illustrator

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.

Results, Photo Decomposition Algorithm

La Joconde

Bathroom Selfie

Before you get started.

1. Your image should be well balanced in terms of contrast, shadows darks. (Take a good portrait photo.)
2. We will be working with pencils, so your image should be Grayscale. (Optional, the program will do it for you.)
3. Apply soft blur to your image, let the blur blur-up what you don't care about (ex wrinkles, textures)

Installation

brew install ghostscript
brew install imagemagick;
brew install graphicsmagick;

npm install -g illustrator;

Usage

illustrator sketch samples/a.jpg

Advanced usage examples

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

Next Steps

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.