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title: "Drawing hairs before midnight"
description: "PaperFaces portrait of @LizzieBeth_ drawn with Paper by 53 on an iPad."
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PaperFaces portrait of <a href="http://twiter.com/LizzieBeth_">@LizzieBeth_</a>.

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---
layout: work
title: "Drawing hairs before midnight"
description: "PaperFaces portrait of @LizzieBeth_ drawn with Paper by 53 on an iPad."
image: 
  feature: paperfaces-lizziebeth-twitter-lg.jpg
  thumb: paperfaces-lizziebeth-twitter-150.jpg
category: paperfaces
tags: [PaperFaces, portrait, illustration, Paper by 53, iPad art]
---

PaperFaces portrait of <a href="http://twiter.com/LizzieBeth_">@LizzieBeth_</a>. For this portrait I decided to make one of those most excellent speed drawing videos you see all over YouTube. In the past I used AirPlay on my iPad to mirror its display to my iMac that was running [**Reflector**](http://www.airsquirrels.com/reflector/) to capture the screen. This process has worked out great but since it only records the screen you miss out on actually seeing how I draw with a stylus.

To record the video below I used some knowledge I picked up last year when I created a [pregnancy time lapse](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXd5oe_vOBE) of [my wife and twin girls](http://2littlerosebuds.com). Basically I setup my dSLR camera on a tripod behind me and tethered it to my iMac through a USB cable so I could use software to snap photographs every couple of seconds.

After grabbing around 1,000 images I imported them into **Adobe AfterEffects** as an image sequence, did some quick color corrections, added titles and music, and uploaded to YouTube.

The lighting kind of sucks and the focus is off in a few parts, but I think it came out ok for my second time lapse attempt. Next time I'll take more care to get my white balance correct upfront and make sure I don't bump into the tripod midway through the shoot.

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Update post to include time lapse info
Update post to include time lapse info
