I decided that now I am a bit more familiar with Illustrator and with my 5 year wedding anniversary coming up I should try and start AND finish a piece from our wedding.

This is what I have done so far using Photoshop (with a brief stint in the middle using Krita). Something about it makes it hard for me to finish the main bulk, let alone start the background. I’ve been working on this on and off for over 4 years!
This is the image I am using to create my attempt in vector art.

Day One

This is what I have managed to do on day one. As you can see I’ve started with the easy bits first! I also got distracted and made some new brushes, so I need to get some more consistency in my lines now and decide if this is the approach I’m going to stick with.

Still – much better day one than I was expecting when I started.