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# My first attempt at a vector..
..constructive and unconstructive comments welcome

pack of jammie dodgers for the first to guess who tis.
(, Sat 5 May 2007, 0:46, archived)
# You call that a vector?
Back in the day t'foreman would whip us with a rasterized whip for turning out a vector like that.
(, Sat 5 May 2007, 0:50, archived)
# the corners really chafe on those
(, Sat 5 May 2007, 0:52, archived)
# *phwoars*
(, Sat 5 May 2007, 0:53, archived)
# bring on
t'foreman!
(, Sat 5 May 2007, 0:53, archived)
# Luxury
Back in my day, f' ruinin' pi'ture, t'foreman would singe our toes wi' burn brush.
(, Sat 5 May 2007, 0:56, archived)
# pfft
we'd have given anything for a rasterized whip, in my day we'd've been made to work an extra 48 hours a day for turning out a vector like that


never done a vector myself so not gonna pass comment
(, Sat 5 May 2007, 0:56, archived)
# well done :D
i posted my first vector earlier - you did a little better than me as you managed to put facial features on your man :)
(, Sat 5 May 2007, 0:50, archived)
# thanks
yeah, I sort of got a nose on him!
(, Sat 5 May 2007, 0:55, archived)
# Well.. it may not be perfect
but there's something about it I like
(, Sat 5 May 2007, 0:57, archived)
# Ok, to be constructive
first read some tutorials on how to handle the pen tool. You will get much smother images when you understand how to alter the anchor point handles to make curved corners.
Pick your colours from the original image if you use one and use the 5point average tool in the colour picker.
Faces are hard work and tonal changes in faces can benefit from a feathered edge to help with blending.
Otherwise fine first tracing effort. No worse than the first one I had a go at.

Oh and again just google for tutorials and read as many as you can. I've learned everything I know about tattyshop from net tutorials. I had no idea how to use it 2 years ago. ( not that I'm that much better now ;))
(, Sat 5 May 2007, 1:02, archived)
# You need
to work on what colours you use. Subtlety is the key.
(, Sat 5 May 2007, 1:11, archived)
# hey that pretty damn good!
nice style too!
check out my first vector:

(mines a bit wierd lol)
(, Sat 5 May 2007, 1:11, archived)
# you've been gazzed
for my 300th post too
Woo yay me (and and have one of your choice for yourself too)
(, Sat 5 May 2007, 1:44, archived)
# Thanks all for comments
I did it off this;
Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket
Gothed the Tom up a bit first tho!
(, Sat 5 May 2007, 1:27, archived)