Sentinel Art Design

Making of a Personage

// November 5th, 2009 // Graphical Design

Hi there, curious mind!

Behind an image is visualization of an Idea.

Life is full of personages around us but some of them manage to catch our attention for being interesting and original – for having character inside, for the idea behind the image.
So, let’s take a look at how an idea becomes a Real Visualized Image in several simplified steps.
I have a good example of an Idea that once came into my head and there I took the pencil into my hand and…
The graphical features of the drawn character emphasize its personality. You can see it on the Sketch Stage 1.
So we have a start point – general but exact appearance of a “Who” is going to become a real Personage.

Then, taking into consideration our Computerized Internetized world ))) and our wish to improve the image and use it later also for printing, we need to transform it into a Vector Image using Corel Draw.

So, you see how the vector line is drawn following the pencil sketch.
I improved the vector silhouette where it was necessary.
The different colors lines define the separate vector parts drawn – vector details, which in totality form the whole image. So, that you could – it’s not one single line defining the silhouette but a number of, and sometimes they are very many.

The more vector details has the image the more complicated and sometimes realistic is the resulted image.

Now, getting impatient to see it in color, finally!

I like the eyes a little bit smaller than on the sketch, when seeing it in color.
And, when seeing it in color some other parts of the Horse Bust can be improved, otherwise it’s not so obvious.

Now adding volume, texture, individual characteristic details and there it is – Ready Horse Bust Personage.

Here take a look at the comparison.
Well done!