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Vector Tutorial - Lineart II 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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~Blankija:iconBlankija: Jan 1, 2008, 2:55:40 PM Mood: Flirty
Sakuraa!
wiiii!
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=Azley:iconAzley: Jan 1, 2008, 3:23:13 PM
thehe - because I'm not lazy I'll comment on every part of the tut 8*g)
Very detailed and a big help! One of the Lineart + vector best tuts I've seen so far :3
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~Starchip13:iconStarchip13: Jan 1, 2008, 8:03:00 PM
yay! I always wondered how you got the clean lineart with the varrying thickness, but now that it is stated right in front of me I wonder why the hell I haven't ever thought of it myself (can you tell that I am not much of a problem solver with computer programs?). I'm gonna give this a try and see how it turns out, so hopefully lineart will no longer be my weak point...
PS - I'll definitely credit you for this if I end up posting something because this is one of the easiest tutorials to understand!

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*MapleRose:iconMapleRose: Jan 1, 2008, 9:15:32 PM
oh just wondering, how do you make coloured lineart?

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=sparkpenguin:iconsparkpenguin: Jan 2, 2008, 2:48:32 AM
oh huzzah i'm glad to see another one that doesn't use line tool but uses filled forms for lineart. :D

you... don't usually trace though do you? 8|

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~Wslasher:iconWslasher: Jan 2, 2008, 2:53:42 AM
Is it normal to start from shape layer then go to stroke path. Because when I was just starting out the art of vectoring, I first mastered the shape layer style then moved on to stroke path.

I'm kinda reverse engineering kinda guy. :p
=tsukishoujo:icontsukishoujo: Jan 2, 2008, 3:13:24 AM
Instead of placing all the lineart on one layer, I simply place portions of the lineart that are supposed to be colored differently on different layers ;)

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=tsukishoujo:icontsukishoujo: Jan 2, 2008, 3:48:00 AM
Filled forms lovers unite :XD:

It depends ;] Sometimes I find a really great screenshot and I start thinking it's a shame that it'll stay forever as just another screencap while it should be made into separate artwork. You know, in case of the scan you don't have to trace it - you can buy the artbook/calendar/magazine/postcard/poster/whatever, if you like it that badly. With a screenshot you cannot do the same - it'll stay digital forever even if you buy the DVD [I doubt somebody would do this only for a single screenshot though :XD:] And yes, I trace it then for my own and other people's viewing pleasure :) I'm aware that it may be deleted one day by dA staff - that's also why I placed a warning about tracing under Introduction part of my tutorial. Now that I have many more people visiting my account than I had at the beginning, I guess I should stop doing that *sigh* ^^"

But in many cases, it all starts when I want to see a certain character in a certain pose, with a certain facial expression, or certain outfit ;) For example my Ichigo vector - you won't find a screenshot like that in the anime. I browsed through my Bleach screenshots [I have like 15 000 of them :XD:], picked several images and referenced with them to get what I want. I'm hopeless when it comes to sketching that's why I rarely start from a sketch of my own ;P

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~niaryusuke:iconniaryusuke: Jan 2, 2008, 5:34:24 PM
IM GONNA MASTER THIS WHEN I GET HOME ^,..,^

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