Study Katie Holmes's Portrait With Vector Painting, Jerome Birembaut (2D)

[Androgs]

Wow, Great Job, I really like this vector painting.:thumbsup:

[skyman00]

Jerome-
Beautiful Piece!
Couple of things: Her right nostril looks a bit odd; not as defined as the left. And the necklace looks as if it's just floating there. Maybe some shading against the skin beneath the necklace.
Love the flash WIP and the overall soft "feel" you've achieved here!
Good job, keep 'em coming.

[orbitalharvest]

omigosh! this is just fantastic. the only place that the vectors kinda show are the eye-lashes, but anyone would've only thought so since you told us. again, just blows me away. great work!

[artist71]

B-E-A-utiful!!!

[suker116]

i think it is painted by photoshop
..........god job~

[tevih]

Wow! pretty tight, especially for flash!! nice job! :)

[AndyH]

Astounding work! I thought it was ace to begin with, but as soon as i saw that it was flash, i was blown away! Truly excellent stuff!
If i have to be really picky, id say that the lower lip shape and shading could use a few tweaks, but overall, its bloody brilliant!

[DanVL]

Simply flawless really! Didnt know you could achieve such realism with flash!

[immerzeelpictures]

Respect! Katie Holmes wished she looked like this...

[Totoro]

http://cgtalk.com/images/smilies/eek.gif WOW, amazing piece of art!
I'm a Flash user but didn't know you could paint like this in Flash. I thought it was Photoshop. How long did it take to paint?

[CoolDuck]

Very cool, really impressive! :thumbsup: I love the eyes of her. Did u use a wacom to paint this?

[Seraf]

Thank you guys for your comments,
I use a graphics tablet but a mouse would have been enough to make this drawing under flash,
this picture took me approx 25 hours to paint and research ( very long time XD )
but it's my first try, maybe the next drawing will be faster
bye

[Rezonance]

I did not know vectors could look this realistic. Would you mind sharing an insight into how you acnieved such realism?
Great work

[Loka]

Very nice.

[XYZRGB]

Brilliant ! I had no idea you could use vectors like this.
I'm awestruck and inspired !http://cgtalk.com/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif

[jsandoval]

Hey you make me crazy! I don´t have idea the effort you put into this piece. To make your work more incredible, please fix the collar or jewelery, it looks out of place. I don´t now if it´s only me, but the neck seems too fat. Also tell us how you did it, for me look as pieces of Photoshop assembled in Flash.

Beautiful girl...

[ervine]

i can't believe it's flash.. please let us in on your secrets...

[Seraf]

final update:
you can view the flash file here (http://dreammania.net/test/realisme/realisme18.swf)
and the animated flash file (http://dreammania.net/test/realisme/realisme_anim.swf)

my secret?
It's a 1000 years old Chineese technic that I've trade yesterday with 3 Smarties box to a true false chineese...
nobody will believe now XD

There is a little exemple here http://dreammania.net/test/realisme/demo.swf
and explications :

1- draw a super pie with the brush
2- select the pie and smooth it a max (http://dreammania.net/test/realisme/smooth.jpg)
3- round his border to don't have to breaking angles.
4- convert the shape into MovieClip
5- apply a softening to the shape with the options you want.
6- set alpha on the parent clip of the anim

this is both very easy, very shitting and very complex when we have 200 clip to manage XD

thanks.

[Gremlin]

B-E-A-utiful!!!yes, unlike your avatar

[Larsen]

respect that's astonishing !

[jeroenven]

Thats incredible!!! I can't draw anything in flash, always had to export from illustrator when i did schoolprojects ... I like the look of the image, reminds me of paintbrushed work or those "hyperrealism" paintings they used to maken in the '80s (i think, if only i paid attention in arts history...)

