Portraits

Here are my latest completed projects in Adobe Illustrator. These are two portraits based on the same photograph.

The first portrait is done with calligraphy brushes and I got to use a stylus and tablet instead of a mouse (which was SO much easier and made the project go really fast). After getting a BA in art, I can't help feeling incredibly guilty drawing right on top of a photo template! That also made the project pretty easy, but I'm still pleased with the effect: calligraphy scribbling that all adds up to a very faithful portrait.

The second portrait was incredibly time consuming, but I'm pleased with the outcome. It is a typography portrait, meaning that it only uses letters to create the portrait. I imposed on myself the further restrictions of not rotating any of my letters on an angle (they are all mostly sitting normally, though I turned a very few by 90 degrees and some letters were reflected), and only using the letters from the word "beard".