Video of Charlene Chua creating an illustration using Adobe Illustrator

Here's a video of Charlene Chua creating an illustration using Adobe Illustrator. (via Drawn!)

[#1 posted by GermanCityGirl , January 23, 2009 1:19 PM]

She's one of the artists I watch on dA and her illustrations for Julie Black Belt are fantastic.

Cheers for that cool video!

[#2 posted by Shrdlu , January 23, 2009 1:20 PM]

The video takes way too long to load, but let me just say I'm glad she's not using bloody Photoshop.

[#3 posted by Shrdlu , January 23, 2009 1:27 PM]

It loaded, finally. However, I think that took much more than 60 minutes. I want to watch it in real time.

[#4 posted by dimmer , January 23, 2009 1:33 PM]

Awesome. I'd love to see a real time version as well, with a voice track of what is being done and why.

PITA that it won't play till the whole thing is downloaded, but you know, that's really just a niggle.

[#5 posted by grimatongueworm , January 23, 2009 1:39 PM]

when she was working on the foobies, I felt kinda dirty..

[#6 posted by StudioRobot , January 23, 2009 10:27 PM]

it only waits to play if you leave it at 0:00.

if you click ahead a second or 2, you're golden!

[#7 posted by Shrdlu , January 24, 2009 6:15 AM]

I paused it and pulled the cue point with my cursor slowly. She's not showing more than 1/10th of the work involved.

[#8 posted by Egypt Urnash , January 24, 2009 12:12 PM]

Shrdlu, I use Illustrator as my primary medium and I can assure you that she's showing the whole process from start to finish - but highly time-lapsed. As the title card notes, the actual piece took a little over an hour, while the video is a bit over four minutes.

Once you know Illustrator well, a lot of this comes naturally. I have done pieces of a similar level of complexity in about the same timeframe.

[#9 posted by irsean , January 25, 2009 2:28 PM]

Anyone notice the OS?

[#10 posted by thekinginyellow , January 26, 2009 6:29 AM]

i too would like to see a real time video or at least a break down in html format with screenshots and descriptions.

is she using a clipping mask or pathfinder when making the shadows and highlights? i can't tell. i would assume a clipping mask as you can do that with keyboard shortcuts and i don't see the pathfinder window open.

seems pretty straightforward, though. this is how i would probably do it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/monolithcreative/2970800058/

although i used photoshop and my wacom to color it, i used illustrator to do the base line art. i love the pathfinder tool.

[#11 posted by bassemb , January 29, 2009 6:12 AM]

I wonder what made her flip the artwork, readjust the facial features, then flip everything back.

I've been following Charlene on dA for a few years now - not only is she a very talented illustrator, she's also a cool person.