Article · Mattgyver
Creating a 'WPAP' Pop Art Portrait in Illustrator
By Matt Benson
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2018
About this lesson
Teaches the faceted, straight-line WPAP portrait style: set up a reference layer, draw tonal boundaries with straight lines only, build colour families and fill with Live Paint. Uses a worked portrait example.
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