[Ross Forster]

Hey, you've pulled off a pretty nice piece with vectors there...good job!:thumbsup:

[Troy McClure]

Saturday night:
HU?!? Another 3d head... click!:)
A not 3d is another photoshop guru.... (look down)
Made in flashMX....:surprised
MADE IN FLASHMX???? (Jump in my chair) HOLY COW! I can't belive this:eek::eek:!!
When I look the animate flash example my face look like this :drool:
I still can't belive....
Unbelibeble work! :applause::applause::applause:

[ThomasMahler]

Yes, sir, I'd marry her! ;)

Looks wonderful, a real beauty!

[NightCrawler3d]

did u just say FLASH,,,
i mean FLASHHH


dude u r going to hell u know that

[dave247]

Nice, awesome, beautiful, perfect!! Its up there with that one davec just did!

Would it be possible to see a wip? (I need as many as possible)

[Michael Chen]

Using Flash MX that's just amazing. I also luv using Flash MX :D

[Noodlz]

un-bloody-believable! :applause:

how did u get such accuracy? cheese and crepes..

[luhna]

Very nice .. I love it :love:

[jerry0520a]

']final update:
you can view the flash file here (http://dreammania.net/test/realisme/realisme18.swf)
and the animated flash file (http://dreammania.net/test/realisme/realisme_anim.swf)

my secret?
It's a 1000 years old Chineese technic that I've trade yesterday with 3 Smarties box to a true false chineese...
nobody will believe now XD

There is a little exemple here http://dreammania.net/test/realisme/demo.swf
and explications :

1- draw a super pie with the brush
2- select the pie and smooth it a max (http://dreammania.net/test/realisme/smooth.jpg)
3- round his border to don't have to breaking angles.
4- convert the shape into MovieClip
5- apply a softening to the shape with the options you want.
6- set alpha on the parent clip of the anim

this is both very easy, very shitting and very complex when we have 200 clip to manage XD

thanks.

do u mind share ur fla file. because this is so good vector drawing.

[oxyg3n]

nice painting, I really enjoyied watching the animaiton.

[Momentum]

Beautiful!, i like the way you have captured her slightly uneven smile! FANTASTIC

[Ollarin]

Wow! Excellent work man! Really! :thumbsup:

[NightSky]

Wow man, very nice! As a fellow flasher, I understand the difficulty level of this, as it's not the first choice for vector painting. Kudos man, seriously great work. :)

[Darktwin]

Wow, very nice, especially for flash!!! amazing keep up the good work.

[EricUNSL]

Seraphin[toy-toy],


Dude if my boss saw this piece you would put my entire staff out of work! You just raised the bar for vector painting. Good Job.

[greanspam]

simply stunning! I didnt know Flash could create such things!

[dmitriy_k]

Wow! That's very beautiful. I use flash, but I never know that you can do something like that with vector painting. Excellent work! :thumbsup:

[gsuhy]

It's a similar technique that is used in Adobe Illustrator (or Freehand) and the blend tool... very time consuming and tedious work using a photo in the background as reference. You will see the blend shapes if you right-click and ZOOM IN when viewing her face (especially in the eye areas) in your browser. Great stuff :applause:

[Anim8rJB]

Before I even clicked on the pic on the main page I thought 'hey, that looks like Katie Holmes..' so mission accomplished.

[xiaoyi]

Beautiful eye~:) ...only

[Fus|on]

My god, never knew flash could even do mind blowing work like this.

Excellent work, keep it up.

[Fus|on]

also.. how long did this take to do on flash?

saw the animation, enjoyed it very much. good work !!

[Fus|on]

SORRY about my lost questions

i just read your reply posted on the first page on time taken to do the image.

[Colin de bink]

this is an amazing picture, especially since it is an vector image
However, and I hate to be the one to break it to you all, It is an exact replica of a photo of katie
regularly referred to as a paintover. It is not a crime or anything but most people like to be informed of this kind of stuff.

I can show the pic if anyone wants to see it.

[Seraf]

this is an amazing picture, especially since it is an vector image
However, and I hate to be the one to break it to you all, It is an exact replica of a photo of katie
regularly referred to as a paintover. It is not a crime or anything but most people like to be informed of this kind of stuff.

