b4 and after vector

nastasia · 02-06-2004

this is my before and after vector of gregory smith. it's like my 2nd vector, and im only in grade 8 so it's not the greatest. any comments etc. is encouraged!

malboroman · 02-06-2004

Nice...very good

Although you could better make the line at his chin a little bit thinner... And his upper lip is a bit too straight. Make a curve in it and that little indent people have and you're done as far as I can see

Malb

Milkdrop · 02-07-2004

I think it is great,

the lip is a bit faulty, the top lip should be a little more curved. Other than that very good work. man i wish i could vector like that.

great work.

nastasia · 02-07-2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by malboroman

Nice...very good

Although you could better make the line at his chin a little bit thinner... And his upper lip is a bit too straight. Make a curve in it and that little indent people have and you're done as far as I can see

Malb

thank you guys for the tips. i fixed it a bit.

Evdawg · 02-07-2004

Pretty nice. Although I think the nose is a bit off :P :topjpb:

Evan's friend says: you look funny.

**Man1c M0g** · 02-08-2004

Regardless of the small technical errors, this is a fine piece of vector art. I wish I could do vectors like this... *goes to look for a tutorial*

ConceptualMind · 02-09-2004

This looks pretty nice. Adobe Illustrator?

Anyway, you need to teach me. I love vectors but I can't make them.

nastasia · 02-15-2004

oh i used adobe photoshop...it's pretty simple it just takes a while....what i do is i duplicate the layer, then filter>poster edges(edge thickness=0, edge intensity=0, posterization=2. then get my shade usually a bit lighter then take the pen tool and then start going along.

i can't give the best tutorials feel free to ask me any questions. and there are quite a few techniques for vectoring.

Young Spartan · 02-15-2004

I'm really feeling this one, great job.

Evdawg · 02-16-2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by nastasia

oh i used adobe photoshop...it's pretty simple it just takes a while....what i do is i duplicate the layer, then filter>poster edges(edge thickness=0, edge intensity=0, posterization=2. then get my shade usually a bit lighter then take the pen tool and then start going along.

i can't give the best tutorials feel free to ask me any questions. and there are quite a few techniques for vectoring.

Cool method there, with the filters making it easier to trace. I'll try it out sometime. Thanks

Young Spartan · 02-16-2004

Yeah, that is a good method. Props nastasia.

ConceptualMind · 02-16-2004

Nastasia, can you share other methods? And a 'good' pen tutorial?

I need to learn to use it extremely well lol. I can use it alright but I'm not the best.

Young Spartan · 02-17-2004

Yeah, I think ANYONE could take tips on the pen tool.

nastasia · 02-17-2004

i don't think i use it differently i just keep clicking along but you don't want to be too precise because u can always right click pen-tool for convert point tool and adjust lengths. i can try to help with more specific questios.

Young Spartan · 02-17-2004

Wait.. explain the adding links thing a little better... I don't know about it but I'm not exactly sure what you are trying to say.