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[challenge entry] Iwo jedi

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(I helped save b3ta! Ninj, Thu 25 Sep 2008, 10:15, archived)
# Heh, nicely
EDIT: Ooh, candlings!
(Mrs Trellis GIN, Thu 25 Sep 2008, 10:16, archived)
# *pops out of cake*
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
(I helped save b3ta! Prof UnderCover evitable, Thu 25 Sep 2008, 10:17, archived)
# Oooh, french fancy!
(Mrs Trellis GIN, Thu 25 Sep 2008, 10:18, archived)
# happy b3taday :)
(I helped save b3ta! prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave, Thu 25 Sep 2008, 10:19, archived)
# Hippy Burpday!
Yer whippersnapper!
(I helped save b3ta! Joliet, Thu 25 Sep 2008, 10:20, archived)
# :)
very nice and comepletely not staged in any way whatsoever...
(I helped save b3ta! Prof UnderCover evitable, Thu 25 Sep 2008, 10:18, archived)
# ha ha
i loiks

sorry to tj but i've been having a go at vectoring, can anyone tell me if i'm going about it right?
www.b3ta.cr3ation.co.uk/data/psd/yoda.psd
(linked due to size)
(I helped save b3ta! Dances with Rabbits Back to Education i go, Thu 25 Sep 2008, 10:21, archived)
# Seems okay. That's the basic idea anyway. Keep building up each section of colour and then, the lighter and darker areas etc.
Although they look very pixellated on the edges to me.
(Paper 'n Pencil Thirst is excellent, even better than I hoped, Thu 25 Sep 2008, 10:27, archived)
# any idea how i can get rid of the pixelated edges?
i don't know how to
(I helped save b3ta! Dances with Rabbits Back to Education i go, Thu 25 Sep 2008, 10:30, archived)
# Hmmm, not really sure. Could just be because photoshop is shit for vectors
Or it could be the resolution of the file. What are the dimensions? (I deleted the file already, sorry).
(Paper 'n Pencil Thirst is excellent, even better than I hoped, Thu 25 Sep 2008, 10:33, archived)
# 375 by 415 pixels so it must be the resolution right?
and i havn't got illustrator on this pc bah
(I helped save b3ta! Dances with Rabbits Back to Education i go, Thu 25 Sep 2008, 10:34, archived)
# Yeah, increase the res to something like 1000px wide
and the edges should look crisper. If your pc can handle it, go as high a res as it allows (obviously without it slowing down and dying) :)
(Paper 'n Pencil Thirst is excellent, even better than I hoped, Thu 25 Sep 2008, 10:41, archived)
# thanks for the tip
i think it can handle it, i see what you mean but i think 10000 pixels is a little too big for saving. and the edges are much crisper
(I helped save b3ta! Dances with Rabbits Back to Education i go, Thu 25 Sep 2008, 10:42, archived)
# here's a handy tip
keep one of the original images of yoda on top of the layer palette, so that it always shows.
You can easily switch it on/off to select colours from below, but it helps to draw around the original image rather than fit shapes on top of the original image :)
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Thu 25 Sep 2008, 10:29, archived)