Olivia Portrait

For this project I had to choose someone who I look up to and I had to make a photo of them into a vector portrait. This is my friend Olivia. She is an amazing photographer with an agreeable and lovable personality. She inspires me every day so I thought there was no better person to go with. As for actually going and creating this portrait, it was hard work. It took about 20 hours in total going over every little, meticulous detail with the pen tool. However, I think it wonderfully payed off. I have to say that I wish I'd taken more time on the shirt and neck to help it match the quality of her face and hat just a little bit better. Other than that I'm very proud of this piece. I experimented with the background a little but I ultimately went with the pink that appears in her lips and on her camera straps to bring the whole thing together. The focal point is supposed to be her face and her hat. I put a lot of detail into these and although it was unintentional at first, the detail that the face has and that the shirt doesn't allows the eyes to stay pinned on her face.