Is there a specific technique graphic artists use for this illustration?
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I've always wondered if there was a specific method/technique that graphic artists use to create the patterning in this croc?
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I've always wondered if there was a specific method/technique that graphic artists use to create the patterning in this croc?
vector graphic-styles technique art
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Do you have any other examples of the type of pattern you're talking about?
– Zach Saucier
Feb 13 at 15:37
4
It looks manually drawn. Is that a digital illustration, are you sure it's vector?
– Luciano
Feb 13 at 15:51
@Luciano: The image is saved as a JPG, which introduces artefacts, which makes it look manually drawn. If this is originally a digital image, it should not have been saved as JPG (but as PNG), and the artefacts wouldn't have been there.
– Andreas Rejbrand
Feb 14 at 7:13
@AndreasRejbrand jpeg artifacts come from the fact that this image is a jpeg, doesn't prove the original is also raster. Or digital.
– Luciano
2 days ago
@Luciano: Of course not.
– Andreas Rejbrand
2 days ago
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I've always wondered if there was a specific method/technique that graphic artists use to create the patterning in this croc?
vector graphic-styles technique art
asked Feb 13 at 15:06
StaceyMStaceyM
442
I've always wondered if there was a specific method/technique that graphic artists use to create the patterning in this croc?
vector graphic-styles technique art
vector graphic-styles technique art
asked Feb 13 at 15:06
StaceyMStaceyM
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asked Feb 13 at 15:06
StaceyMStaceyM
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StaceyMStaceyM
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StaceyMStaceyM
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Do you have any other examples of the type of pattern you're talking about?
– Zach Saucier
Feb 13 at 15:37
4
It looks manually drawn. Is that a digital illustration, are you sure it's vector?
– Luciano
Feb 13 at 15:51
@Luciano: The image is saved as a JPG, which introduces artefacts, which makes it look manually drawn. If this is originally a digital image, it should not have been saved as JPG (but as PNG), and the artefacts wouldn't have been there.
– Andreas Rejbrand
Feb 14 at 7:13
@AndreasRejbrand jpeg artifacts come from the fact that this image is a jpeg, doesn't prove the original is also raster. Or digital.
– Luciano
2 days ago
@Luciano: Of course not.
– Andreas Rejbrand
2 days ago
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1
Do you have any other examples of the type of pattern you're talking about?
– Zach Saucier
Feb 13 at 15:37
4
It looks manually drawn. Is that a digital illustration, are you sure it's vector?
– Luciano
Feb 13 at 15:51
@Luciano: The image is saved as a JPG, which introduces artefacts, which makes it look manually drawn. If this is originally a digital image, it should not have been saved as JPG (but as PNG), and the artefacts wouldn't have been there.
– Andreas Rejbrand
Feb 14 at 7:13
@AndreasRejbrand jpeg artifacts come from the fact that this image is a jpeg, doesn't prove the original is also raster. Or digital.
– Luciano
2 days ago
@Luciano: Of course not.
– Andreas Rejbrand
2 days ago
1
1
Do you have any other examples of the type of pattern you're talking about?
– Zach Saucier
Feb 13 at 15:37
Do you have any other examples of the type of pattern you're talking about?
– Zach Saucier
Feb 13 at 15:37
4
4
It looks manually drawn. Is that a digital illustration, are you sure it's vector?
– Luciano
Feb 13 at 15:51
It looks manually drawn. Is that a digital illustration, are you sure it's vector?
– Luciano
Feb 13 at 15:51
@Luciano: The image is saved as a JPG, which introduces artefacts, which makes it look manually drawn. If this is originally a digital image, it should not have been saved as JPG (but as PNG), and the artefacts wouldn't have been there.
– Andreas Rejbrand
Feb 14 at 7:13
@Luciano: The image is saved as a JPG, which introduces artefacts, which makes it look manually drawn. If this is originally a digital image, it should not have been saved as JPG (but as PNG), and the artefacts wouldn't have been there.
