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Sharbat Gula Vector — Description
The famous Afghan Girl, Sharbat Gula as photographed by Steve McCurry for National Geographic in the early 1980's.

This is a vector I did sporadically during my free time in one of the graphic art courses I took when I was in high school : ) It was a gift for my dad, who has the original poster of her in his garage. I also have a poster of her, and managed to find the original Nat Geo issue featuring her on ebay. : ) It's just.. one of my favorite photographs of all time. My vector does it no justice!

Original Photograph (C) Steve McCurry/Nat Geo
Program: Adobe Photoshop CS2
Time: About an hour a day for three weeks
Process: Took original 40 something by something image, posterized to medium detail to enhance color replication accuracy. I highly recommend you vector-ers to try this, it really helps get those undefined shades that are hard to vector. **Please note, this is not simply a posterized version done in two seconds in photoshop, this is a vector OF the posterized version.

Full view por favor! Warning, it may eat your computer screen. xD

I'd also like to share with you some of my favorite Sharbat Gula replications/fan art here on dA:

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Also...anybody know where I can watch the documentary about finding her online? : )

The original photograph can be found in Steve McCurry's book "Looking East" which I highly recommend!