vector Illustration

[ima_CLOWN]

anyone out there that can show some advanced illustration skills in a vector program?

someone who can come close to:
http://www.designchapel.com/desktop/00_a_1024x768.jpg
- Robert Lindstrom

[gorilla_penworks]

Hell yea man! Thats some good shit man. I had no idea you could use those programs. Good shit man. Keep it up.

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[gorilla_penworks]

what the i thought you did that shit. opps well that dude who did it is tight.
but i have seen you other shit so i know you gots skillz.

gorilla_penworks has spoken.

[ima_CLOWN]

yeah im alright... i still got a ways to go before i reach the level id like to reach though...

[ima_CLOWN]

something im currently working on... any tips or suggestions from vector illustrators are welcome; as well as shading and shadow corrections to the left of the face

original drawing
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/ima_clown/Butterbald.jpg

first few steps underway
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/ima_clown/part2.jpg

[Fozzybar]

Vector shading is nothing else than shading with few colors...so color it in photoshop with your brushes then reduce the colors and you will see how it works...

Though that's not the way i work or probably not the way most of vector-illustrators work, but if you don't feel confident about setting light and shadow in vector, it could be a good way to find out :)

[bonedog]

It's looking good so far, but one area that will help a huge amount is line quality. The sample you showed doesn't have a lot of lines, but where it does (like on the pants) notice how they often taper from thick to thin.

I used to have a drawing teacher who would always say, "there are no lines in nature" which is pretty true 99% of the time.

So the bulb on the nose is looking pretty good because you've designed it with a shadow... but then above that you have these lines with no variation in line weight. i think some of the lines you can just get rid of altogether, and others i would replace with shadow shapes defining the from. Remember, keep it simple, and work from general to sepecific. If you start shading little areas without definining the larger planes it won't work out.

I'm doing my first vector illustration right now, but I've been drawing for years so that helps a great deal. What's really helped me is deviantart.com where you can browse for just vector illustrations. also check out jorydayne.com.

anyway, like i said, it's coming along nicely, but some areas are working better than others right now.

good luck,

bonedog

[ima_CLOWN]

yeah i know to change the line weight, thats something i always do, it looks pretty tacky if i were to just leave squared edges on every line, ive been drawing for a while too, but i do appreciate both yours and the others feedback, keep it coming...

this is another vector illustration i finished recently.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/ima_clown/mightyturkey.jpg
and a some more progress made today:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/ima_clown/part33.jpg
Bonedog:you should post the illustration your working on, id like to see how its going.

[ima_CLOWN]

i finally finished this piece i was working on... was looking for some feedback on it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/ima_clown/butterfinal.jpg
and as corny as the name is... i know... but it does serve a purpose for the client...

[d4ff]

anyone out there that can show some advanced illustration skills in a vector program?

someone who can come close to:
http://www.designchapel.com/desktop/00_a_1024x768.jpg
- Robert Lindstrom


Hi, Lindstrom makes his illustrations with photoshop and flash!! nice tutorial in computer arts magazine see it in internet ( you can download cheapy) but his procedure it´s very strange... mmm I work with freehand or illustrator and the lens fill is the secret for shading
:P

[egerie]

Here's some artwork from a KICKASS artist going by the nick Bosatsu (http://www.coquettish.org) :
http://www.artbyaline.com/forum/Bosatsu_VECTOR_odessa.jpg
Insane, insane, insane. :^^;: And yes, it is all vector ! I think I still have her (pretty sure it's "her") document information, close-ups and elements. No one beleived it when she posted that a year ago :)
Go see this website (http://www.coquettish.org) for more info and more amazing vector art.

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P.S.: No bandwith is being stolen.

[Dennal Floss]

I do my vector-art exclusively in Flash ( don't know which one you're using but doesn't look like Flash ) I draw the basic forms with the pencil tool and then tweak the vectors until I get the exact shapes I want. I block the basic colors ,then THE TOOL I often use is "paint selected" BRUSH which lets you select a colored area and paint another one over it without bleeding over to the non-selected areas. this is great for values and shadows and it gives it a crisp "paint-by-numbers" look to it after I erase the lines(My frog avatar is vectorart). Then you can try different gradients or reduced opacity colors on a diff. layer to get a little extra depth and finally add highlights.
C&C
The shadows on your drawing seem odd, the face is very dark on one side but not the hair and neither is the eyeball ( it wouldn't be as white ) :)
You should also check out the tutorial on radiosity on this forum, lotsa important stuff on shadows and reflective light there !!

Hope this helps you out.

By the way. I can see the vector based part of the Lindstrom ill. but it looks heavily altered by photoshop as well....think I'll check out the article in comp. arts.

Keep it up.