Phantasm for Vector Halftones

[iamtheblues]

In another thread, Gary Bouton showed us his incredible work in creating a vector halftone graphic.


Not all of us, (especially me) have the patience, imagination and skill to come up with this level of work, but still enjoy the results of halftone effects.
But there is a way of replicating this kind of work by using Illustrator (CS 6 or later) in conjunction with a plugin from Astute Graphics - Phantasm (£49 €66* $75*) * depending on the current exchange rate.


The results are created by placing a graphic into Illustrator, and using Phantasm to convert it to a vector halftone representation of the bitmap.
You have incredible control on the results, being able to adjust the number of halftone dots per inch, monochrome, RGB or CMYK etc.


Attached is a cute cartoon character I grabbed from a TV advert for Dolmio Italian sauces. I used XDP 10 to blur the background and focus upon the main element and then opened it up in Illustrator.


I have also attached a detail of the result so you can see that the outcome is great-looking editable vector shapes.
I recommend that you enlarge the attached thumbnails to get the full benefit.
Bob.