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DEL VECHIO
Coloring Line Art
Using Live Paint for Fluid Productivity
Overview: Draw with the Pen tool to trace the minimum paths needed to define dis-
creet areas; color using Live Paint tools for easy selections.
When Gustavo Del Vechio needed an illustration for his client's urban
development proposal, he used Illustrator to draw the initial concept, which
he developed more fully in 3D Studio Max. He then rendered the artwork and
placed it back into Illustrator as a template. Seeking to create a lively and
humanistic interpretation of a crowded city environment, he used the Pen
tool for tracing and Live Paint to control coloring, so he could give each
building its own personality.
1 Freeform drawing with the Pen tool in preparation for Live Paint. Since he was
using Live Paint, Del Vechio was able to draw open paths that would ulti-
mately enclose the areas to be colored, instead of precisely stacking discrete
objects atop one another and creating the fully closed paths that normal fills
require. Paths that merely crossed over other paths created separate areas,
and by drawing only enough paths to separate one area from another, he was
able to draw more quickly and efficiently, using many fewer paths and layers.
He kept Smart Guides turned on to help signal him as each anchor and path
properly lined up with the others.
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