An editable two-ink poster
A composite PNG, a two-plate SVG and an editable project backup.
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Cobalt statue.
A carved head rebuilt as five hard bands of cobalt and light.
Move the tonal boundaries to simplify the face. Each band stays an editable SVG path.
Choose the included images or your own inside the studio. Applying keeps your current work as a local copy.
The transformation
From source to study.
The result below is an actual studio export with this recipe. The source image is part of the result; changing it creates a different work.
Marble head of a man wearing a laurel wreath · Roman
Public domain · The Met Open Access (CC0) ↗
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The recipe
Structure first. Finish second.
TRACE structure
- 5 ink plates · Tonal bands
- Solid inks · high detail
- Exposure 0 · Midtones 1.60
- Lightness boundaries: 15% / 32% / 52% / 75%
- Aligned plates; no registration shift
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Compose passes, in order
No photographic finish. The ink plates themselves make this image, so its colors and shapes can remain editable in SVG.
Your first change
Move the tonal boundaries to simplify the face. Each band stays an editable SVG path.
A flat PNG or editable SVG. Free single SVG keeps the actual vector paths. Photo finishes do not appear in SVG.
Develop this into a finished work.
A focal print with offset impressions
A clean PNG, an offset PNG, a layered SVG and a project containing the versions.
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