Imitating A Scanner Darkly in Photoshop

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Submitted By: Harry Hairy on 1/28/2007. (

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Using Illustrator's pencil tool and shapes of solid color, you can imitate the graphic novel styling of A Scanner Darkly. An animator from the film shows us how. Director Richard Linklater's A Scanner Darkly impressed audiences this summer with a stunning 2D animation style that mixes heavy blacks lines with shapes of solid color to represent a realistic image. After filming the movie live action, we used proprietary vector software to animate directly over live footage, preserving the likeness and performances of the actors - a process called "Interpolated Rotoscoping." This tutorial will show you how I was able to recreate a similar effect using tools in Adobe llustrator. Using Illustrator's pencil tool and shapes of solid color, you can imitate the graphic novel styling of A Scanner Darkly. To read the rest of this tutorial, visit the link above.
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whoa, Posted: 1 year 11 months ago
holy shit dude this is awesome. scanner darkly was an incredible book and movie. you should have 10 points for this one

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