Choose a color in the polygon that seems to be the average color that is present.ģ) Select the Paint Bucket tool pressing G on the keyboard and fill the polygon with the average color. Hit ok, and then select the Eyedropper tool be pressing I on your keyboard. When the desired polygon is selected, right click on it and scroll down to Make Selection.Ģ) In the Make Selection panel, ensure that the feather radius is set to 0 and the anti-alias box is unchecked. Zoom in on your paths and use the Direct Selection Tool (black arrow) to select a single polygon. See Image 5.ġ) To begin adding color to your polygon shapes, create a new layer in Photoshop and label it Color. This will allow you to see imperfections where your anchor points are misaligned.ĥ) Where anchor points are not aligned, use the direct selection tool to select all points that you wish to be stacked, and select the Vertical Align Center and Horizontal Align Center icons in the upper tool bar. This can be corrected by converting the view to Outline View by pressing Command Y. Continue adding polygons until the whole image is completely outlined.Ĥ) It is likely that throughout the tracing process, not all of your anchor points were perfectly aligned and therefore not all the strokes match up when you zoom in on the image. As you can see, I started with the beak of the blue jay because I felt like those shapes were easiest to define. Note: It is easiest to begin drawing polygons in a well-defined area of the photo and moving outward. Make sure you are closing the polygons by hovering the pen tool over the original anchor point until you see an open dot this will ensure that your start point is the same as your end point. Select the Pen Tool by pressing P on your keyboard, and set the fill to none and the stroke to white.ģ) Start tracing your image by creating closed polygons around logical sections in your photograph. This will allow you to trace the image without making any direct changes to the photo itself.Ģ) Create a new layer on top of your base layer and label it Tracing. ![]() These vector shapes will then be converted into paths to be used in Adobe Photoshop.ġ) Begin by reducing the transparency of your photo to 60% (Windows > Transparency) and then locking this layer by clicking in the box directly next to the eye icon in your layers panel (Windows > Layers > Lock Layer). This will be accomplished by creating vectors using the Pen Tool. Tracing the photo in Adobe Illustrator with various polygons is crucial to creating this kind of illustration. 4) When you are happy with your photo, save the image as a jpeg and re-open the image in Adobe Illustrator. Go to either Image > Adjustments > Hue and Saturation or Image > Adjustments > Color Balance to manipulate the color levels until you are happy with the image. 3) Next, you may want to adjust the color of your photo to make them vibrant and appealing. This step can also be done through Image > Adjustments > Brightness and Contrast, but I feel that playing with Levels gives you the most control of the outcome. It is usually helpful to bring both the right and left arrows in slightly closer to the center to achieve an even amount of contrast. Play with the arrows on either end of the Input Levels box until you are happy with the amount of contrast in the photo. 2) Adjust the contrast in your photograph by selecting Image > Adjustments > Levels. 1) Open Photoshop and place the photograph that you want to work with. ![]() If you are already satisfied with the appearance of your photo, you can skip this step and go directly to Step 2. ![]() It is important that your base photo has good colors and contrast as this will ultimately translate into your final product. We are first going to use Adobe Photoshop to make any necessary adjustments to the initial photograph.
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