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Charlene Chua: rendering a spacegirl in Illustrator

Watch as Charlene Chua gives Illustrator a spin here. She says the original rendering process took her around 50 minutes, and it’s sped up here to about 5 minutes.

  • http://blog.otherskies.net/ Kim

    That was really neat. I wish I could tell how she was refining the shapes… pathfinder? Masks?

  • http://blog.otherskies.net Kim

    That was really neat. I wish I could tell how she was refining the shapes… pathfinder? Masks?

  • bollo

    ditto! slow down.
    that was awesome though.

  • bollo

    ditto! slow down.
    that was awesome though.

  • http://www.charlenechua.com/ sygnin

    Yay, thanks Drawn!

    Kim, yes, mostly it’s masks with the pathfinder joining, cutting shapes.

  • http://www.charlenechua.com sygnin

    Yay, thanks Drawn!

    Kim, yes, mostly it’s masks with the pathfinder joining, cutting shapes.

  • jonathanb

    this is amazing, How are you doing the gradients? Thats the biggest hurdle I have in illustrator. I can’t get them to work right for me!

  • jonathanb

    this is amazing, How are you doing the gradients? Thats the biggest hurdle I have in illustrator. I can’t get them to work right for me!

  • pwatkins

    How are you filling in specific areas with color? Masks?

  • pwatkins

    How are you filling in specific areas with color? Masks?