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Vector Tutorial - Coloring by =tsukishoujo:icontsukishoujo:


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As you can see, after several months of making promises, I finally finished my vectoring tutorial :D It’s my first tutorial ever, English is not my native language and I suck it explaining things, so it’s not prefect but at least I did my best. I hope this will help people to start their own vector gallery, be it on dA or anywhere else.

This tutorial was strongly influenced by Unmei’s Tracing Tutorial on Ferricorp.Com. I learned how to vector from him. It’s a good, beginner-friendly tutorial and so far I was linking it to all people who asked me for vectoring guidelines but one day I decided to make my own version [longer, a little more detailed, with a few of pieces of advice and my own thoughts].

If there are any parts you find unclear, please don’t hesitate to note me. I’ll try to explain it for you once again in different words, if possible. Also, I’ll be more than happy to see your own vectors, made with the help of this tutorial. ^.^

I’d like to thank =Realm-Of-The-Shadows for checking my spelling and grammar :glomp: Any mistakes you find in the text above is my fault as I added some last-minute explanation right before submitting the tutorial. Please don’t hesitate to note me about them and I’ll correct it ;P

It’s also the right place to say ‘thank you’ to all my watchers who offered their help as beta-testers :D In the end I didn’t have time to ask you for your opinions before submission and I’m sorry about that  If you still feel like helping me, please tell me what you think after reading this tutorial. :)

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=Azley:iconAzley: Jan 1, 2008, 3:20:56 PM
and again: amazing tutorial! So detailed and well explained. You're a great help for beginners =)
Also I will use it for my future works to improve. thx alot! :+favlove:

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*becky-kitkat:iconbecky-kitkat: Jan 1, 2008, 4:21:44 PM
very useful, colour is my biggest CGI failure.

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~XxUnMeIxX:iconXxUnMeIxX: Jan 1, 2008, 5:29:15 PM
Looks like I've been doing it right all along! And with no tutorial or teachings at that :P

(I wasn't even sure if my vectors were actually vectors)

But now I am sure! Thanks for the tutorial, I learned a couple things that were quite useful.

-goes and vectors your request that i've been putting off-

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~wasgoed:iconwasgoed: Jan 1, 2008, 5:36:08 PM
wow, vectoring with photoshop is really complicated :O
It's really great you put effort in making this, I think many people will be helped with it.
~Starchip13:iconStarchip13: Jan 1, 2008, 8:08:04 PM
wow, that was more or less like how I coloured before, so I guess I am set :) thanks for the tutorials, they were wonderful!!!

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~Satoshihigurashi:iconSatoshihigurashi: Jan 1, 2008, 8:29:03 PM
I love it!

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*MapleRose:iconMapleRose: Jan 1, 2008, 9:09:04 PM
Thanks for the tut, it's really detailed and I know will help a lot of people ^__^

Just wondering, why do the lineart and colouring separately? Because I'm lazy, I've found a way to do it where you only need to trace once, doing the lineart and colouring at the same time [link] (I use PaintShopPro, but the basic idea is the same)

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~hurumi:iconhurumi: Jan 1, 2008, 10:58:53 PM
Should be helpful.. I'll try it out sometime. Thanks!

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~xGodwinx:iconxGodwinx: Jan 2, 2008, 12:58:15 AM
Ooooooooooooooooh. Now I understand vector. Thanks a billion!

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