Create a Blood Elf Inspired Portrait in Illustrator – Vector Premium Tutorial
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Create a Blood Elf Inspired Portrait in Illustrator – Vector Premium Tutorial

on Dec 16th 2010 with 6 comments
Tutorial Details
  • Program: Adobe Illustrator & Adobe Photoshop CS4+
  • Difficulty: Advanced
  • Estimated Completion Time: 4 hours
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Today, we have another Vector Premium tutorial exclusively available to Premium members. If you want to take learn how to create a blood elf inspired portrait from a photo, then we have an awesome tutorial for you. We’ll cover some photo manipulation tips, vectoring a portrait in Illustrator and even some theory on hair style.

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The 7th of December 2010 was the release of the third expansion for the largest massive multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG), World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. To celebrate the release, today I’m going to show you how to create your own blood elf inspired portrait from a reference image. Also I’ll be giving some hairstyle design theory which you can apply to any future projects, ideal if you like to give your portraits a unique look.

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Sharon Milne aka ChewedKandi is an Illustrator and Writer specialising in vector art. She's from the North East of England. She's also our Editor on Vectortuts+. You can check out her website portfolio by going to ChewedKandi.net and keep up to date via her Facebook page.  

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  • http://www.designioustimes.com Doink

    You’ve made happy a few wow fans.. Vectoria :) I enjoyed the tutorial, well written!
    Drawing that amount of hair using your mouse is a real killer in both time and effort. I think I’ll try a version with more squint eyes, since blood elves are skinny, see how it goes. Cheers! :)

    • http://www.chewedkandi.net Sharon Milne
      Author

      SO weird seeing my priests name away from Azeroth :P although I can’t get away from our scalable medium, even in my down time playing WoW huh? :D

      Please show us your finished piece when you have a go at it :D

  • Iaroslav Lazunov

    Sharon, I have no strength to endure! I’m going to buy premium membership $)

    • http://www.chewedkandi.net Sharon Milne
      Author

      Haha are we a WoW fan? Or a sexy elf lady fan? :P

      • Iaroslav Lazunov

        I am any lady fan :)

      • http://bucketothought.com/loungekat/blog/ LoungeKat

        @ Iaroslav, hahahaha, nice answer!