Illustrator-style drawing in Photoshop...

Ok! I FINALLY finished!

After 12 hours, 18 folders, 75+ layers, and a really stiff back... lol... Here it is! The challenge was to create a drawing, in this case a bass guitar, without using any pictures, ready made patterns or brushes. This is almost ALL pen tool, brush, and effects. The wood was absolutely hilarious at first. I made some pretty weird looking grains. I got some clues from someone, and finally made the adjustments needed. Still not perfect, but WAY better. The hardest part, besides the wood, was probably figuring out how to do the shading and highlighting and how to make the 3D stuff look... 3D! Like the shadows under the strings; the shadowing where the fret board meets the body; the lighting around the edges of the guitar; and how to make the knobs look like knobs and not 2D hunks of paper thin metal. lol! Even the tiny screws (that you probably won't notice till now that i tell you!) have 5 colors blended into them to make them look 3D. But I finally figured out some technics which helped a lot. I was going to give the wood a glossy look... but hehe, I ran out of steam toward the end of the night. I just finished it like, 20 minutes ago. So my eyes are shot and my back is killing me! I'll just do it next time. =P The signature at the bottom could've been better... but i don't have a tablet... so the mouse made it a little edgy. Oh well. =) I hope you like it!! =D =D =D

Luv ya!