Hope this helps.Building 2d animations using Inkscape and Synfig As you progress in making many portraits, you'll come across people with similar complexions and remembering those palettes can save you time. Once you get a good color palette, save/memorize it. Don't start with the extreme ends of the color spectrum. For example, if I come to the conclusion that a shadow is a dark tan, I know where to go on the color wheel (that where color theory would come in) and fine tune if necessary. I end up studying the actual photo briefly. The result is odd colors (especially when dealing with skin). When you use the dropper on a zoomed out image (normal view), you can't see what pixel you are really choosing. If you zoom in on a photo, you'll see that even a small section can sometimes have several pixels of varying colors even though the overall perceived color of the subject matter is solid. Don't depend solely on the dropper/color picker. Tell me what ya think!įor me, managing shadows/highlights and color in general involves some color theory and a bit of intuition. While there was poor lighting in the video making the overall image quality kinda 'flat', it wasn't an obstacle. I decided to vector a more recent clip she had done in 720P resolution.

I'll complete that art piece just for my own satisfaction at some other time. So it was difficult to get a good resemblance. Also, she was some distance from the camera which didn't help at all. Obviously, at 360P video resolution, the details aren't as sharp.

Yes, I know.you should only vector high resolution images. I had originally tried vectoring a low resolution 360P screen capture from one of her videos. I thought Akichuu would be an interesting subject for a vector portrait. So, one day, I felt like making some vector art. I watched her videos and thought they were nice. Long story short, I eventually found Akichuu's channel.

And from there, I randomly looked up Asian related videos and started clicking on related videos to the side of the video page. This is a link to their channel: I believe I discovered her while searching for videos of Japan filmed using the Canon 7D. Finally it's here! My new time lapse vector speed drawing/art published for the Interwebs! This features a Youtuber by the screen name of Akichuu.

Inkscape drawings time lapse