My First Vector

[Conflict39]

[imported_Jack]

Now, before anybody else comments and I make my critique, I want to know why you consider this a vector. I'm not saying this to be mean, I'm making a learning experience out of this I'm just curious because this could very well be a vector, but it also might not be. There will be no judging you, I'm simply interested in hearing your response.

Yes, I am a bit of a stickler for this kind of thing, but in the end you'll walk away a wiser man

[Jefster]

I'll let Jack do his thing, cos I can see where he is going with it.

But, I'm curious as to your sudden change of style.

All of your currents are of a particular style which you seem to be very competent with, so why change that up so dramatically in this latest work, (which I don't think expresses even half the artistic quality of your other works)?

Stick with what you're good at. Develop your own style and take your work somewhere through that. There's nothing to stop you incorporating new techniques into YOUR style.

That's my advice.

[static]

its not vector, its a shape sig

[imported_Jack]

Let the man answer lol :P

[Conflict39]

Jack: well i went to deviant art and looked for vector brushes, hence the vector sig, plus i've always wanted to do one someday, and i wanted to give a gift to a friend of mine.
Jefster: seeing how i always wanted to try one, i did, but i realized that after i did it and posted it on chaosgfx that it wasnt very good for a vector, but seeing how it is my first, it wouldnt be gold. i know that i have a certain style and that i should stick with and grow off of that, but i wanted to give vectoring a try.

[JMX]

its not really vector if its brushes...learn to use the pen tool, ull be far more creative

[imported_Jack]

I figured that'd be your response. That's cool, but I'll give you a little info about vector There are two types of images: Raster and Vector. Everything like a .bmp, .gif, .jpg, .tga etc. are all raster meaning they are basically a grid of pixels each with a different color assigned to it. So, when you make the image larger, it stretches the pixels making it lose quality. A vector is different. It isn't a grid of pixels, all of the shapes in a vector are defined by mathematical equations so when you make the image larger, the shapes just get bigger (the image doesn't lose any quality). Because they're defined by equations, they're a little more limited in how complex they can be (unless you spend an ungodly amount of time adding detail to something). So, that lack in extreme detail has come to be considered a style of art that people have aptly named vector. People also seem to associate arrows with vector (like you did here), but that's completely off. Arrows have nothing to do with it. Anyway, hopefully you know a bit more about vector now. Go make a real one

[Conflict39]

well the thing is is that i dont really know all that much about vectors, i just did what i thought looked good with all the brushes that i have. if u could show me what u're talking about, that would help (show a good version of a vector).

[Jefster]

well the thing is is that i dont really know all that much about vectors, i just did what i thought looked good with all the brushes that i have. if u could show me what u're talking about, that would help (show a good version of a vector).
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I've always liked this one by Element/Rookie.



it's a good example of a pentool vector if you ask me.

I dont know who this next one is by, but I did a quick google and liked what I saw here:



These are basically made by tracing areas of colour or shade in a normal stock with a pentool using a coloured fill. The image can then be built up in layers.

You can also make vector images by drawing them freehand, but freehand vectors usually tend to be of a more abstract design due to the difficulty of creating a realistic image in freehand with a mouse.