For my final project in my Art & Design I class at BC3, I had to create a technical illustration in Adobe Illustrator based on a real image. I chose to redraw the Handheld Portal Device, the main tool from the Portal video games. In order to complete this project, I had to learn how to use meshes, gradients, and distortion effects to create the wide variety of shadows, reflections, and other light effects realistically.
The final product took over 15 hours of work from start to finish!
Real photo (via LuichiProps on Etsy)
Final illustration
