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Creating segmented art

Creating segmented art

(logo whooshes) (gear rattles) (gear clicks) - [Von] Welcome to Drawing Vector Graphics Laboratory. I've been wanting to do this movie for a very long time now. I love blues music, and it was the legendary B.B. King, as shown here in this photo, who inspired the art I'll be creating for you today. So in this movie, I wanna take you through how to think and research when creating visuals, Illustrator visuals like this, and all the other steps needed in pulling it off. So let's jump into this. Now, originally years ago, I was approached to work on a project. This goes back to 2003, and you're gonna see a sketch from that era. But as I approach any theme, any topic, any subject matter for whatever kind of project it is, I wanna take into mind those things that communicate that specific genre, in this case blues music. So we're gonna look at some thematic clues here, and that is the styling that is blue. I mean, blues music is awesome, but the people who are fabulous musicians who play…

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