[2nd attempt at Vector art]Trixie X Prince

[Prince Lightning Da Cute 619]

So i've recently got into graphic art. I can't draw so i have to be extremely profecient at vector art to compesate for that. I've sent my first attempt at Vector art to the mlp forums group on DA here http://mlpforums.deviantart.com/ my work is the latest done in the OC category. So after a while i gave it another go, and this is what i did.

 

Gimp 2 is WAY harder than the first one i did in Photoshop but i got the same effect. Well What you think guys? Edited April 1, 2012 by Princess Trixie

[Pinkazoid 3,493]

Yay you stopped stalking Pinkie!

 

that's pretty cool, although I didn't know you liked Trixie xD

[Prince Lightning Da Cute 619]

Yay you stopped stalking Pinkie!

 

that's pretty cool, although I didn't know you liked Trixie xD

 

She was my 2nd ship, but don't you worry i'm already working on a Pinkie X Prince Project but i'm be sure to run by you for approval first k? Thnaks my friend.

[Trixies Apprentice L 493]

I cannot approve anything that involves shipping with Trixie and it isnt me

 

Though great work

[PeachPalette 1,000]

I always admire the people that can do vectors! So very nice! Great work!

[Prince Lightning Da Cute 619]

I cannot approve anything that involves shipping with Trixie and it isnt me

 

Though great work

 

Give me your pony code and I'll make you one even she would approve!

 

I always admire the people that can do vectors! So very nice! Great work!

 

Thank you!

[Trixies Apprentice L 493]

Give me your pony code and I'll make you one even she would approve!

 

Thank you!

 

Nah no need:

[FLARE 952]

Thats pretty good, however I have a suggestion, when making vector art and not saving it as a vector format (use SVG because it can be viewed in all modern web browsers) if you plan on exporting as a raster or bitmap format (png, jpg gif and the like) make it at a REALLY high resolution like 3000x3000 + so people can tell that it was done with vectors, because some of it in that picture looks like it was not your original work :$ (the star looks very low res, so does trixies cutie mark and the background looks very blury)

[Prince Lightning Da Cute 619]

Thats pretty good, however I have a suggestion, when making vector art and not saving it as a vector format (use SVG because it can be viewed in all modern web browsers) if you plan on exporting as a raster or bitmap format (png, jpg gif and the like) make it at a REALLY high resolution like 3000x3000 + so people can tell that it was done with vectors, because some of it in that picture looks like it was not your original work :$ (the star looks very low res, so does trixies cutie mark and the background looks very blury)

 

 

Ok I see so after I'm done making it do I increase the size? Or do that first? And SVG format? I'll make a note of it! Thank you for the critique I needed it.

[FLARE 952]

Ok I see so after I'm done making it do I increase the size? Or do that first? And SVG format? I'll make a note of it! Thank you for the critique I needed it.

 

What program are you using? I'm a little confused in the topic post.

[Prince Lightning Da Cute 619]

 

 

What program are you using? I'm a little confused in the topic post.

 

The 1st attempt was in Photoshop, this one was in GIMPshop because my trail ran out, what do you suggest?

[FLARE 952]

The 1st attempt was in Photoshop, this one was in GIMPshop because my trail ran out, what do you suggest?

 

I'd stick with photoshop at the least, or maybe illustrator if you want to export as SVG and use a 'true' vector program.

 

the thing with GIMP is although it has the pen tool, it draws STRAIGHT to a raster/bitmap image and isn't a vector program. One could argue the same for photoshop, however photoshop keeps the paths and allows you to edit them like in any vector program AND, the PSD file (native photoshop) has some vector elements in it, so if you import it into a vector program it will work just like any other vector you import (provided that you didn't rasterize anything)

[Nate 17]

It looks really good

[Prince Lightning Da Cute 619]

Listen guys because of the good feedback I'm getting, I'm going to re-attempt this and hopefully make it better this time around. Thank you all for the support it means a lot, really it does.

[SurefireMooly 20]

I'd recommend using either Photoshop (but since your trial has run out...) or Inkscape ( <3 )

Inkscape is sorta hard to use, but once you learn it, it's amazing to use!

It exports to .svg format, (or .png if you want it to) and it can create the image as big as you want! (I was gonna do a 100,000x100,000 but then I remembered I only have 40GB spare on my hard drive )

 

one of my first vectors, was still getting the hang of inkscape

 

[Chimicherrychanga! 41]

Your vector looks awesome!!