Command line tool to extract drawing reference from a photo and create a pdf formatted drawing reference booklet. A tool for artists of all ages.
Click Single Image PDF or Multiple Image PDF for live album examples.
- Your image should be well balanced in terms of contrast, shadows darks. (Take a good portrait photo.)
- We will be working with pencils, so your image should be Grayscale. (Optional, the program will do it for you.)
- Apply soft blur to your image, let the blur blur-up what you don't care about (ex wrinkles, textures)
brew install ghostscript
brew install imagemagick;
brew install graphicsmagick;
npm install -g illustrator;
illustrator sketch samples/a.jpg
illustrator sketch samples/?.jpg
illustrator sketch ~/Desktop/samples/*.jpg
illustrator --album samples --unpdf sketch ./samples/a.jpg ./samples/b.jpg
illustrator --album la-joconde sketch ./samples/a.jpg
You will need Drawing Pencils, Graphite Paper, Drawing Paper, Patience, Love, and, somebody to Love.
Remember,
Any time ya learn, ya gain.
-- Bob Ross
Love,
Dr. M.