Not an Illy wizard but happy with results.....

[Daedal 13]

Man, I can't wait to learn more about brush control. These get turned in this week. The apple is my first digital painting and the Gorillaz GCT 151 (my course number) is my first real attempt with the pen tool. The Gorillaz one was supposed to be just a flat coloring but I started to play around with strokes and brushes. Now its off to do my movie poster for turn in this week. I get to mess around with live trace on that one. So much to do for mid terms.

 

Painted in Illustrator:

 

For learning purposes only:

[Swordsman 155]

not bad ! great light on the apple

[Daedal 13]

Thanks Swordsman

[Charon 73]

not bad for a start, I look forward to seeing more illy stuff from you!

[Daedal 13]

Thank ya kindly Charon, I've got some ideas that I'm hoping to get to after this coming week and things slow down again. Will definitely post

[RosieRose 549]

well I can't do this at all so I'm pretty impressed by your first try

can't wait to see more

[Daedal 13]

Tank ya kindly Rosie.

[GOvectorZ 970]

Got an awesome start there m8y If you can't find a brush that has all the stroke you'd like, then try modifying it usinf the width tool (SHIFT&W) at the points you wana change. If you wana try free hand brush (more like a pen than a brush), then try the lovely Blob brush (great for details - SHIFT & B). Mind if you need any pointers just gimme a shout m8y

[Maniak_uk 5,063]

Nice work m8 ,great start :'> kiu

[Daedal 13]

Thanks Jimmy. My hat's off to you guys and gals because this is really tedious work. I know that with patience and practice it will get easier. I just got to put the time into it. Now, I would really like to try freehand stroking and the info you posted is going to be helpful big time. Every accent stroke was penned thus the most tedious for me because I had to change the stroke setting every time. There's probably a work around. This is where freehanding will be most beneficial to me. I'll have to break out the tablet and try.

[Kliddy 104]

That looks awesome - keep up the great work!

[Daedal 13]

Thank ya kindly Maniak and Kliddy