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Adobe Illusraor CS5 How-o Guide

Emmanuel Romeuf lives and works in Paris, and akes his inspiraion

from grea ariss of he pas such as Ren Magrie. In he pas year

his work has included aspecs of ypographic design, illusraion,

phoography, and se design.

His designs are characerized by a quirky humor and playfulness bu

wih ruly amazing and houghful deail. His pieces can be found

worldwidefrom concepual ediorial illusraion and cover ar o

original posers and apparel design.

Adobe Illusraor CS5How-o Guide

La Comedie des Artsby Emmanuel Romeuf


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Where I work

My desk is a big glass able, and on i I have my iMac wih able, wo

conainers full of pencils, a big Mickey Mouse lollipop, he famous

poser of Bob Dylan by Milon Glaser, a prism, a phone, and usual hings.

Around me is a se of signed silk-screen prins from he French comics

aris and illusraor Blexbolex. heres a deep green wall, los of plans,

and many graphic and ar hisory books, comics, novels, and old

illusraed childrens books. I have a collecion of small plasic dogs, a

collecion of New Age vinyls, various graphic maerials and many

differen ypes of media.

How I work

Generally, creaing an arwork for me is solving a problem. I mean, if you

manage o express wha you inend a he very beginning, he execuion

sage will be easier. So I always sar projecs wih a pen, wriing words

and drawing lile ugly humbnails. he firs drafs need o be quickly

drawn o keep he inenion. I urn he quesion around and around, and

I look wha ideas or humbnails are opposie. his sep is really exciing.

Making choices is as challenging as making a drawing. You no only

design a beauiful picure bu a space where you can express yourself

and develop a message. I like o discuss my ideas wih oher people a

his poin. We alk and bounce around our differing poins of view.

When Ive decided on wha o do, I proceed o crafing a beer rough.

Now I ry o hink abou he layou, he deails, and he colors. Myroughs are ofen drawn in black and whie and I don spend oo much

ime a his sage; I simply make noes abou my color inenions.

Nex I sar o creae he arwork on he compuer, someimes using a

scan of he rough, someimes no. I always feel free o respec or ignore

he deails drawn on he rough; is really all abou he feeling.

When I ge suck during a projec, I go over o he library jus near of my

home. I like o roam around in he shelves looking for an unexpeced

idea. Mos of he ime, my ideas don come from design books, bu

from science or hisory books.

I like to look to the past or ideas. Jrome Bosch,Giacomo Puccini, Marcel Duchamp, Salvador Dali,Stphane Mallarm, Boris Vian, Andr Masson,

and Walter Gropius are among my inuences.

I suppose that our perception o the world depends

on the times, but even today, their work makes us

travel, discover, think, understand, extrapolate,

and maybe look at things a little bit diferently.


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Skeches

On a shee of paper, wih a black

pen, I began he projec by rying

differen layous for my arwork.

Only he inenion and overall

layou is imporan a his sage.

o make my picture, I workedin the style o a contemporary

artist who is designing an artinstallationusing real objects

and drawings.

I thought o my idea like I was

staging symbols, trying to beenigmatic, digging deep into

diferent kinds o art.


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Global shapes

In Illusraor, I sared by drawing he wood

frames and he bucke wih basic shapes. I

added a warm, ligh background color because

I waned my drawing o be warm-heared and

welcoming. his helped me choose he oher

colors of he arwork as I wen, making i easier

o develop my palee.

You can always use your skeches as a model,

bu once Ive gone hrough he process of

skeching I leave hem. I prefer o make up

my shapes direcly in Illusraor because is

really easy o adjus he elemens. I always

begin like his, by creaing and placing hebasic, main elemens.

he new Shape Builder

ool in Illusraor helped

me build he wood

frames really quickly.


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Te bucke

For he bucke, I use he Draw Inside mode o

make he wood paern on he bucke shape.

I used my graphic able and a special sroke

profile, par of he new variable widh sokes,

o make he paern less linear and

more naural.

I like i when paerns are hand drawn. he

irregular aspec of drawing is somehing

has imporan o me.


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Anoher arboard

Nex, I creaed a new arboard o be able o draw he pencils and brushes

properly. I like o draw he elemens of he arwork ouside of he final piece.

Is cleaner, and you can keep a copy of each elemen if you decide o

ransform hem or do somehing differen wih hem inside he ar layou.

Using clipping mask in Illusraor, I placed he brushes and pencils inside

he bucke. I hen added some spos and drips of pain on he brushes and in

he bucke.


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Te Well

For drawing he well, I creaed a new arboard ha is he same size as he

cener frame of he design. In his way, I can make he new objecs

proporionally correc.

he rope is a Paern Brush ha I designed and applied o a sroke. I use

only black and whie for his par of he arwork because his will appear

in a picure frame as a drawn elemen in he scene.


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Te clarine

I used he same echnique for he clarine,

using he Mesh ool o creae a gradien

mesh o develop he appearance of shape

and volume.

Arranging he elemens

Te masks

Nex, I buil a mask on anoher arboard. o model i, I used he Mesh

ool o creae a gradien mesh o give he mask shape is volume.

I designed he basic, underlying shape firs and gave i he global color I

waned. hen, I added rows and columns o he gradien mesh and

changed he colors a he differen poins o give he mask he

appearance of shape and volume. Once I have he volume perfeced, I

drew he eyes, nose, and mouh wih gradien shapes. I used a color-o-ransparency gradien o creae hese effecs.


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Once mos of he individual objecs

were creaed, i was ime o place

hem all ino he final arwork and

finish he composiion.

Te playing hands

While in Draw Inside mode, I drew

he hands playing he clarine

wihin he picure frame.

Geting a color range

I used he same range of colors for he ineriors of he

picure frames, using a gradien o creae he mirror

effec. Since we can make holes in a an objec wih agradien mesh, I had o creae separae shapes wih

gradiens o creae he see-hrough appearance.

I hink my arwork is more powerful when here are

wo o hree dominan colors (brown, orange, purple).

his is a echnique used by he old poser ariss. I hink

is more difficul o achieve sunning arwork when

you choose a Harlequin palee.


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Te rope, ribbons, and shees

I made a new Paern Brush o creae he rope,

using he orange and brown colors of my palee.I drew he ribbons and he shees using gradiens

o express he volume.

Te topic or this piece,Depth o Expression, made me thinkabout La rahison des Images by Ren Magritte. I love the

ambiguity o this paintingbetween the drawn object and the

real object. Its ull o humor and so clever. I also love Magrittes

creative touch with his riddle paintings, his use o hidden

meanings and symbols.


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Confeti and ears

I added confei and ears ha I

waned o appear o be falling from

he masks. he ears made a paining

on he floor, and o accen his, I ook

a brush and placed i on he floor

wih some exra pain.

La Comedie des Arts

was commissioned by Adobe and

creaed using Adobe Illusraor CS5.

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A background gradien

I waned o beer sugges he floor

so I finished he arwork by adding

a gradien in he background.

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