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Published: 2005-05-03 17:14:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 353; Favourites: 6; Downloads: 46
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This was my illustrator final project. We had to realistically render an animal (or living thing) using ONLY illustrator. We were alloud to use NONE of the filters or raterizing effects on it. Thus, this entire snake is paths, mesh gradients, and color fills. This project was assigned in about... eary March. And I just NOW finished it. My reference was an existing photo I found.I now hate both illustrator and snakes. I'm gonna makes SHOES out of you, stupid snakes!
View in full. You can tell it isn't a photo that way.
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HHh.... u don't know how I understand your feelings, same feelings I have now for gorillas.
Your work is perfect, RESPECT for patience
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I'm fairly certain when the instructor is trying to convince you to pick something simpler... they usually speak from experience and you should probably listen... unless you get an absolute kick out of their dumbfounded faces when you manage to do it anyway. Your gorilla piece is insane!
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Thats just sorta kinda a little bit completly insane. Looks alot like a photo in small view. Very realalistic, very nice job.
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There was a moment when I thought I had lost this piece shortly before it was finished too. Then I went REALLY insane... until I realized it was ok. My teacher is a masochist.
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damn man, hella job on this.. i can totally understand your brain bein fried..
that level of detail doesnt come cheap ^^:
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Thanks. Now that I've had suitable time to stop being insane from this, I realize I put a lot more detail than I thought into it. I was in The Zone while I finished it... The Zone is like a place where you get free work done... at the cost of your sanity for the moment.
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Lovely vector. Excellent work on each and every scale. Beautiful job.
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aww this would be a grade a piece if it would gradually fade out into the background as opposed to the way you've done it here, it just seems to be catching to much reflection. but I am incredably pleased by your scale work, its beautiful I almost wanna reach out and touch it! and for that you deserve an A on it!!!, I'll personally write a letter to whom ever disagree's with the scale work 
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Yeah, fading would have looked better, but I had to do it exactly like the photo. But now that I look at it from a different monitor, I can see that it was suppose to fade a LOT more. I didn't even notice it didn't fade right while I was working on it. Thanks!
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Oh my god... OH MY GOD. This was so worth the time, this is beautifullll~! < 3 <3 <3 *sobs*
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Looking back, something smooth would have been easier rather than something textured. But EVERYONE was doing frogs. The teacher grades on difficulty, completetion, style, and 'not frogs'.
This is going in my portfolio. So I can break into random dance at the memory of this insane project.
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Ooooh very nifty. Personally, I don't mind snakes, which is a good thing, considering we're asked to health check the things for assesment work..yey.
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I actually really like snakes too. But all the detail to EACH SCALE I had to put in this thing has fried my brains. Snakes had best wear 'socks' or something around me so I can't see their scales for a while. Friggin' snake details.
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Yeah, I can imagine why that would make you want to tear your hair out
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From just the thumbnail I can tell it isn't because of the end of it's head. It kinda looks like a shoe of sorts, lol. But aside from that it's a very convincing snake.
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Wow. That's just really good and shiney.
Though I don't like snakes much, either. Still, you've done a fanatastic job here!
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