– Andreas Rejbrand
Feb 14 at 7:13
@AndreasRejbrand jpeg artifacts come from the fact that this image is a jpeg, doesn't prove the original is also raster. Or digital.
– Luciano
2 days ago
@AndreasRejbrand jpeg artifacts come from the fact that this image is a jpeg, doesn't prove the original is also raster. Or digital.
– Luciano
2 days ago
@Luciano: Of course not.
– Andreas Rejbrand
2 days ago
@Luciano: Of course not.
– Andreas Rejbrand
2 days ago
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Using Illustrator:
- Make a Pattern Brush using two paths
- Adjust the spacing and choose Tints and Shades method to apply a brush color
- Make some irregular paths with this pattern brush
- Select them and from menu Object → Expand Appearance
- Apply a Roughen effect to give a handmade appearance
answered Feb 13 at 16:13
DanielilloDanielillo
22.4k13277
2
Impressive; I thought for sure it was manually drawn. And it may be, but here's a technique to produce that result more easily!
– Wildcard
Feb 13 at 20:57
2
Wow, this is incredible...thanks!
– StaceyM
Feb 13 at 22:03
The original is obviously not done like this, because all the "scales" are different.
– OrangeDog
Feb 14 at 12:31
@OrangeDog See my answer
– Ovaryraptor
Feb 15 at 15:15
add a comment |
1
As a Follow-Up to Danielilo's excellent answer and to reply to OrangeDog's comment.
The original is obviously not done like this, because all the "scales"
are different
You can achieve almost exactly this with a few more steps.
To achieve even more non-uniformity than just roughening them.
Start off by ungrouping all the elements and then you can use Transform Each (Alt+Shift+Ctrl+D)
One more step further you can perform a Transform Each on the individual components (swoop and line) to further control.
Swoops
Lines
answered Feb 14 at 23:40
OvaryraptorOvaryraptor
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1
Pretty cool. But I'm still not convinced the original isn't hand-painted. OP has no evidence that it wasn't.
– OrangeDog
Feb 15 at 15:20
@OrangeDog There are enough repeating elements that patterns probably were used. Then hand-drawn elements were added to up the authenticity.
– Ovaryraptor
Feb 15 at 15:23
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Using Illustrator:
- Make a Pattern Brush using two paths
- Adjust the spacing and choose Tints and Shades method to apply a brush color
- Make some irregular paths with this pattern brush
- Select them and from menu Object → Expand Appearance
- Apply a Roughen effect to give a handmade appearance
answered Feb 13 at 16:13
DanielilloDanielillo
22.4k13277
2
Impressive; I thought for sure it was manually drawn. And it may be, but here's a technique to produce that result more easily!
– Wildcard
Feb 13 at 20:57
2
Wow, this is incredible...thanks!
– StaceyM
Feb 13 at 22:03
The original is obviously not done like this, because all the "scales" are different.
– OrangeDog
Feb 14 at 12:31
@OrangeDog See my answer
– Ovaryraptor
Feb 15 at 15:15
add a comment |
24
Using Illustrator:
- Make a Pattern Brush using two paths
- Adjust the spacing and choose Tints and Shades method to apply a brush color
- Make some irregular paths with this pattern brush
- Select them and from menu Object → Expand Appearance
- Apply a Roughen effect to give a handmade appearance
answered Feb 13 at 16:13
DanielilloDanielillo
22.4k13277
2
Impressive; I thought for sure it was manually drawn. And it may be, but here's a technique to produce that result more easily!
– Wildcard
Feb 13 at 20:57
2
Wow, this is incredible...thanks!
– StaceyM
Feb 13 at 22:03
The original is obviously not done like this, because all the "scales" are different.
