- Software: Inkscape (or Adobe Illustrator or Corel DRAW)
- Level: Advanced
- Subject: Lady Justitia
I got inspired to do this work when Rizky asked how would one do vector art of Lady Justitia.
Lady Justice is a personification of the legal system. She is often depicted as a blindfolded goddess holding a sword and a scale.
Here is a walk-through of my attempt using Inkscape – consisting of a set of images and the screen capture video. You should be able reproduce similar results using other vector editors too.
Concepts
Doing thumbnails and sketches has almost become a regular in my work-flow.
After a pretty rough doodling in GIMP, I do a clean sketch in GIMP itself.
Flats
Having a solid base color for each of the parts becomes quite easy later on while adding details. Thus, I take time to create shapes and order them properly in Inkscape. (I import the sketch as a guide for shape construction).
The video is quite long – it is actually a play list of a few of them. You will see how I keep shuffling the order of the sketch, using it as a guide, to create the different shapes.
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