Sunday, November 14, 2010

Advanced Illustrator Lesson 10

This Google image is commemorating the artist, Klimt. I have always admired the work of Gustav Klimt and was absolutely taken back by Beethoven's Frieze when I visited the Session Building in Vienna, Austria.

I used the images from Klimt's work, Mermaids. I create both "g"s by making a top shape outlining a combination of the Mermaid and the outlined letter using the pen tool and then applied a clipping mask to each.

I referenced a couple of Klimt's patterns to created the two letter "o"s. I then took those letter "o"s and created a symbol out of each and scaled them way down. I then created a pattern using the symbol sprayer and used clipping masks to create the letters, "l" and "e".

I also applied various transparencies and effects to enhance, feather and texture the letter images.

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