25 Fantastic Vector Portraits

25 Fantastic Vector Portraits

on Mar 16th 2010 with 26 comments
This entry is part 4 of 16 in the Vector Portraits Session
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When most people think to create a portrait, Illustrator isn’t the first program that comes to mind. Photoshop, sure. Pencil and paper, definitely. Even paints or collage seem obvious. But Illustrator?

The truth is, though, some truly fantastic portraits have been created in Illustrator and other vector art programs. And the process can be as difficult or straight-forward as you choose to make it. Most designers seem to start out with a photo, though others have been created from scratch and may even be fictional characters with no reference image. In any case, the end results are fantastic, whether they’re kept a bit more abstract and two-dimensional or they’ve gone for a more realistic final result.

Vector Portraits

Portrait by oddhouse

Self Portrait April 09 by j3concepts

Self Portrait Number Something by verucasalt82

Female Portrait by mftalon

Illustrator Portrait by KrisCynical

Self Portrait for ID by Un-divine

School Portrait by whmurai

Description or analysis of the image, product, etc., if necessary

Portrait by Alexxxx1

Vector Portrait by J-Ro-20

Utopian. by belldandies

The Royal Portrait Part Deux by ArtistHazzard

Portrait by CQcat

Self Portrait II by PhunkyVenom

Self Portrait KDLIG by K-A-D-L

adrianaLima by cd-marcus

Stephanie by verucasalt82

Ewa by lafor

Self-portrait by heloisabrites

Portrait of Kanon by DigitalImpulses

Green by exit82

Ilona by MARiKaArt

Vector Portrait by naunet

Gackt by jmlan

Mother by solgas

Human Face by Lazunov Iaroslav

Further Resources & Tutorials

 
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  • Khaled

    Nice I love it! thank you man

  • http://www.lonocreative.com lono

    inspiring. i want to do one for myself now!

  • filippi =D

    primeiro!!!!!

  • _meganORSI__

    WOW o_O — Ilona by MARiKaArt has got to be my *FAVORITE**.

    Really makes me want to do one for myself, as well.

    Thanks for the inspiration!

  • http://www.binocle.ch binocle

    Wow, some really powerful and very interesting stuff here!

    Really love the ones who mix realism/abstraction to achieve beautiful and strong result.

    But… the last one? “Fantastic vector portrait”? Euuuh… It seems to be the straightforward flat basic practice from a 12 years old discovering illustrator.

    • http://www.loungekat.com/ LoungeKat

      The last one is from a previous tut on how to draw a face in Illustrator :)

      • stasia

        …which doesn’t make it good!

  • BmuseF

    That last one really needs to remove it complete nullifies any validity this post had.

    • http://icontut.com nabeel

      lol, give it a chance. Its okay not great.

  • Jonathan

    I’ll have to agree with previous posts; That last vector portrait should be removed.

  • http://sexidesign.com Melody

    Vector portraits are always sick..I think the last one is based on a vector tutorial for how to create a face from scratch..

  • http://www.brandymedia.co.uk Andy Griffiths

    I really love the clean sharp lines you can create using illustrator and admire people who can break these bounds using the gradient mesh tool to create life like colour blends to represent skin tone and give a much more realistic look to an illustration.

    I must find more time to create a self portrait..

  • http://www.studiografiko.com Grafiko

    Very nice! although I agree with comments about the last portrait. I think i have seen it as part of a tutorial .
    Thanks for sharing.

  • http://www.spgrafiks.com Simona

    My favs are : Ewa by lafor & Self Portrait KDLIG by K-A-D-L.

    • The Hobbo

      I like ur avatar.

  • http://www.e11world.com e11world

    I can’t believe I still don’t have time to do one for myself. I like these ones ONLY from this list (done by oddhouse, KrisCynical, Un-divine, Alexxxx1, PhunkyVenom, K-A-D-L, cd-marcus, lafor)
    Really great examples and very inspiring.

  • Lingura

    Are some of them perhaps vexels? Like the one from verucasalt82 ? Looks great!

  • http://www.phunkyvenom.co.uk Phunky Venom

    hehe wow, suprise to see one of my older vectors posted on here :) also a privilege, so thank you!

    Some stunning examples though, very impressed.

  • http://www.thepeachdesign.com Peach

    Nice collection, Some are not just typical portrait, these artists added some very cool colors and textures making in unique.

  • http://www.techiq.in/ Rakesh Solanki

    This post really makes a sense, thanks for sharing.

  • http://www.webdesignkc.co.uk Victoria Blount

    Lovely collection of portraits, all completely different styles and techniques used. It would be great if you could a several tutorials on how to create some of these individual styles.

  • Sebastian

    GReat Collection

    This is My Self Portrait

    http://sebadiablo.deviantart.com/art/Yo-version-cs3-79335771

  • digitalove

    loving the one by j3concepts, awesome pop-art style!

  • http://ipadinterfaces.com iPad Interfaces

    O geez! I wish I could do things like that!

  • http://popwallpapers.info ardhie

    i like Self Portrait Number Something by verucasalt82, simple but elegant

  • http://colemancampingchairs.com Tyler Malicote

    These are really interesting vector portraits. Thanks for the creative collection. I really appreciate it.