Design Process of Phoenix Illustration
March 23rd, 2007 Filed in: Design, Tricks & Tips Jump to comments
Numbers of people have asked me how to do the phoenix illustration on my site. Was it vector? Did I use Illustrator or Photoshop? Well, here I will tell you my design process from concept sketch to final illustration. Hope you will find this useful.
1. Concept Sketch
Like most other designers, I like to brainstorm and sketch out my ideas.
2. Research
Then I will go to Google image search to get design inspiration. Notice the color theme used on my site is very similar to the images that I found?
3. Tracing
Normally I will do a fine sketch and import it in Illustrator for tracing purpose. Check out my Illustrator vector tracing tutorial. Here I experimented with different color variation.
4. Illustrator Files
Here are the Illustrator files that I traced from sketches. These vector illustrations then imported into Photoshop for composition.
5. Effects
I used Photoshop to add FX effects like: rainbow, glow, particles, and gradient. One of the frequently asked questions is how to do the particles effect on the tails and flowers. To make the particles, just set the layer’s blending mode to "dissolve".
6. Final
Here is the final illustration. Download the full size wallpaper.
April 3rd, 2008 at 7:18 am
Awesome can i have copy of these
April 3rd, 2008 at 3:18 am
Amazing work, Awesome really great…
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:33 am
nice one….well start to do it rite now
March 6th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
nice
March 5th, 2008 at 8:46 am
wounderful !!!!!!!!
March 4th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
i really like this work, it makes me think about the beauty of the bird. i just wanna hop in there and touch it stroke it like it was my own.. i love it to bits :)
February 28th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
wow!!! nice work… i like it!!!
February 27th, 2008 at 1:34 am
Marvelous thing
February 25th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
wow..this is so inspiring.
I have been following some of the tutorials and it has already helped me. Thanks!
February 20th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
phoenix illustration is greate :)