In this tutorial I will show you how to make a low poly art in the easiest way. You will need Adobe Illustrator CS3 or higher.
Remember these shortcuts :
Selection tool : V
Pen tool : P
Eyedropper tool : I
Live Paint Bucket tool : K
Open Adobe Illustrator and create a new RGB document.
First you need a nice picture of a real object. I have taken a picture of oranges [that's my favourite fruit ;) ]
Click on File--Place--select the picture--OK.....or simply drag & drop the picture to your workspace.
Keep the image selected and click 'Embed' .
Go to View--check Smart Guides and Snap to Point.
Create a new layer in the layers panel. Start by creating lines with the help of pen tool (P). First create the border and then form quadrilaterals (four sided geometric shapes). Next divide the quadrilaterals into triangles by drawing lines inside them.
When it's done, it will look something like this image below.
Turn off the visibility of the reference picture layer. Now you can see the cage. When you are happy with the result, start colouring , here is where the fun begins.
Select all Ctrl+A and press "K" on your keyboard to activate the live paint bucket tool. Click anywhere inside your drawing. Now you can colour the triangles each one separately. Press "I" for eye dropper tool. Click inside a triangle to get the colour, press K and click on that triangle to fill colour. Repeat this process for all the triangles. This will take some time, so be patient. Keep colouring and colour all the triangles.
When you have finished colouring, select all again and turn the stroke colour off to see the result.
Select a nice colour for the background. It's done.
This is my final image. Click on the image to download. Hope you enjoyed the tutorial. :)
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