Class:MFA Illustration 2022/Week 12

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Last Week

  • Adobe InDesign overview
  • Printing Booklet feature within Adobe InDesign
  • Introduction to Adobe Illustrator
  • New Adobe Illustrator assignment

This Week

  • Review Adobe Illustrator still-life drawings
  • Additional Illustrator tips, using Illustrator and Photoshop together
  • New assignment: combined vector (Ai) and raster (Ps) illustration

Notes

Some vector based Illustration Inspiration

Vector art illustration on Behance
https://www.behance.net/search/projects?search=vector+art+illustration
Vector Illustration on Pinterest
https://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=Vector%20Illustration&rs=typed
Vector Art Inspiration, 60 examples
https://graphicmama.com/blog/vector-art-inspiration
12 Famous Vector Artists
https://graphicmama.com/blog/famous-vector-artists-mind-blowing-portfolios/

Using Illustrator artwork in Photoshop

Learn how to import and export artwork between Illustrator and Photoshop
You want the "Copy and paste as smart objects" part
https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/use-illustrator-artwork-in-photoshop.html
YouTube - How to Copy Vector Shapes from Illustrator to Photoshop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Im-BAVfmM

Video Notes

Assignment

Photoshop + vector Smart Objects from Ai + texture illustration project

Your assignment this week is to discover some vector illustration inspiration and incorporate this into a new drawing via Ai Smart Object workflow in Photoshop.

Step 1

Use the list of vector Illustration inspiration above and/or the list of vector Illustrators shared last week, to identify a vector illustration style or effect that you wish to merge into this weeks illustration.

  • Save a copy of the reference image or create a reference/mood board file to share.
  • Be prepared to discuss it in review; you should know the artist's name/work.

Step 2

Leverage both Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to create a new, original, layered illustration that incorporates some vector artwork that is clearly influenced by or an hommage to your inspiration.

  • Use a vector tool (Adobe Illustrator on desktop/iPad or vectors in Fresco) to create your vector stuff.
  • Create a new Photoshop file: square, around 5k or 6k pixels.
  • Open your vector artwork in Adobe Illustrator copy and paste it into your Photoshop file as a Smart Object (example links above).
    • Pro tip: As shown in class, you can continue to edit the Smart Objects vis Adobe Illustrator from Photoshop.

Step 3

Add any additional elements and finishing touches to your hybrid vector/raster illustration.

  • Vectors are usually graphic and flat. Introducing contrasting elements is a great way to control what the viewer focuses on.
  • Consider adding textures, noise, or grain to better blend or isolate the foreground/background.

Bring upload for class next week

  • One reference image or reference/mood board file
  • One LAYERED photoshop file and any related working files, scans, etc...
  • Compositions should be 6"x 6" at 300ppi or square around 5k or 6k pixels
  1. I have created a new Google Drive directory for this project: svaMFAI_20221212-vector-smart-object-and-raster-Ps-drawings
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