Earlier this year (around the time of the first Jameson vs. Scott (all right, the only one (so far))), I was getting pretty into Photoshop. It was at this time that I started exploring vector art (the style of the film adaptation of A Scanner Darkly), learning from online tutorials and working with personal/friend’s photos. One of my unfinished works from this winter is below:

Original photo credit and the band name “Tropic Flannel” goes to Jameson. I posterized the desaturated original to about 8 or 9 different shade values and worked on my and John-Michael’s faces (I stopped at his hair). A while ago, while thinking about making a personal portrait, I decided to revisit vector art, but using much fewer values. I also added some significant contour lines, which I think are necessary when working with fewer values to delineate facial features and separate the figure from the background. To see the two I worked on most recently, read on:

Self-portrait (above). Took a picture in Photo Booth on my laptop, and edited it in Photoshop CS2.

It’s Lisa! Worked from an old (circa ‘07) photo of her. More to come, I hope!