This is a walkthrough on how I did my vector arts using Adobe Flash or improve known every bit Animate now. Most people volition role Illustrator for vector tracing, but I am doing it inward Flash. If you lot are doing it for print, you lot should describe it inward Illustrator since that is the criterion file format for printing. It is non an in-depth tutorial, but it volition hand you lot a clear sentiment on how I did my vector artworks alongside Flash instead of Illustrator.
Quick Sketch
Before anything else, I ever seek to visualize on how the lastly artwork going to be. Some peoples volition offset to produce fossil oil sketch to generate ideas piece closed to volition await for references. So, conduct a method which operate best for you. After getting a fossil oil idea, I volition produce a quick sketch to run into if I am happy to boot the bucket on alongside it.
If I am happy alongside the idea, I volition in addition to then boot the bucket on to build clean upward the sketch. The lines doesn't quest to live super build clean every bit nosotros are solely using it every bit a guidance for vector tracing.
Tracing
First, lower downwards the opacity of the sketch in addition to role a blueish coloring business for tracing. This teach inward easier for me to run into the vector line.
Base Color
After terminate tracing, I offset to seat inward the base of operations coloring for the vector. Sometime using coloring reference tin live a skillful thought too.
Outlines
Some people prefer vector fine art without outline piece closed to prefer nighttime bold outline. There is no incorrect or correct every bit it is only unlike fashion of vector art. In this artwork, I volition boot the bucket on alongside a bold dark coloring outline. So, alter the blueish business to a dark coloring outline.
Highlight in addition to Shadow
Some vector fine art skip this stride completely. But for the type of vector fine art I am doing, it ever await improve alongside the shading. In this case, I imagine at that spot is a lite beginning on peak left, therefore everything volition live brighter on peak left, darker on bottom right. With this ii band of coloring shading, the artwork volition offset to await a fighting similar jail cellular telephone shaded 3D.
To separate or add together inward the shading, role closed to other business fashion to depict the terminator of the shadow. In this example, I am using a blueish coloring hairline. Then seat inward the darker shade of coloring in addition to take the blueish coloring line.
Optional step
We tin ever import the vector fine art into Photoshop to produce closed to lastly impact up. But virtually people won't regard this every bit a pure vector fine art anymore. In my case, I added the woods texture background, frame the artwork within polaroid picture in addition to did closed to coloring adjustment.
Artwork
Some other vector arts I did long fourth dimension ago.
