Ladybug, Laura Ballardini (2D)

[duddlebug]

I saw this in the WiP forum a couple of weeks ago... it's a beautiful piece of vector art.

I'd love to know how you got all those textures in illustrator. I'm gonna have to get a copy of CS to play with!

Lovely...


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[BlackBastet]

OMG...
Brilliant job with vector! Excellent!
It looks so realistic.
Lovely picture, I do love it :)
5 stars!

[TCP]

I love the highlites! Very well done. The texture effect is well executed.

[rawwad]

Nice work!

Great clean style, leafs are quiet strange, but ladybug is perfect:thumbsup:

[Master Of The Universe]

lovely contrast between leaves and ladybug. i really like the lighting!

[jmBoekestein]

Turned out beautifully. I'd have saturated the highlights more, :) But otherwise quite outstanding.

:thumbsup:

[Everlost]

very cool, always a fan of vector stuff

how did she get the leaf textures? I'm guess with a lot of time and patience lol

I think with the amount of work that went into other parts, you could have messed with the legs/antenna and such a little more for a slightly more realistic look, but thats just me! awsome job

[MFK00]

wuau! great work! keep it up!

[aforetaste]

Vector artwork?!
Wow.

Nicely done.
Wanna let any of us peons in on your techniques?
Love it!

[elnady]

Now it's my back ground
awesome work:thumbsup:

[hiromercury]

So lovely ladybug^^~~I love it vey much^^~~~

[pixia]

it so cute~

[lauranonce]

Thank you all :) you're so kind!
answering to the most frequent answer on the leaf textures:
the basis of the leaf is made with a blend between 2 paths, that creat a personal color gradient, over this there's a layer with a closed path subdivided in many parts with the knife.
Each part has a radial gradient (from white to black) that simulate an emboss effect.
This layer has a trasparency that merge with the coloured leaf and so... ta daaa... you got a a home made textured leaf.
It's so complex to explain in words, but so easy to do :)
so take a look to this example:
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/8247/leaf5fu.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[GOTgraphic]

FANTASTIC!!! Excellent work Lauranonce! Nice square format and composition. And cool vectors!

Thanks for the mini-tut :thumbsup:

crit: about the only thing that caught my eye as not gestalt-perfection is how the texture of the antennae and feet don't quite match the rest of the ladybug surfaces. Buts thats minor I think.

[MVDB]

Lovely I say, just lovely!
Nice and clean style :thumbsup:

[winchester]

wow,
thats great...
so bold and beautiful!

4*s!

[CuTnPaste]

Ciao Laura, bellissimo !!!

Complimenti!

Hai un sito o un tuo portfolio?

Azie
Saluti

[highpeak]

tihis is realy good vector. so realistic. keep it up ;)

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