I've been playing around with textures in Adobe Illustrator. Encouraged by the thoughts on the topic of Von Glitschka, and the pictures of several other illustrators, including Jeffrey Pelo, I decided to give it a try. Since I do a lot of watercolor painting, I am partial to the look of natural textures. So this is a great way to "naturalize" the slick perfection of color blends and builds in Illustrator and Photoshop.
The drawing itself started from one of my sketchbook drawings. I scanned it in and traced it Illustrator. I then colored it with flat colors using various levels of transparency. At this point all the colors were very flat, so I wanted to crunch it up a bit. So I ran outside with my digital camera and shot the road surface in front of my house. I brought it into the computer and loaded it up. I think it worked well!
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I just found your comment from my daughter's move in day. What a surprise! I don't find many people who appreciate the genius that is Terry Scott Taylor! Glad to make your accquaintance. I sadly had to miss a recent concert of the Lost Dogs in Dallas, due to my work schedule. I work nights and can't go to weeknight concerts unless I arrange for vacation. I didn't find out in time that they were playing in Dallas on a recent Thursday night. But I got to see them before Gene died. I'll check on your blog regularly. Take care!
Jeff
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