To create a photo real scene in Adobe Illustrator the best thing you can do is to find a picture that you like, in this case a mountains landscape.
You have to work using layers:
1. Open the layers box
2. Import the image that you have chosen (go to File, Place...)
3. Place your image in the bottom layer
4. Double-click in the layer that you have placed your image
5. A box will appear, click in the 'dim images' and type 20%
6. In the layer box 'create a new a new layer'
7. Now the most important part is to create a new layer for every element in the image (e.g.: Sky, background mountains, trees)
and to trace every different element using the Bezier tools or the pencil/brush tool.
8. Add color to all the element you have drawn and with a bit of time and skill your drawing will be completed and will look photo-real.
A tip is to start drawing the elements in the background first and the details in the front later, as you do when doing an oil painting.
Hope it can help!
You have to work using layers:
1. Open the layers box
2. Import the image that you have chosen (go to File, Place...)
3. Place your image in the bottom layer
4. Double-click in the layer that you have placed your image
5. A box will appear, click in the 'dim images' and type 20%
6. In the layer box 'create a new a new layer'
7. Now the most important part is to create a new layer for every element in the image (e.g.: Sky, background mountains, trees)
and to trace every different element using the Bezier tools or the pencil/brush tool.
8. Add color to all the element you have drawn and with a bit of time and skill your drawing will be completed and will look photo-real.
A tip is to start drawing the elements in the background first and the details in the front later, as you do when doing an oil painting.
Hope it can help!
