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Hey /w/,
I just finished one of my first vectors.
What do you think about it? Any suggestions for improvement?
>> Anonymous
Pretty good for a first but pretty rough around the edges, too.

It annoys me how you didn't use a custom brush or shape for things like eyelashes and creases and some of the lines are too thick.

Use more shapes and if you're lazy like me experiment with custom brushes, roundness and angles, it can save a lot of time.
>> Anonymous
Fucking use custom shapes faggot. Lining sucks. At least have the lines in the hair thin out.

You did a good job coloring though.
>> Anonymous
Ok, I'll give it a try, but shapes are really difficult to handle. Any Advice?
>> Anonymous
Don't rush. Always do a little shape at a time and they'll become managable, don't try to make a whole outline at once.
>> Anonymous
Hey OP, are you using photoshop or illustrator?
>> Not Chii
>>585523
That's a loaded question. PS will give you "good enough" tools, but you can still make decent vectors out of it. Illustrator by design is for for vector art. It looks like OP is Inkscape.

As for line thickness, I know that Inkscape has a function that allows outlining the line trace so that you can change the widths along the line (ctrl-shft-c). Your coloring is good.
>> Not Chii
>>585550
ctrl-alt-c
>> Anonymous
Not bad for a first, for my first few I didn't use shapes for the lines, but they make it look a million times better when you do.

It's quite easy to do the lines as shapes, it just takes a long time. If you haven't already check
http://www.slhess.com/wiki/index.php?title=Inkscape_tracing_tutorial
I'm not sure how it applies if you're using PS or Illustrator but it's helpful anyway.

Lines are too thick anyway, and if you do use the line tools its pretty awful to have the square end. As it is the image looks like a parody image, so if that was the intention, well done, otherwise needs more work.

Also, the corner of the wall behind tenko's ear, the line doesn't cover the transition of dark brown to beige(?)
>> Anonymous
>>585523
Iam using neither Illustrator nor Photoshop. I made my first attempt with Inkscape.
>>585626
Yes it is a parody image.
Thank you for the other comments. I will rework it.
>> Anonymous
>PS will give you "good enough" tools, but you can still make decent vectors out of it

You realize you said a stupid thing, right? PS is a raster graphics program incapable of using vectors. Granted, your image will look like a vector if made in high res but technically it's not.
>> Not Chii
>>585697
I'll take that back. PS has ink tools that allow for vector like work, just as you said.
>> Anonymous
By all means, this is pretty good for your first vector ever. Especially since you taught yourself with no prior training due to a class etc. etc.
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>>585674
No problem. This was my second vector and I still had standard lines...
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>>585748
...then started using shapes for lines and I think it looks much better...
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>>585749
...and then started playing with blurring and gradients. You get better with practise, and try fiddling with different features.
>> Anonymous
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OP, if you aren't set in your ways yet I would actually suggest looking at CorelDraw. AI and PS are better on the flashy accessories but I switched to CDR. I find it smoother and faster overall.

Pic attached was done in one 7 hour sitting. Foreground only took ~2 hours. Background took absolutely fucking forever, this was back before I figured out how to use grids and overlapping shapes correctly.
>> Anonymous
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OP, if you aren't set in your ways yet I would actually suggest looking at CorelDraw. AI and PS are better on the flashy accessories but I switched to CDR. I find it smoother and faster overall.

Pic attached was done in one 7 hour sitting. Foreground only took ~2 hours. Background took absolutely fucking forever, this was back before I figured out how to use grids and overlapping shapes correctly.
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Done after learning how to use grids/overlapping shapes, but before learning how to not be a fucking lazy faggot who loses interests in vectors after just an hour.

Better skill wise than the first, even though I used grids maybe twice - can't find a better example. I honestly like CDR more than AI. Haven't tried Inkscape.
>> Anonymous
What are grids? I use Inkscape. Excellent program.
>> Anonymous
>>585995
Are you adjusting opacity for that shading and overlapping?
>> Anonymous
>>586000

No, they are all separate shapes.

>>585997

Mesh grids in CDR, allows for the shading you see in>>585991, of the mountains.
>> Anonymous
>>586002

Fuck, I don't know how to explain it. It uses gradients and grids along with overlapping, but it doesn't use opacity. It isn't always overlapping though.
>> Anonymous
>>585991
Did you use a wacom for the bg there?

If not, then fucking congratulations for your persistence. I hate making complicated bgs.
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>>586023

Nope, a lot of fucking gridlines manipulated with nodes. If only I actually had persistence, now quite sure how I managed to stay focused for that entire vector.

>>585995

Pic related. Better example of using grids. It's Rena. Coloring isn't off, she's supposed to be laying in the sunset. Another victim of my lack of motivation.