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This is a digital painting of my dog that I created using Adobe Illustrator and took a few months to actually finish because each strand of fur is an individual stroke. I began with the basic shapes before filling in the rest, using the original photograph for reference in placement of each stroke as well as for which direction the hair went and coloring in order to distinguish each area. I had to create my own art brush in order to get the look of hair in which it starts out thicker at one end and thinner at the other. Certain parts of her facial features were created using the mesh tool and the round brush tool that was then blurred together. By creating this piece of work, I really learned quite a bit about using illustrator, such as certain tools and keyboard shortcuts, allowing me to get things done and cover a lot of spacial area a lot quicker within this last month of finishing the painting.