– OrangeDog
Feb 14 at 12:31
@OrangeDog See my answer
– Ovaryraptor
Feb 15 at 15:15
add a comment |
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Using Illustrator:
- Make a Pattern Brush using two paths
- Adjust the spacing and choose Tints and Shades method to apply a brush color
- Make some irregular paths with this pattern brush
- Select them and from menu Object → Expand Appearance
- Apply a Roughen effect to give a handmade appearance
answered Feb 13 at 16:13
DanielilloDanielillo
22.4k13277
Using Illustrator:
- Make a Pattern Brush using two paths
- Adjust the spacing and choose Tints and Shades method to apply a brush color
- Make some irregular paths with this pattern brush
- Select them and from menu Object → Expand Appearance
- Apply a Roughen effect to give a handmade appearance
answered Feb 13 at 16:13
DanielilloDanielillo
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answered Feb 13 at 16:13
DanielilloDanielillo
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answered Feb 13 at 16:13
DanielilloDanielillo
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answered Feb 13 at 16:13
DanielilloDanielillo
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2
Impressive; I thought for sure it was manually drawn. And it may be, but here's a technique to produce that result more easily!
– Wildcard
Feb 13 at 20:57
2
Wow, this is incredible...thanks!
– StaceyM
Feb 13 at 22:03
The original is obviously not done like this, because all the "scales" are different.
– OrangeDog
Feb 14 at 12:31
@OrangeDog See my answer
– Ovaryraptor
Feb 15 at 15:15
add a comment |
2
Impressive; I thought for sure it was manually drawn. And it may be, but here's a technique to produce that result more easily!
– Wildcard
Feb 13 at 20:57
2
Wow, this is incredible...thanks!
– StaceyM
Feb 13 at 22:03
The original is obviously not done like this, because all the "scales" are different.
– OrangeDog
Feb 14 at 12:31
@OrangeDog See my answer
– Ovaryraptor
Feb 15 at 15:15
2
2
Impressive; I thought for sure it was manually drawn. And it may be, but here's a technique to produce that result more easily!
– Wildcard
Feb 13 at 20:57
Impressive; I thought for sure it was manually drawn. And it may be, but here's a technique to produce that result more easily!
– Wildcard
Feb 13 at 20:57
2
2
Wow, this is incredible...thanks!
– StaceyM
Feb 13 at 22:03
Wow, this is incredible...thanks!
– StaceyM
Feb 13 at 22:03
The original is obviously not done like this, because all the "scales" are different.
– OrangeDog
Feb 14 at 12:31
The original is obviously not done like this, because all the "scales" are different.
– OrangeDog
Feb 14 at 12:31
@OrangeDog See my answer
– Ovaryraptor
Feb 15 at 15:15
@OrangeDog See my answer
– Ovaryraptor
Feb 15 at 15:15
add a comment |
1
As a Follow-Up to Danielilo's excellent answer and to reply to OrangeDog's comment.
The original is obviously not done like this, because all the "scales"
are different
You can achieve almost exactly this with a few more steps.
To achieve even more non-uniformity than just roughening them.
Start off by ungrouping all the elements and then you can use Transform Each (Alt+Shift+Ctrl+D)
One more step further you can perform a Transform Each on the individual components (swoop and line) to further control.
Swoops
Lines
answered Feb 14 at 23:40
OvaryraptorOvaryraptor
4,45211229
1
Pretty cool. But I'm still not convinced the original isn't hand-painted. OP has no evidence that it wasn't.
– OrangeDog
Feb 15 at 15:20
@OrangeDog There are enough repeating elements that patterns probably were used. Then hand-drawn elements were added to up the authenticity.
– Ovaryraptor
Feb 15 at 15:23
add a comment |
1
As a Follow-Up to Danielilo's excellent answer and to reply to OrangeDog's comment.
The original is obviously not done like this, because all the "scales"
are different
You can achieve almost exactly this with a few more steps.
To achieve even more non-uniformity than just roughening them.
Start off by ungrouping all the elements and then you can use Transform Each (Alt+Shift+Ctrl+D)
One more step further you can perform a Transform Each on the individual components (swoop and line) to further control.
