Portrait Procedure:
Step 1.
Prepare your portrait photograph in Photoshop by cropping and making tonal adjustments.
Go to ;
image > adjustments > Black and White
image > adjustments >(Brightness /Contrast, Levels, curves,)
image > adjustments > posterize
Save the Photoshop file as a .psd and then save as a JPEG file, aprox 150ppi 12” x 12”
Step 2.
Import the JPEG into Illustrator as a template and trace with the pen tool. Your Illustrator file should be 12" x12" Remember to close your shapes! Use your custom palette for your color scheme. You will need to decide which colors to apply to the highlight, midtone, and shadow.
Remember! To import your palette ; Go to the popup menu on the the swatches palette and select > open library > other library > to desktop or wherever you saved your palette
( you should have saved your palettes (color groups) as well as your defined pattern)
(if you are having trouble with tones being too similar, recolor to grey scale and notice the range from black to white. You can change a particular tone to a lighter or darker shade, then recolor with your own color group.)
Step 3.
You should have already created a separate file using letterforms to create a motif that will be use as a pattern.
Letter forms > create outlines
Use shape builder to color
Define pattern > edit > define pattern
Step 4. Putting it all together
After finishing the portrait file and the pattern file, save copies of files and change the colors to another classmates palette. You will have two portraits and two patterns that are identical except for their colors.
Step 5
Save files for yourself on your flash or hard drive as illustrator files. Turn both files into the shared drive as flattened files (jpg or pdf) .Choose the portrait with your favorite color scheme to print and Mat for the critique.
