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# Look, everyone else is doing it, ok?
So here's my thing 'that would be a vector if I knew what one was, and is therefore something else instead'.
Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket
It's hosted on scumbucket 'cos b3tards is down, therefore there ain't a CFB yet (which is a shame 'cos I drew pretty much every individual strand of hair on her and at this size it looks like the original photo).

/Long post blog.

Edit: I'm rubbish with html, so here's c&p into your address bar for bigger (not actual size, it's massive): www.b3ta.cr3ation.co.uk/data/jpg/gfvector2.jpg

Edit 2: Ok, for future reference; yes I did actually do this, it is also the first digital thingy I've ever done. Oh, and if it helps anyone out there, I've always been useless at art so you lot have no excuse.
(Metalfish Hasn't had a sig since, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:00, archived)
# SEXY!


(I helped save b3ta! Boris Johnson's Press Secretary, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:02, archived)
# Oi! That's my girlfriend.
But you have a point, so I'll let you off.
(Metalfish Hasn't had a sig since, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:03, archived)
# Would.
Hahaha
(I helped save b3ta! ClanSoul, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:32, archived)
# But only I can
so I guess I have the last laugh?
(Metalfish Hasn't had a sig since, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:44, archived)
# Dear fucking god on a tampon!
Every hair?!

Lucky for us you have no life!!!
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:03, archived)
# what was it done in?
and here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_graphics
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raster_graphics
to help you understand
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:03, archived)
# Oh you old pedant you:P
How's your bank holiday weekend been?
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:07, archived)
# tiring
working and driving around alot
and just trying to help out/clear things up :)
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:09, archived)
# I've had to go back to the drawingboard with that garden lamp
I had Doc Emmit Brown moment. I was on the khazi and has a stunning idea that would pretty much push all the solar and mains powered lamps off the market

been disassembling garden lamps blog.
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:13, archived)
# Yay
for wind up garden lamps!
(I helped save b3ta! Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:27, archived)
# nope far better than that
Although they do get quite livid if you prank call them!
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:29, archived)
# Photo-chop
First digital painting type thingy I've ever done, but it's mostly an overlay of a photo.

And, those are quite complex terms, then, I'll get reading.
(Metalfish Hasn't had a sig since, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:07, archived)
# Well it ultra lully and I appreciate the stupid amount of time it must have taken you!
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:11, archived)
# Their concept of ice-cream in a bottle.
Confuses and INFURIATES me.
(I helped save b3ta! The Glum Reaper cannot solve your problem because he has no jam, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:07, archived)
# ^this
(I helped save b3ta! Sheehan forevermore owes Ttssattsr beer, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:11, archived)
# "Disclaimer: Product contains neither ice nor cream.
May contain trace elements of cheese. Do not consume."

A jokey image? On MY wikipedia?
(I helped save b3ta! Shada, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:13, archived)
# Sound like a genius invention if you ask me
*patents*

7. *profits*
(I helped save b3ta! P3te "the Meat", Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:18, archived)
# One has dreadlocks?
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:17, archived)
# Looks good appart from the jaw line
Plonk the cfb one on here
www.b3ta.cr3ation.co.uk/upload/
(I helped save b3ta! P3te "the Meat", Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:04, archived)
# Are you taking the piss out of his missus's beard?!
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:21, archived)
# I'll have you know
she has a lovely beard, thankyou very much.
(Metalfish Hasn't had a sig since, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:21, archived)
# I was saying this!
I thought it most unfair of him to extract the michael from such bushiness!
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:24, archived)
#
A beard?
(I helped save b3ta! P3te "the Meat", Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:34, archived)
# No not a board:P
Big bushy beard


Hot Fuzz blog.
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:38, archived)
# have two clicks!
that is B R I L L I A N T !
(I helped save b3ta! Zank Frappa Who let the lefties in?, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:05, archived)
# ah well
too many vectors, it's rather woo! though,

g 'night all
(Brownpants From Liverpool to Manila, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:05, archived)
# I don't really understand the point of blunt tracing/vectoring.
as in just simply taking an image and trace/vectoring it without adding any other stylistic things like backgrounds, or without changing anything like colour or shapes.

But pretty much EVERY INDIVIDUAL STRAND OF HAIR? Fucking hell. I admire your persistence and dedication, at least :D
(I helped save b3ta! Shada, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:07, archived)
# I feel like a massive loser now.
Ah well.
(Metalfish Hasn't had a sig since, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:09, archived)
# People have to spend their time in some way. Why not spend it colouring strands of hair? :D
(I helped save b3ta! Shada, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:14, archived)
# It's about the individual's interpretation of the image.
Most of them aren't pixel-perfect traces, but a representation of the shapes and colours of the original, in an aesthetically pleasing form.

