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... this is the second calligraphic eagle I’m reproducing. It’s always based on an artwork which I found in an antique book (1890). What you see here, is the intermediate result. – Believe me, vectorizing this one is really a tough job – at least for me.
I’m reproducing this beautiful eagle for a friend. He will use it on the start page of a web project dedicated to »Penmanship«, »Calligraphy« and »Lettering«.
2 months ago
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TAS
not bad, my friend ... not bad !!
2 months ago
@TAS Herzlichen Dank, Bernd!!! ... it is bad – it makes me dream of handles and anchor points!
2 months ago
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Csaba Gyulai
Wow man :)
2 months ago
@Csaba Gyulai Thank you so much, Csaba!
2 months ago
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Gert van Duinen
Looking great man. I just went through a series of over forty rare books on calligraphy and penmanship I have and came across a lot of these birds and other animals made with the pen strokes. It always fascinates me too see these labour-intensive attempts.
2 months ago
@Thank you so much for your nice comment, Gert! I’m really »obsessed« of penmanship. Whenever I find a book dedicated to calligraphy and/or penmanship in antiquarian bookshops or online libraries, I catch it.
2 months ago
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Julian Hrankov
I appreciate the work that went into it.
2 months ago
@Julian Hrankov Huge, huge thanks, Julian! – Believe me, it’s a challenge. ... you need nerves of steel to vectorize it.
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Rudy Hurtado Global Branding
Just wow! I don't thinking you have kids :) well done Arno.
2 months ago
@Rudy Hurtado Global Branding Thank you so much, Rudy! ... besides: I have a daughter but she isn’t a kid anymore!
2 months ago
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Nikita Prokhorov
beautiful work @Arno! I'd like to see the Illustrator 'outline mode' screenshot with all the points selected...just to see how many there are!
Oh look an eagle!! ;)
2 months ago
@Nikita Prokhorov Thank you so much, Nikita! – Here is the Screenshot. I’m still working on it, … maybe still for many, many hours (days?!)!!!
2 months ago
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Nikita Prokhorov
Looks fantastic. And...point overload!!!
2 months ago
@Nikita Prokhorov I’ll send you the screen of the final version when the job is done and you will note the difference! :D
2 months ago
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Nikita Prokhorov
I'm sure you'll be cleaning up quite a few of these points. ;)
2 months ago
Beautiful! And crazy work!
If you like penmanship vectors, I've also vectorized some great calligraphic ornaments from a nineteenth century typographic book.
Free Download here: http://www.vectorian.net/collections/free-vintage-vectors/products/110-vector-calligraphic-illustrations
2 months ago
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Blake N. Behrens
Very inspiring, Arno. I've literally gone out an bought calligraphic pens because of you and a few others on the dribbbs. Nowhere near posting anything yet, but I'm having fun learning it.
2 months ago
@Blake N. Behrens Thank you so much for your nice comment, Blake! ... curious to see your pen work!
2 months ago
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Francesco Correani
it's unbelievable how penmasters used to do things like this freehand in few minutes with a nib. i started learning spencerian this weekend and i think i will be blown out for several years to come before reaching a merely decent level. right now i even have difficulties sleeping cause when i fall asleep i started dreaming letters and i wake up immediately wanting to try something. anyway, very good vectorizing work
2 months ago
@Francesco Correani You are really spunky! I wish you all the best, patience and nerves of steel for this challenge!!!
2 months ago
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Ryan Hamrick
Hey Arno, seems to be coming along nicely! Quick question on the screenshot you linked to in your comment to @Nikita Prokhorov: How are you going about handling this project? Are you working on cleaning up an autotrace or redrawing it from scratch? It's a little hard to tell from the zoom level of your screenshot, but like Nikita said, there seems to be a LOT of points, lol. Without knowing fully what it looks like up close, my gut tells me you could benefit from losing a lot of the points, giving you far fewer handles to move. :)
2 months ago
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kirk visola
super cool. Sehr Spitze. Ich Liebe.
2 months ago
@Ryan Hamrick I auto-traced it (with Vector Magic) from a scan, which I cleaned up before in PS. The mess of points and handles you see on the screenshot is round about 20% less than I had at the beginning. I’m working with »Better Handles«, so it isn’t that difficult to clean it up quick and precise. The final result will have round about 20% to maximum 30% of what you see know.
2 months ago
@kirk visola Thank you so much, Kirk! ... herzlichen Dank!!!
2 months ago