces interfering with my productivity but then I realized this was the perfect opportunity to do something I've been trying to find the time to do all week; draw something for myself, for fun. So I drew a tree house and as I drew it, I was suddenly back in fourth grade, escaping to a fun far away place where it wasn't rainy or cold.