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Line Art Portraits - Adobe Illustrator and Procreate for iPad

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  • 38 Lessons

Hi friends! In this course, we're going over how to make line art portraits. These have taken the laser world by storm lately, and we'll cover a variety of different approaches and techniques, including creating engraving files, scoring designs, and even cut files for those faceless portraits. These concepts can be applied to other projects as well, including tracing houses and drawing your own original designs!
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Contents

Course Materials Overview
Adjusting Streamline in Procreate Brush Properties

Raster Engraving Files vs. Single Line Vector Files

Knowing the difference allows you to determine what style of portrait works best for your business!
Raster vs. Vector Images
Procreate vs. Adobe Illustrator
Line Art Portraits - Same Photo, Two Approaches!

Choosing Your Reference Image

Choosing your reference image for your line art portraits is SO important! Be sure to include a brief summary of what you need for your clients, and consider asking them to send a few options so you can determine the best one!
Setting Yourself Up For Success with Reference Photos

A Lesson in Value - Knowing Your Shades!

What is value and why does it matter in line art?
Video: Why Recognizing Value Shifts Matters - Using My Own Face!
The Value Spectrum - and Real World Examples!
Video: Turning Your Reference Photo to Black & White in Procreate

Things to Look for When Drawing Your Line Art Portraits

Let's talk about some things to keep in mind while you are drawing.
Video: Things to Look for When Doing Your Line Art Portraits
My Practical Application of These Questions
Challenge: Pick an Image and Answer these Questions!

Procreate - Creating Line Art Portraits for Engraving

Video: Creating Your Procreate Canvas and Choosing a Brush
Video: Adding a Reference Photo, Naming Your Layers, and Changing the Opacity
Video: Drawing Tips - All About the Procreate Techniques
Video: Eyes and Eyebrows!
Video: DRAWING THE ACTUAL PORTRAIT!

Selective Editing and Adding Embellishments

For me, this is the most fun part of creating these portraits!! This can be done in either program, but for the ease of recording I went ahead and did it in Procreate since that is what I'm more comfortable using. 
Video: Selective Editing and Adding Embellishments

Vectoring in Inkscape

Inkscape & Vectoring
You Can Engrave a Raster Image!

Adobe Illustrator - Creating Single Line Portraits for Scoring

Video: Illustrator Set Up And Basics
Video: Turn On Palm Rejection
Video: Drawing and Adjusting Anchor Points
Video: DRAWING THE ACTUAL PORTRAIT!
Video: Making Your Image a Compound Path and Creating an Offset Cut Line
Video: Why I Don’t Like Centerline Trace | Adding a Cut Line to the Engrave

Here's a Side By Side Comparison of the Drawings!

Comparing All 4 Max Line Art Portraits
Here are the ornaments!

Bonus: Converting Your Scoring Files into Cut Files for 3D Faceless Portraits!

Video: Turning Your Score File Into A Faceless Portrait Cut File
Here’s an example!
Video: Using Glue to Make Assembly Easier

Business Tips: Sourcing Images Legally and Ethically

Finding Reference Photos, Incorporating Tracing, and Maintaining Artistic Integrity
The Holy Grail for Reference Photos: Unsplash
Why would I even need a reference image outside of tracing?

Bonus: Creating Line Art Portraits with Outlines Meant to Cut Out

For this style of project, the brush you will use has a consistent line weight (monoline is my personal go to) and you can cut out the outline and layer it on your project. You can also use the negative space pieces to paint and piece back together if desired! It all depends on the look you are going for with your project. 
Bonus Video: Creating Line Art Portraits to Cut Out
Video: Creating a First Dance Piece with the Outline Technique
Final Result - Outline Piece