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A vector of this photo taken by polyrealism (used with permission).

My third Illustrator drawing - I wasn't expecting this to be such a challenge. The tartan skirt proved extremely difficult. I didn't want to simply mesh the fabric as it appeared in the photo (far too much work). Instead a wanted to create a square patch that I would repeat and then distort. But using simple shapes to make the tartan fabric didn't distort well. So I created a gradient mesh of a square that I repeated and then distorted. This sort of distortion in Illustrator isn't very accurate so it limited how accurately I could reproduce the folds of fabric from the photo.

EDIT: Added a white border. I think it makes a big difference. And added a little extra detail to the top of the stocking since the lack of detail was very noticeable against the white border.
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~jogmanuk Feb 7, 2013
this is wonderful I hadn't realised it was not real until you pointed it out
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~sumgie1 Sep 25, 2012
Nice. :)
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*cofresi1 May 1, 2009
Any chance on making it a download version? It's a beautiful work of art.
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~microUgly May 3, 2009
You mean have the original AI file for download? No chance--it's 140 MBs :D
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~artfighter Oct 17, 2008
At first glance it looks like a photograph
very well done.
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~microUgly Oct 18, 2008
Thanks :)
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*cofresi1 Oct 14, 2008
Excellent Job! No option to download?
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~microUgly Oct 15, 2008
Not on this one. It's a 140MB .ai file :)
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~msandersen Dec 15, 2007
Damn, even with that explanation I don't know how you did that tartan. I'd love to see you make a mini-tute using a patch of tartan, irrespective of the canvas it is draped over, lovely as it is.
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~microUgly Dec 16, 2007
Since you suggested it, I would like to create a tut but these days I'm so busy saying I will would only get your hopes up :)

You can read about it here though - [link] (I'm drworm).
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