…In this movie we're going to create this white hatch pattern…that I'm using to symbolically represent my thinning and graying hair.…And this is fairly labor intensive, as you're about to see.…But it can yield some great results.…So, I'll go ahead and switch over to my document of progress.…And we are going to start of with that hatching…dense pattern that I loaded in the previous movie.…So, just go ahead and press Ctrl+Shift+A or Cmd+Shift…a on the Mac to make sure nothing inside your…artwork is selected and then click on Hatching Dense…if you are working along with me to select it.…
And then click on the little new Swatch icon at the…bottom of the Swatches panel to make a copy of it.…And I'll call this one white hatches like so and the I'll click OK.…And now I'll double-click on it in order to…enter the paths Editing mode which we see here.…Now this is a great pattern but it's too loose.…I need some additional hatches.…And it's also built kind of strangely.…So to get a sense of what I'm talking about, I'll press…
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4/22/2014- Preparing a photographic tracing template
- Tracing eyes and other features with the Ellipse and Pen tools
- Roughing in hair and other complex features
- Reshaping paths to enhance their accuracy
- Establishing variety with stroke attributes
- Coloring the avatar
- Shading a face with gradients
- Adding expression and personality
- Saving a universally compatible PNG file
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 59s
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1. Tracing the Base Path Outlines
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2. Refining and Developing Your Paths
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3. Coloring and Shading the Avatar
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Adding additional shading9m 20s
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4. Adding Gradients and Patterns
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Assigning a gradient stroke2m 31s
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5. Adding Expression and Personality
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Adding playful smile lines5m 41s
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6. Exporting the Final Image
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Conclusion
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Until next time46s
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