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Dead9
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States4725 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-06-05 03:09:22
May 30 2009 06:07 GMT
#1
For my 2nd to last project in Imaging I decided to vector fantasy.
At first I planned to vector his hand/body as well and fade out everything below the hand, but I realized that would take hours, so I just cut him off at the neck
I haven't added any background yet, but it shouldn't matter much

If anyone wants to finish it, here's the original .psd
Link~

Original:
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Final:
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+ Show Spoiler [Without the faded-out neck] +
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I think I've come a long way from when I made Savior
+ Show Spoiler [I finished it up with a background] +
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ALSO, everyone go play osu! (seriously, go play)

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Kentor *
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States5784 Posts
May 30 2009 06:09 GMT
#2
wowww what programs do you use to do this?
Dead9
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States4725 Posts
May 30 2009 06:14 GMT
#3
On May 30 2009 15:09 Kentor wrote:
wowww what programs do you use to do this?

Photoshop~
Gimp should work as well, though
JWD
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States12607 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-30 07:04:38
May 30 2009 06:37 GMT
#4
Sweet work! Vector art is awesome...vector art of Fantasy is especially awesome.

His lips look a bit too feminine to me.
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Dead9
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States4725 Posts
May 30 2009 06:49 GMT
#5
On May 30 2009 15:37 JWD wrote:
Sweet work! Vector art is awesome...vector art of Fantasy is especially awesome.

His loops look a bit too feminine to me.

Fantasy is always especially awesome :o!
What are loops?
BookTwo
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
1985 Posts
May 30 2009 06:55 GMT
#6
That's great work! I should have thought about doing this myself.
Guss
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Sweden712 Posts
May 30 2009 06:58 GMT
#7
DO BISU DO BISU!
Bisu[Shield] FIGHTING!
JWD
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States12607 Posts
May 30 2009 07:04 GMT
#8
On May 30 2009 15:49 Dead9 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 30 2009 15:37 JWD wrote:
Sweet work! Vector art is awesome...vector art of Fantasy is especially awesome.

His loops look a bit too feminine to me.

Fantasy is always especially awesome :o!
What are loops?

oh my god, I meant "lips". NO idea why it came out "loops". The brain does funny things sometimes...
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Dead9
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States4725 Posts
May 30 2009 07:27 GMT
#9
On May 30 2009 16:04 JWD wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 30 2009 15:49 Dead9 wrote:
On May 30 2009 15:37 JWD wrote:
Sweet work! Vector art is awesome...vector art of Fantasy is especially awesome.

His loops look a bit too feminine to me.

Fantasy is always especially awesome :o!
What are loops?

oh my god, I meant "lips". NO idea why it came out "loops". The brain does funny things sometimes...

Haha

And I'm not doing Bisu :[
Fantasy took like 8? hours
leveIs
Profile Joined May 2009
United States44 Posts
May 30 2009 07:36 GMT
#10
u made him look like peggy hill. good job
Kentor *
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States5784 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-05-30 07:39:07
May 30 2009 07:37 GMT
#11
are they really vectors as in they are scalable to any dimension? or no?
NeverGG *
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United Kingdom5399 Posts
May 30 2009 07:39 GMT
#12
Nice work - I especially like the eyes and hair.
우리 행운의 모양은 여러개지만 행복의 모양은 하나
Dead9
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States4725 Posts
May 30 2009 07:49 GMT
#13
On May 30 2009 16:37 Kentor wrote:
are they really vectors as in they are scalable to any dimension? or no?

They are in the actual photoshop file

And I spent a full two hours making just the eyes >_<
Raithed
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
China7078 Posts
May 30 2009 08:02 GMT
#14
good job.
disciple
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
9071 Posts
May 30 2009 08:20 GMT
#15
Very well made, I like the hair a lot, personally have problems with making that
Administrator"I'm a big deal." - ixmike88
peanutter
Profile Joined February 2009
Australia165 Posts
May 30 2009 12:04 GMT
#16
Is it me or is there something missing from him? Regardless nice work.
Sprite
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States1015 Posts
May 30 2009 12:22 GMT
#17
awesome job wow!
Firebathero is still the best!
omninmo
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
2349 Posts
May 30 2009 17:02 GMT
#18
you made him look very attractive... IRL he looks like a twerp imo
Xeofreestyler
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
Belgium6777 Posts
May 30 2009 17:06 GMT
#19
Cool!

You should consider using illustrator for this though =) its made for vector art
Graphics
KizZBG
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
u gotta skate8152 Posts
May 30 2009 17:07 GMT
#20
hehehe
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Archaic
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States4024 Posts
May 30 2009 17:32 GMT
#21
On May 31 2009 02:07 KizZBG wrote:
hehehe
[image loading]

Haha, nice.
Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
May 30 2009 17:57 GMT
#22
That's pretty sweet.

If you plan on doing anymore sometime soon I suggest (T)NaDa, (P)Reach or (Z)Jaedong
If you watch Godzilla backwards it's about a benevolent lizard who helps rebuild a city and then moonwalks into the ocean.
Dead9
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States4725 Posts
May 30 2009 18:24 GMT
#23
On May 31 2009 02:57 Grobyc wrote:
That's pretty sweet.

