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[Joanna]

Yesterday, and today I have been obsessing over vector art using photoshop. Yesterday I attempted my face, and today my little brothers. These are my first 2 go's at it.
What do you guys think?? ALSO I'd love to see some of your guys vector work too, if you have any. I saw some of Hazard's yesterday, and it was awesome. If only I was that good.

Edited by Joanna, 16 August 2011 - 03:38 PM.

[Hazard]

Nice work considering it as your first attempt....What program do you use?

Also practice makes perfect after doing a few more faces you will start to understand lighting and know where to put shading....Ive been vectoring for 2 years now.

[Joanna]

Nice work considering it as your first attempt....What program do you use?

Also practice makes perfect after doing a few more faces you will start to understand lighting and know where to put shading....Ive been vectoring for 2 years now.

Photoshop.

And thank you. Do you have any suggestions?

[likerobots]

i don't vector, but i've seen my share of very nice vexels
my tips would be to use gradients / gradient overlays, layer colours, and if you're going serious, invest in a tablet

here's a list of inspirational neopets vector artists for inspiration if you'd like
http://daniesque.deviantart.com/
http://rxpture.deviantart.com/
http://apologetictruth.deviantart.com/
http://beauxlent.deviantart.com/

[Hazard]

In fact i do have some tips.....well to help on your shading use the Gaussian blur tool, (found in Filters> Blur> Gaussian)
I normal use black for shade and blur it and depending on how dark it is use the opacity to gauge the correct shade tone, and for highlights i basically do the same but with white.
Play around with all this and you should come out with some great work

[Joanna]

i don't vector, but i've seen my share of very nice vexels
my tips would be to use gradients / gradient overlays, layer colours, and if you're going serious, invest in a tablet

here's a list of inspirational neopets vector artists for inspiration if you'd like
http://daniesque.deviantart.com/
http://rxpture.deviantart.com/
http://apologetictruth.deviantart.com/
http://beauxlent.deviantart.com/

Sweett. Thanks.

In fact i do have some tips.....well to help on your shading use the Gaussian blur tool, (found in Filters> Blur> Gaussian)
I normal use black for shade and blur it and depending on how dark it is use the opacity to gauge the correct shade tone, and for highlights i basically do the same but with white.
Play around with all this and you should come out with some great work

I never thought of that. Thankss. XD

[Cyo]

Why not do vector art with a vector graphics editor (i.e. Adobe Illustrator)?

[fimend]

If you just want to vectorize a picture, but you don't want to actually do the work then you can use Inkscape. They take like five minutes to do and look really nice.

[Joanna]

Why not do vector art with a vector graphics editor (i.e. Adobe Illustrator)?

I have no idea... I just watched a tutorial and decided to try it.

If you just want to vectorize a picture, but you don't want to actually do the work then you can use Inkscape. They take like five minutes to do and look really nice.

Oh really??
That sounds kinda cool. I only did these though because I wanted to see if I could do it.

[fimend]

Personally, I find it much more rewarding to actually try and do the art, but if you're so inclined there's always the programs that do it for you. If you're interested I can try and explain how to do it.

[Joanna]

Personally, I find it much more rewarding to actually try and do the art, but if you're so inclined there's always the programs that do it for you. If you're interested I can try and explain how to do it.

Yah, thats one of the reason I did these this way. I liked the experience of it.

[Joanna]

Here is my newest attempt.

[SweetHoney]

That is some pretty wicked vectoring~ I've only ever done anime vectors before.

[Joanna]

That is some pretty wicked vectoring~ I've only ever done anime vectors before.

Thankss! I appreciate that a whole lot.

If you want to try vectoring real life stuff, I can give you some tips, and "cheats" I guess.

[Dreamz]

Wow, I really like your flamingo vector. It's really nice ^^

[Joanna]

Wow, I really like your flamingo vector. It's really nice ^^

Thanks. XD

[Joanna]