Blue Dog

 

Illustrator and Photoshop

 

 

Everyone has their dog days and every dog has his day, I wonder if they are the same day. Maybe when my dog has a good day I will have a bad day or my good day is his bad day and does this only affect people who have a dog. What if you have two dogs, would you then be twice as likely to have a bad day? OK, probably not. However, my blue dog poster is kind of cool.

 

I took a stock photo of this dog into Illustrator and used the image trace tool to convert him to a grayscale image. I then recolored it in shades of blue. The image trace tool is a neat little tool, but it's also a bit of a cheater tool. It is great for a quick and dirty vector art, but I still prefer to use the pen tool and have control over every aspect of the drawing.

 

 

 I finalized the image in Photoshop by using grain and glass filters to add a little texture. Personally I like to add a little texture to my vector drawings.  Vector art can have a tendency to look very flat, which isn't always a bad thing. However, I like my work to have a little depth to it so I tend to use Photoshop a lot to accomplish that. The smallest, lightest grain or noise filter can add depth to the image and still remain almost undetectable to the eye.

 

Have a beautiful weekend where ever you are and let your dog have his day, but don't let your dog day get you blue.

 

Blessings,

Charlii Jean