If you plan on doing anymore sometime soon I suggest (T)NaDa, (P)Reach or (Z)Jaedong

I'd probably do NaDa or Bisu if I did do another
But they take foreverr =S
deathgod6
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States5064 Posts
May 30 2009 18:27 GMT
#24
Nice. Fantasy is a worthy subject to draw.
4.0 GPA = A rank 5.0 GPA = Olympic --------- Bisu, Best, Fantasy. i ♥ oov. They can get in my BoxeR anyday.
foeffa
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Belgium2115 Posts
May 30 2009 18:34 GMT
#25
Nice work!
觀過斯知仁矣.
rwong48
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States105 Posts
May 31 2009 07:06 GMT
#26
your title is very misleading.. i thought there were actual vectors..

or art terms and technical terms don't play along nicely. art needs to fix itself

On May 30 2009 16:49 Dead9 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 30 2009 16:37 Kentor wrote:
are they really vectors as in they are scalable to any dimension? or no?

They are in the actual photoshop file

And I spent a full two hours making just the eyes >_<


they are not vectors. they are pixels.

On May 31 2009 02:06 Xeofreestyler wrote:You should consider using illustrator for this though =) its made for vector art


illustrator is for vector-based work and photoshop is for pixel-based work.
Dead9
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States4725 Posts
May 31 2009 07:31 GMT
#27
On May 31 2009 16:06 rwong48 wrote:
your title is very misleading.. i thought there were actual vectors..

or art terms and technical terms don't play along nicely. art needs to fix itself

Show nested quote +
On May 30 2009 16:49 Dead9 wrote:
On May 30 2009 16:37 Kentor wrote:
are they really vectors as in they are scalable to any dimension? or no?

They are in the actual photoshop file

And I spent a full two hours making just the eyes >_<


they are not vectors. they are pixels.

Show nested quote +
On May 31 2009 02:06 Xeofreestyler wrote:You should consider using illustrator for this though =) its made for vector art


illustrator is for vector-based work and photoshop is for pixel-based work.

My title isn't misleading at all
This is a true vector; download the photoshop file if you don't believe me (PM me if you want me want me to reload it, although I doubt many people downloaded it)
I realize that some extremists (and the uninformed) believe that Photoshop cannot create vectors, but they are wrong

First off, what is a vector?
"Vector graphics is the use of geometrical primitives such as points, lines, curves, and shapes or polygon(s), which are all based on mathematical equations, to represent images in computer graphics." Source
Yes, Photoshop does use mathematical equations to create their vector shapes

"but wait, i see pixels when i zoom in?!? that's not a true vector!!!"
Yes, this is because Photoshop is primarily a raster-based program.
But you're doing it wrong. Instead of zooming in, try doubling the size of the vector. Or tripling. Or quadrupling.
Surprise surprise, it doesn't pixelate!

So yes, Photoshop can create actual vectors.
alffla
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Hong Kong20321 Posts
May 31 2009 13:10 GMT
#28
nice work dude somehow he looks very soft. but overall looks like a good match his eyes shuold be darker though i guess? haha

keep it up!
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Daigomi
Profile Blog Joined May 2006
South Africa4316 Posts
May 31 2009 14:03 GMT
#29
On May 31 2009 16:06 rwong48 wrote:
your title is very misleading.. i thought there were actual vectors..

or art terms and technical terms don't play along nicely. art needs to fix itself

Show nested quote +
On May 30 2009 16:49 Dead9 wrote:
On May 30 2009 16:37 Kentor wrote:
are they really vectors as in they are scalable to any dimension? or no?

They are in the actual photoshop file

And I spent a full two hours making just the eyes >_<


they are not vectors. they are pixels.

Show nested quote +
On May 31 2009 02:06 Xeofreestyler wrote:You should consider using illustrator for this though =) its made for vector art


illustrator is for vector-based work and photoshop is for pixel-based work.

If you use shapes in Photoshop, then it creates vectors, not pixels. Looking at this fantasy picture, Dead9 probably used the pen tool to create the shapes which form the fantasy image. That means the PSD contains vectors. However, the jpeg is obviously rasterized, so if you zoom in on that you'll get pixellation and what not.
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VIB
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Brazil3567 Posts
May 31 2009 18:17 GMT
#30
Pardon my newbishness. But isn't there a software to automatically vectorize that kind of thing? It doesn't look difficult. It's just a matter of looking for the neighbor pixels with similar colors until you cannot find any more (just like the bucket tool does) then make an object out of it. Paint that object with the average color from those pixels. You'd need to manually set the threshold for each object probably, so it separates the only things you want. But it would still take years less time than clicking on each vertex.

I know there are many raster -> vector tools. Tho I never used them extensively. Couldn't they be used to speed up this type of work?
Great people talk about ideas. Average people talk about things. Small people talk about other people.
Dead9
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States4725 Posts
May 31 2009 20:28 GMT
#31
On May 31 2009 22:10 alffla wrote:
nice work dude somehow he looks very soft. but overall looks like a good match his eyes shuold be darker though i guess? haha

keep it up!

I was scared to use shading that was too dark/too light =X

And yeah, there are programs to make those, but they don't look very good
R3condite
Profile Joined August 2008
Korea (South)1541 Posts
June 01 2009 00:19 GMT
#32
really nice
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