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Use PixlrE to combine photos and digital images together.

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Pixlr E: Free Advanced Photo Editor & Image Editing Tool | Pixlr

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Free online photo editor with advanced image editing features. Perfect for both beginner & professional. Start editing with Pixlr E now!

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Use the tools and processes in each digital application to create a digital painting and/or photo collage that meets the project requirements.

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Use pencil & paper to create the basic portrait and trace or transfer the design onto the final draft.
Add color using colored pencil, crayon, oil pastel, marker, and/or paint.

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AutoDesk Sketchbook Playing Card Portrait

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If you don't have access to a printer or the in-person templates you can make your own templates for the  design and final draft.
This method can also be used by students who do not want to use the pre-printed templates.

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If you have access to a printer or a copy of the templates in school, the basic design can be created using pencil and tracing or transferring the design onto a final draft paper that can be colored or painted.

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Playing Card Portrait   With Template #2

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What You Have To Do: Project Requirements

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What You Have To Do: Project Requirements

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Your Project Must:

Be recognizable as representing you the individual.

Focus on a head and shoulders portrait with at least one hand gesturing or holding an object.

Have rotational symmetry: The illustration needs to rotate 180° along a horizontal or diagonal axis and be the same on both sides.

Note that the symmetry must be rotational, not reflective. The portraits should be facing in two different directions.

Have many patterns and designs as part of the portrait.

Use color.

Be created in the style of a playing card:

A border with rounded corners

An interior border

A clear suit and value

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There are a variety of options for media and processes to make your playing card self portrait.
Follow a path from this post for tutorials, resources, and examples using different media, tools, techniques, and processes.

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Learn techniques for drawing all types of hairstyles for your characters by thinking three-dimensionally and considering the volume and shape of the hair form in this tutorial by illustrator Eridey!

Hair is very important for our characters, lending a personality of its own, so drawing hair exactly as we imagine it can be a real challenge.

But there are many different approaches we can take! For me, the most important rule is to understand what I am drawing, so that I don't get lost halfway through.

1. Construction and volume

First, we must define the areas of our character's hair. Marking a reference point or a route which divides the hair can help us. For instance, at the hair parting (1). From there, it becomes easier to see the direction that each section will take (2).

As my drawing advances, I ponder some possibilities. This character will have straight hair, cut just over the shoulders. I think no bangs would be better, but I want some hair to cover one eye, and the tips of the hair to curl inwards.

I start to draw these lines. I might change my mind later on, but this stage allows me to see more clearly.

The head is a sphere. If we don't take that into account, the drawing could start to flatten. This is a fairly common error. Let's have a look using a mesh to demonstrate:

Each hair comes from a specific point and grows in a different direction. Even when the hair is very long, the gravitational force eventually brings it down.

Hair locks must somehow wrap the head following the curves of its surface. Check the difference between these two images. Both circles have a layer around them, but A looks more like a flat shape, whereas B looks to be more spherical.

Hair does not glue itself to the head. Let's keep in mind that there is always space between strands and over layers of hair, which builds up to create volume.

* The green area (1) indicates the gap between the head and the edge of the hair.

* On the back of the head (2) there are several layers of hair, but since it's straight hair, the edges are almost unaffected, which allows a very subtle falling around the neck.

* The volume varies depending on the amount of hair on each side of the head (3).

Many artists choose to simplify the hair using basic shapes, or anything else that helps them define the volume, the angles, and to easily approach values. Then they add details to the surface.

Task: I always recommend learning using real-world references. Take some photos of hair styles and identify where the locks are coming from and where they are going. You can also draw their edges.

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2. Shape:

Some drawing styles demand more effort in the detailing stage than others, but it is always necessary to take into account the standard characteristics of hair. Let's look at it this way:

The overall hair is a set of many locks > locks are a set of strands

* Hair does not form a compacted shape, nor a consistent one. It is very light, so when the character moves, the wind, the humidity, or anything that surrounds it can affect its silhouette.

Let's see some examples, step by step:

* My first step was to draw the edges of the main lock (the one which will be the base of our drawing), following the direction in a S shape. Then I filled it in to create its silhouette.

* The little strands on Step 3 follow a very similar direction, but slightly more pronounced, enough to add dynamism to the shape.

