Star Wars, Jedi Porg - Digital Vector Illustration

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Hello and Welcome to my first detailed digital art post of the year. I created this Jedi Porg based on the cute and bizare Porg creatures in the Last Jedi. I went to see the film with my aunt around Christmas. She absolutely fell in love with the furry little things. I decided that I would design a digital Porg for her. I'm going to send her the file so that she can get it printed and framed. I also plan so get this design on my Cloud City 7 profile. There, people can order a T-shirt and be one with the Porg.

This was a Vector illustration. I use Affinity Designer to do my Vector work. I think it's better than Adobe Illustrator as it has amazing lighting and visual FX.

I used a few reference images from Google -

I tried to strike a balance between the toy and the film puppet.

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Right, let's take a quick look at the design process using Affinity.

• Pencil

As this was a Vector Illustration, I started out with a pencil sketch. I then created curvers on the original lineart with the mouse. On Adobe illustrator, curves are called paths.

• Vector Tracing

Once all the objects are created, I go ahead and add color and edit the size and shape of the lines.

• Flat Color

This is the painstaking part. It can also be quite relaxing whilst listening to some good music.

Here it's starting to come together. Some might think that he looks better flat.

Once its all filled in, I can add the shadow, glow, and 3D FX. This is the final and most fun faze :) I decided to use one of the stock fonts for the text. I think it looks like the opening yellow text on the star wars films.

• Final

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Well, there we have it :) I hope you enjoyed my artwork and the design process. If you have any questions about using Vector graphics programs, feel free to ask me anything!

Thanks very much for stopping by and may the Porg be with you, always...