Adobe Illustrator DVD Label For Epsilon Project

Started off with DVD label template and copied my pic of Dan Craig into it

Copied it onto my DVD label template

Locked the layer and added a layer called face and used the pen tool to trace the face shape using black stroke and no fill

Drew around the face, ears and neck

Added another layer called hair and used the pen tool followed by convert tool to add shape to the hair trace

Added another layer to the trace image called features so that I could trace the eye shape using an ellipse tool and using a black fill, using the same method, I did the eyebrows, nose, lips and chin, but with the chin I used a black line. I also traced around the dark black shapes in the ears and around the eyes.

This is how all the dark shadows look. By toggling on and off the different layers I could see the picture start to take shape.

I adjusted the neck because it looked like there was a bit missing!

 

I have now selected all the layers, selected the hair outline and filled it with black

Now with the face selected, I am going to fill it with a colour from the spectrum.

I want the outline on the face to be stronger so I am going to increase the stroke width to 3 for now

Now it’s starting to look like a comic book style which is what I wanted.

I used the eyedropper tool to get the same colour for the neck and ears

The neck looks strange now, so I will adjust it by using the anchor point remove tool.

I increased the width of the bottom lip using the stroke button and increasing the weight and also the cap to rounded

I wasn’t happy with the top lip so I re-drew it

 

I am now going to give Daniel some light in his eye using a white fill and the ellipse tool

I then went back and did some more work on the features around the eyes and nose

I have created another layer called backdrop and I want to give it a space feel so I am using the blue gradient fill colour.

I wasn’t happy with the shadow on the face so I redrew it

 

Still not happy with the neck, I deleted it. I have also moved the eyes so Daniel is looking at us.

 I need to add the astronaut costume.