I can show the pic if anyone wants to see it. I think everyone had understood that...
but if you can make a "paintover" ( it's not realy that ) look like this in flash, show me please :D

[Colin de bink]

My apologies if you made it clear that it was a "paintover" but I could not find any reference to it in any of the posts in this tread and I read them all to be sure (I could have missed it). anyway you say it can't be called a "paintover" because it is flash? lets call it a "flashover" then. It doesn't matter the principal is the same.

here is the image.
you can lay them over in photoshop, the are exactly the same.

please keep in mind that I still find this an incredibly well done image.

[Seraf]

Well of course I use this picture as reference, but not in layer,
the final face are more lifted, unified etc well we don't care.
http://cgtalk.com/images/smilies/beerchug.gif
sorry if i haven't specified it explicitly.
:love:

[turx]

nobody needs to be informed about painting over. I believe that most of the guys here saw this picture of Katie Holmes at least once .
In photoshop it could be a trick but in Flash.. Damnnn Beautifuuul!! Zoom, Zoom,Zoom,Zooooom!!!
Please make more! Maybe after seeing your work, Macromedia puts some advanced drawing tools to the next version of flash.

Respect! :bowdown:

[deathblood]

Flash...My work is flasher...so I know this software,I want to know how did you do it?Great...http://www.cgtalk.com/images/icons/icon13.gif

[HamsaPaksham]

Man, you are crazy! It´s more than perfect.

Why do this in Flash? Hehehe. For you guys who never used Flash: it´s like creating this piece in Illustrator and Corel Draw ( vector illustration packages, unlike Photoshop), but it´s even more difficult, because it doe´snt have all the tools.

Congratulations!!!

[Taharez]

You're insane ;) Damn, that's impressive! Got to agree with someone who said the neck looks a bit fat though. It's probably because there appear to be some shading missing under her jaw at the right side of the image. Also, isn't her chin a bit to round? Awesome work regardless of course, keep it up ( or rather, do it in an easier prog so we get to see more of this stuff ;) ).

[GhostFace]

unbelievable!!! Nufsaid

[zerodean]

Excellent image. Well done.

Anyone interested can find some flash photorealism tutorials here...

http://www.vectorkid.com/tutorials.html

Sincerely,

Zero Dean
3D Artist & Photographer
www.zerotopia.com (http://www.zerotopia.com/)

[Seraf]

Hi
you can download a demo FLA containing a part of the face (an eye)
i hope that you will be useful...
http://dreammania.net/test/realisme/realisme_demo.zip
thanks

[pearl3d]

very nice paint........

love it a lot

congratulations :bounce:

[The-3D-Data-Labs-Guy]

This is very cool man! well done.!

[bash]

Amazing work!
You have managed to capture Katie Holmes very well.. an "airbrushed" version.. nonetheless... Looks GREAT! :thumbsup:

[davhub]

WOOOWWW! Vector image! cannot quite believe it :eek:

I I did not see the animation I could not believe it!
Hy man! great skill! keep on astonish us :applause:

thanks for sharing..

and.. did you use some groups didn't you? (the eybrows for example..)

Davhub

[digitalhadz]

wow amazing work of art! great skill in flash dude. 4 thumbs up together with my toes!:)

[kinkypuss]

truly amazing.. can't believe it's made in flash.. simply amazing.. :thumbsup:

[DavCole]

This is beautiful work.

[Isurus]

that is insane.

[gabrieldevue]

thank you very much for posting the swf-files.... these techniques are so very impressive! Did you find any good tutorial by your research?

[jack_sparrow]

Brilliant stuff mate! I work with Flash on a daily basis so the fact that you painted that realistic blows me to pieces!! :bounce:

[Quack!]

