illustration = tracing
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Recently I had a client that wanted a vector style illustration of a pin up girl, but he had very specific things he wanted (he's that kind of client). He wanted the girl to be wearing a cowboy hat and cowboy boots and to be buck naked.
I thought "no prob" and had a few illustrators in mind. But the client had no budget for hiring an illustrator... So I had to do the illustration myself... and I'd never tried to do it. I still took the job and I looked for an image that was similar, because yes, I was going to trace. However, I found an old pin up illustration (not vector but airbrush) of a girl in the right position and with the right hat and boots. But problem is that she also had clothes. The client wanted her ass bare. Well, I went ahead and traced the outline and some basic facial features. Everything else, I had to make up and actually I was kind of nervous I wouldn't pull it off because I'd never tried it. A few hours later, to my own surprise, it came out really well. All those life drawing classes actually paid off... Oddly enough, I think I discovered a talent I didn't have. I also enjoyed the project more than I thought I would...
I'm by no means an illustrator and have never thought of myself as one, but does that make me a tracer?