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Paint and Vectors

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So, in case anyone finds this useful or something... Here's how i made my last deviation. I decided to make use of vectors but still wanted to end up with a painting rather than a design.

1) Scetch with wacom and gimp (there were several scetches that ended up like this)

2) Import the scetch to inkscape and do vectors on top of it. Some of the branches were cut off as they seemed too difficult to compose.

3) Back to gimp. Design the light. As I wanted to keep the contrasts between surfaces very high I ended up with unrealistic lights.

4) Shading and adding details. Again, i didnt stick with reality and shaded the tree pretty freely. After searching for some brushes i decided to go with a basic oversized pencil and detailed the hill with it.

5) By now i realize that the trees dont look good without leaves, even if that would fit the symbolism better. Back to inkscape, designed one leaf and duplicated it all over again (scaling and rotating it so that it wouldnt look the same). To gimp again and some paint on the leaves.

Done.

6) I wonder if the hill being so "flaming" fits with the sky being so dull and the tree being so precise. Then again, the sky cant be too detailed or it starts to take the focus away from the tree. And if I make the tree more painting-like it will take away the advantages of using vectors. So the only option would be to simplify the hill details, but i like the way it looks now...
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sracln97's avatar
Could you do a tutorial?