My first go

[jasonp]

hi guys

always liked the vectorised ppl so took a stab at it myself...unemployment what a way to make a livin!

any thoughts on improving it appreciated
cheers

jason

[Jaws]

Very nice Jason. That deserves a cookie +1 

Cheers

Jason check your private message please.   

[Paul LeBlanc]

Very, very impressive work... thanks for sharing

[MeeMaw]

Very nice, jasonp!!!

 

[Jaws]

Hi Jason

Your Trudy drawing is awesome and for someone just starting out I can tell that you have a good deal of talent. I love that you don't follow the crowd and do shiny buttons and banners as is so often the case with vector drawings. I feel that vector apps are just as much of a artistic tool as any paint program and I'm happy to see folks differentiate themselves by stretching their ideas in this way.

Your colors and composition are impeccable. You did a marvelous job on the hair and facial features. The proportions are dead on. Two thumbs way up!

I do feel the center shadow on the face is too sharp and a softening would be appropriate. The chin line could extend to the right side and give a more natural look. The eyes are lacking the pupils and a little more white reflection highlight would really set them off.

I hope you honor us with more contributions as it's fun to see an artist express themselves with clever, imaginative ideas and watch their growth.

It's hard working off a bitmap but I included a SVG mod of the changes I described so you can see the effects I'm talking about. They are simple pen tool paths and I tried to match the colors. Just lasso around the whole drawing with the selector tool to see the added elements.

If you use a lot of blur, don't forget to use layers. Speeds up Inkscape a lot if you toggle those layers visibility off when working on other parts of your drawing.

Cheers

[Gozzin]

Very nice, jasonp!!!

 

This is just the tip of the iceberg I'm sure.

[jasonp]

Hi Jaws

thanks for the tips and the general response guys - BTW I have a ton of shiny buttons one includes a cockrel an over the top logo for a friend who is starting a small egg business..

i can see where you are going with the suggested changes and will look to implement the suggestions on my next piece.

again thanks all for comments.

jason