Illustrator Tutorial, Fall TV Premieres

Here is a little insight into how I work with Adobe Illustrator. This is a tutorial I made for converting a photo into an illustrator drawing. This is generally how I work in illustrator for the realistic pieces. I take my own reference photos and work from them. With other illustrations, like the previously posted Aesop illustrations, I make a line drawing traditionally, scan it in, adjust levels in photoshop, do a live trace in illustrator to vectorize the image, and then I proceed in the same manner described in the tutorial. Later, I add in textures in photoshop. Enjoy.

On a side note I just finished watching the premiere of Grey's Anatomy. It was a total tear jerker. If you haven't watched it and consider yourself sensitive, grab your tissues. It did have some humorous parts including Callie walking nonchalantly past Mark's girlfriend into the bathroom, while he was taking a shower, to ask him a question and when Izzie had her usual inappropriate reaction to sad issues- She left the funeral service to go bust out laughing and the others joined in as well. Just like the narration says, everyone has their own way of passing through the stages of grieving. RIP George, we'll miss you!!!

Flashforward was pretty good too, but I'll reserve judgement until the plot has progressed some more. The one man who was conscious while the rest of the world blacked out is really interesting, so is the depiction of what would happen if people blacked out- cars, planes, and helicopters crashing, surfers drowning, the surgeons passing out. A lot of these I wouldn't have thought about. Some of the characters said the blackout was a blessing, but I kept thinking: not for the people who died during the blackout. I also got the impression that TV is showing more graphic images than it used to, whether that is good or bad I haven't decided yet.

-Heroes was pure awesomeness! The speedster with the knives and the tattoo manipulator were my favorite new additions. I'm glad Danko is gone, I never really cared for him to begin with. As always Hiro, Ando, and Sylar were fun to watch. I busted out laughing at the point when Hiro and Ando were called to save a cat and Hiro froze his own time. Ando rolling him around on a dolly was priceless. The compass thing and the burial of an unknown character were a little odd, but its too soon for those explanations. I intend to enjoy the ride for now. I also thought it was funny that two characters from Days of our Lives were on there and they both didn't last long either, they were the water delivery man Matt sent away and Claire's 1st roommate that died.