December 2014 - Tips and Tricks - How to Draw a Jelly Bean

[Barbara B]

How To Draw a Jelly Bean -December 2014 - Tips and Tricks



You’d think that drawing a jelly bean was about as hard as drawing a football that’s been kicked a little too often, eh? How about the shading? And the highlights? And a logo? and being able to coax control points into making perfect curves?

Don’t be a has-bean: get hip to the techniques for creating lifelike, editable and edible shapes in this month’s Special Bonus tutorial that Gary Bouton has cooked up. Read More...

Show us your beans in this thread.

[Gare]

I'm open to seeing what's bean on your mind at any time, folks.

-g

[mwenz]

Hey, Mikey likes jellybeans! Thanks G&B

Here's my quick effort. Used an envelope on the logo. Used named colors, altered color, made bitmap copy, rinse, repeat.

Thanks again, Mike



Ack, the shadows didn't get selected so didn't export...

[Crow Haven]

Fun stuff, Gare!
Well, I did the tute so here's how that turned out...then I made one in my favorite flavor = Pear!

[csehz]

Thanks for the tutorial, somehow I lost with the fractals they became different size, the second try will be better



Anyway for a non-english (or weakly) speaker european ears the jelly bean associates max the Android version , had to search in Google so they are sweets then, good to know

[Gare]

@ csehz—

I think there is a file in the Zip download file called "cheat sheet" where my finished drawing is. If you ungroup the piece and then select the fractal transparency using the Transparency tool, I think it will indicate what setting I used. What I can say is that the plasma is really really small and I think I rotated it a little to avoid the obvious repetition.

And I am sorry I used only the American slang for the sweet candy. I did, however, mention that this shape is also a kidney bean and a Lima bean...sort of .

@ Maya, once again, you not only nailed it one, but you drew it better than I did. Yeah, I know the pear ones. They do have Splenda versions, but they are expensive and limited in the flavors. I'm partial to Buttered Popcorn. They got the flavor down, right to that Flavocol crap they bring in by the keg to movie theaters.

@ Mike, ambitious, sport. I'm more concerned that I don't see Blend steps in the shading than not seeing the shadow. You bent the text nicely.

@All...you want to do your own logo, make it a good one. Make it small, with a lot of contrast, and keep the line spacing very tight. They have manufacturing machines that actually can print using food dye that is about the size of an insect!

-g