A lot of people fault George Lucas for going back and touching up Star Wars seemingly every year with some new nudge, added sequence or adjustment in special effects. I, personally, cannot blame the man. I find myself going back to old work and revamping when I've learned new tricks and I am always pleased with the results. For instance this week I went back and cleaned up The Pine Barons mascot illustration.
I just sort of got in there and set up some ruler guides to help maintain and re-establish balance and symmetry, then had to simplify practically path by deleting extraneous anchor points, and then used some of custom art brushes to soup up the all the strokes and lines that were so lacking in energy. Obviously, I also tweaked the colors a bit and deleted all those gaudy clip-art trees. They weren't helping much either. Now it looks like a sports mascot! I would play for that team! No I wouldn't.
What's really crazy is that back in May 2008 I thought the original design I had done was my best work. Now I look at that old design and think it looks a thumbnail sketch. My perception and consciousness are funny things. As time goes the lens pulls back to reveal the bigger picture. Wow, this post just got really existential.
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