Swoops
Lines
answered Feb 14 at 23:40
OvaryraptorOvaryraptor
4,45211229
1
Pretty cool. But I'm still not convinced the original isn't hand-painted. OP has no evidence that it wasn't.
– OrangeDog
Feb 15 at 15:20
@OrangeDog There are enough repeating elements that patterns probably were used. Then hand-drawn elements were added to up the authenticity.
– Ovaryraptor
Feb 15 at 15:23
add a comment |
1
1
1
As a Follow-Up to Danielilo's excellent answer and to reply to OrangeDog's comment.
The original is obviously not done like this, because all the "scales"
are different
You can achieve almost exactly this with a few more steps.
To achieve even more non-uniformity than just roughening them.
Start off by ungrouping all the elements and then you can use Transform Each (Alt+Shift+Ctrl+D)
One more step further you can perform a Transform Each on the individual components (swoop and line) to further control.
Swoops
Lines
answered Feb 14 at 23:40
OvaryraptorOvaryraptor
4,45211229
As a Follow-Up to Danielilo's excellent answer and to reply to OrangeDog's comment.
The original is obviously not done like this, because all the "scales"
are different
You can achieve almost exactly this with a few more steps.
To achieve even more non-uniformity than just roughening them.
Start off by ungrouping all the elements and then you can use Transform Each (Alt+Shift+Ctrl+D)
One more step further you can perform a Transform Each on the individual components (swoop and line) to further control.
Swoops
Lines
answered Feb 14 at 23:40
OvaryraptorOvaryraptor
4,45211229
answered Feb 14 at 23:40
OvaryraptorOvaryraptor
4,45211229
answered Feb 14 at 23:40
OvaryraptorOvaryraptor
4,45211229
answered Feb 14 at 23:40
OvaryraptorOvaryraptor
4,45211229
4,45211229
1
Pretty cool. But I'm still not convinced the original isn't hand-painted. OP has no evidence that it wasn't.
– OrangeDog
Feb 15 at 15:20
@OrangeDog There are enough repeating elements that patterns probably were used. Then hand-drawn elements were added to up the authenticity.
– Ovaryraptor
Feb 15 at 15:23
add a comment |
1
Pretty cool. But I'm still not convinced the original isn't hand-painted. OP has no evidence that it wasn't.
– OrangeDog
Feb 15 at 15:20
@OrangeDog There are enough repeating elements that patterns probably were used. Then hand-drawn elements were added to up the authenticity.
– Ovaryraptor
Feb 15 at 15:23
1
1
Pretty cool. But I'm still not convinced the original isn't hand-painted. OP has no evidence that it wasn't.
– OrangeDog
Feb 15 at 15:20
Pretty cool. But I'm still not convinced the original isn't hand-painted. OP has no evidence that it wasn't.
– OrangeDog
Feb 15 at 15:20
@OrangeDog There are enough repeating elements that patterns probably were used. Then hand-drawn elements were added to up the authenticity.
– Ovaryraptor
Feb 15 at 15:23
@OrangeDog There are enough repeating elements that patterns probably were used. Then hand-drawn elements were added to up the authenticity.
– Ovaryraptor
Feb 15 at 15:23
add a comment |
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Do you have any other examples of the type of pattern you're talking about?
– Zach Saucier
Feb 13 at 15:37
4
It looks manually drawn. Is that a digital illustration, are you sure it's vector?
– Luciano
Feb 13 at 15:51
@Luciano: The image is saved as a JPG, which introduces artefacts, which makes it look manually drawn. If this is originally a digital image, it should not have been saved as JPG (but as PNG), and the artefacts wouldn't have been there.
– Andreas Rejbrand
Feb 14 at 7:13
@AndreasRejbrand jpeg artifacts come from the fact that this image is a jpeg, doesn't prove the original is also raster. Or digital.
– Luciano
2 days ago
@Luciano: Of course not.
– Andreas Rejbrand
2 days ago