Compare the 'vectors' of IVV and mofaha. If they were to do pieces based on the same image, you'd see the differences in style.
(I helped save b3ta! The Glum Reaper cannot solve your problem because he has no jam, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:15, archived)
# That may be.
But the changes are usually incredibly subtle with direct traces, and nothing interesting or stylistic ends up added - so the image just looks boring.

This is all just my opinion, by the way. It's obvious people like this sort of thing, else they wouldn't do it. I just think things like this could be far better and appeal to far more people with just a few simple changes.

Mofaha's stuff is a good example of traces that look more stylish because of the tweaks he makes to them. Even if it is something as simple as noise.
(I helped save b3ta! Shada, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:17, archived)
# At this point can I just point out
that am I in no way an artist, and therfore you point is probably very true.
(Metalfish Hasn't had a sig since, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:24, archived)
#
I do not agree, but I respect your opinion.
(I helped save b3ta! The Glum Reaper cannot solve your problem because he has no jam, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:26, archived)
#
(I helped save b3ta! bumblebee.. I am not a number! I am a free snail!, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:09, archived)
# Only cheaters use filters!
(Or people without masses of time on their hands)
(Metalfish Hasn't had a sig since, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:11, archived)
# i made that yesterday?
i swear!
(I helped save b3ta! bumblebee.. I am not a number! I am a free snail!, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:12, archived)
# Ummmm you swore!
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:14, archived)
# I swear all the time.
my mother was a sailor..
(I helped save b3ta! bumblebee.. I am not a number! I am a free snail!, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:15, archived)
# a saint!
I meant saint! (also perhaps a virgin. until she got pregnant.. it was the 60s.. people were still virgins back then - until they had sex - or so i've been told)
(I helped save b3ta! bumblebee.. I am not a number! I am a free snail!, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:22, archived)
#
My mother turned tricks for sailors
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:23, archived)
# I'm sorry to hear that.
My mum told me your mum was great though! ..Maybe we're related?
(I helped save b3ta! bumblebee.. I am not a number! I am a free snail!, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:34, archived)
# woo,
9 minutes

Bing!
(I helped save b3ta! XLVII .uk, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:14, archived)
# Brilliant stuff!
woo for that!
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:10, archived)
# That's simply fantastic
(I helped save b3ta! NinjaBadger hides in the bushes and gives you TB., Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:12, archived)
# How long did that take to draw?
(I helped save b3ta! davew27 hevosen kuva!, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:12, archived)
# Erm, I don't know.
I think I started it around half 6 though.
(Metalfish Hasn't had a sig since, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:15, archived)
# Brilliant stuff
(Pimms'N'Lemonade thinks you are a twat, prove me wrong., Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:13, archived)
# Get the CFB version up so I can have a good lookl!
Er, your current image is SO detailed, it looks to me like you've just degraded a photo slightly using a filter and cut out the background?!

Not being nasty here - it's just looks TOO good?!
(I helped save b3ta! Guy Incognito was last seen SLAM DUNK'N HOES on, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:15, archived)
# Argh: scrutiny!
Erm, what's the html I need to do a "CFB" again?
(Metalfish Hasn't had a sig since, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:17, archived)
# <a href="[big image location]"><img src="http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b211/Heavymetalfish/GFtrace.jpg"></a>
(0800221155 Coldseal windows, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:18, archived)
# Sorry, larger version still looks TOO GOOD!
Be a bit rubbish, cheers.
(I helped save b3ta! Guy Incognito was last seen SLAM DUNK'N HOES on, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:25, archived)
# Erm, sorry?
I have a larger version I can mail you if you need to find some sort of flaw in it.

Would that help?
(Metalfish Hasn't had a sig since, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:28, archived)
# Ha-ha
It might!
(I helped save b3ta! Guy Incognito was last seen SLAM DUNK'N HOES on, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:31, archived)
# Right, here's a close up of the original then.
I'm not sure why I feel the need to prove myself, but oh well.

www.b3ta.cr3ation.co.uk/data/jpg/evidence.jpg
(Metalfish Hasn't had a sig since, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:40, archived)
# you
lucky git!
(Carpe Perna! Evolution is just a theory...like Gravity., Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:19, archived)
# Lucky how
good sir?

Edit: You mean lucky enough to spend all evening messing about in photoshop?
(Metalfish Hasn't had a sig since, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:20, archived)
# She's got a pug...
..up her left nostril.

What attention to detail!
(I helped save b3ta! Black Moon Not cracked, I'm all up to be., Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:27, archived)
# That's a nose ring...
...you cheeky sod.
(Metalfish Hasn't had a sig since, Sun 26 Aug 2007, 23:29, archived)