Quite amazing... I would have been less impressed if it was done in photoshop because a reference was used but since it was done with vector graphics it is very good...
Keep on with the good job http://cgtalk.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

[nymbis]

Amazing Work! :)

[ncre8]

Please teach can u teach me how to use a vector program like illustrator,freehand or flash
there u have one of the most stunning vector work i have ever see

[wildcart]

amazing image dude :P but where can i find that soften command in flash :S

[yeson]

great work.good.

[shableep]

fuggin' amazing. i'm so freakin blown away. i looked at it at first n' i was like "how the crap... did he custom make all those gradiants?!@"

i was gonna go mad. but heard about the smooth technique. damn genius. that's gonna completly change the way i've been creating content in flash.

btw, to do smoothing...

select any shape in flash
modify>>shape>>soften fill edges...

oh my the goodness.

[Lexo]

one single word: beautifulst!

[Anne7]

It's gorgeous. I particularly love the corner of her eyes.

Excellent work!

[markw7]

Amazing. What is the file size of the fla? I've noticed Flash sometimes grinds to a halt with a lot of vectors on the stage.

Oh yeah, and what does "1- draw a super pie with the brush" mean?

[Seraf]

thank you everyone for your compliments
i will want to make a tutorial but for the moment
i have no time for this,
the fla size? strange question :D approximately 1000Ko
the swf file 161Ko
bye and sorry for my bad english http://cgtalk.com/images/smilies/grin.gif

[butlafer]

OMFG that is so awsome first i though it was illustrator, but flash wow, props to you, props to you!

[billy_john_bob_jim]

sweet dude keep up the work... -M

[Ali Imran Zaidi]

Hi congratulation man !:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

You done a mind blowing work using flash mx it nice and beautiful....I Love this job ......
Bye.

[feverinlove]

OMG. r u kiddin me?

I can hardly make a stickman in Flash

Congratulations!:applause:

[Anne7]

Wonderful work!

Especially the painting around the eyes are very delicate.

[ooxxya]

wooo!!~~its so N~I~C~E!

[sgoob]

i had no idea you could do work like this in flash. i love it. so incredible.

[mrvman]

All I can say is, magnifique!


I loved the animated flash as much as the end result.

[Kong kong na]

so cool, i like it so much... very impressive...:thumbsup: .....amazing image .......^^..

[RedDream]

Amazing work!!!

It looks like a really pretty girl!!

[John L. Doe]

Don't worry yourself of any critic anyone writes here...I think your SWF is AWESOME !
A true masterpiece...
And if you ask me..looks even better than the real Katie..

[william_lwg]

:thumbsup:woooooow!!
简练的表现，很美

[nashya]

Vector!? I bow to you and your skills. Oh my god... I can't do vector in any program. And you did this in FLASH? Amazing. I'll have to keep an eye on you. :D

[bolchover]

I can't add much to the comments above saying how impressive this is! I do know how difficult it is to achieve realism with vectors, which really puts this in context :)

[PLATE]

it really looks like her, pretty isn't she? :thumbsup:

[fiftyfive]

Wow, i didnt know flash could be taken that far. amazing amazing stuff, bravo, that is great work man, just awsome.

[sam4grafix]

OOHHH!! SEXY WORK DEAR!!:love:

[DANKA]

Vectorial??? GOSH!!!

O_____O

no words! :banghead:

[Exlinked]

That was awesome !

[AmazeMe]

WOW!! Inspiring. Thanks for sharing.

[ASUSpoon]

Hey nice job!
My sister actually is a pretty good friend with Katie. Ill try to get Katie to take a look and get her opinion but no promises. Ill do my best though.

[onlooker]

That is really good. It looks just like her. I love Katie Holmes. :love:

[kaiyongman]

WOW!! Inspiring. Thanks for sharing

[elijah'77]

bonjour monsuier.... je suis indien.... ur work is really appreciable...!!!

[TiCool]

Very beautiful pair of eyes!:)

[vortex3010]

That looks like an enormous amount of work, I watched the animated flash and I'm sure that it's only half the battle. That's really awsome work!

[ooxxya]

WOW!!~!!my god ....flasf!!?amazing .....my god...

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