Finally, I added some strands which move in completely different directions than the original one, to balance the composition and make it more attractive.

* The lock curls itself around in a cylindrical shape. Try not to make this shape completely straight, otherwise the lock will end up looking like a spring!

* Then I simplify, first drawing a ribbon. See how it becomes thinner as it approaches the tip. The third step is to detail the external and internal sides (A).

* I added some texture, following the direction of the curves. I also put in some irregularities around the edges to match the surface (B).

We can use this method to create more interesting and complex silhouettes:

I followed all these criteria to brush up my character and then I added the necessary amount of detail while keeping it simple.

3. Adding values:

I am going to use the value scale to define details and give a 3D effect to the shapes.

The below image is a hairstyle consisting of irregular layers and overlapping locks. If we only had the silhouette, we wouldn't notice all these details, thus I need to contrast the different sections in order to highlight these shapes.

This is the step-by-step process which will help us understand better:
* I define the edges (1). In step 2, the mid-tones can be seen in the corner; the strokes follow a single direction to maintain the harmony of the shape, and the illuminated areas are left blank.
* In step 3, we apply darker shades to darken and deepen some areas, for example, on the overlapping layers as indicated by the arrows. I continue this way until the drawing is finished.

It is not a problem if we are merely guided by our intuition when drawing shadows and lights. "Lighting" is an extensive and super interesting topic, and I am afraid that what I explain here is not enough to cover it! I'd recommend researching and practicing as much as possible.

Hair types and textures:

Textures make unique sensations and enrich our illustrations. It may be overwhelming to think about hair textures, but instead of working exclusively with lines, we must not reject other tools that can make tasks easier as well as creating incredible effects, both in digital and traditional art spaces. It is always good to experiment to develop methods that highlight the qualities of our style!

I don't have a unique answer to which tool to use in each case, but here is a clue: imagine the feeling of each type of hair!

Short, almost shaved hair feels like a carpet -I've always thought so! And when I draw it, I like to give it a prickly, pointy, rough appearance.

For wavy hair, I think about the sea waves, curves finding one another. There is life, energy, and movement.

On the other hand, straight hair has serene, calm, simple and maybe elegant lines.

Explosive -but not too much, curly hair is voluminous, hard to control and, many times, hard to comb! Fluffy, soft, playful and gorgeous, those are some adjectives we can think about. Textures save time and add complexity to the shapes.

Conclusion:

These are all general approaches that use can use to make hair look like hair. If you want to go further, break the rules! There is nothing wrong in, for instance, ignoring gravity, or exaggerating the volume of hairstyles, or creating hair made of fire! There are so many possibilities we can play with to create new things. I hope this article has been helpful for you. If you wish to see some of my works, please have a look at my social networks and my portfolio:

https://www.instagram.com/eri_duh/
https://twitter.com/eri_duh
https://www.artstation.com/eridey

Thanks very much for reading!

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Learn techniques for drawing all types of hairstyles for your characters by thinking three-dimensionally and considering the volume and shape of the hair form in this tutorial by illustrator Eridey! Hair is very important for our characters, lending a personality of its own, so drawing hair exactly as we imagine it can be a real challenge.

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The Big Question: How Do You Represent Yourself?

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The Big Question: How Do You Represent Yourself?

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No matter the style, medium, or process, your playing card must be recognizable as you.
Consider:

Are there color schemes that you like? Could you use only those colors in your design?

The traditional face card designs use only the primary colors, black, and white.

Are there designs or symbols that you could use in your illustration that are associated with you or your hobbies/interests?

What can you place in your hand?

What kind of hairstyle does your portrait have?

What kinds of accessories can you put in your portrait?

Can you create a unique suit and value? Instead of Jack, Queen, or King? Instead of clubs, spades, diamonds or hearts?

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Playing cards have been around for hundreds of years and are used to play a variety of games.
In the US we use a deck of 52 cards containing four suits; hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades. Each suit has three face cards - the Jack, Queen, and King.
The detailed illustrations on traditional face cards date back to Medieval European designs. Each design has rotational symmetry, meaning that the illustration is rotated 180° around a horizontal or diagonal line of symmetry. Note the repetition of colors and patterns on the clothing of the face cards.