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Title: First shot at some vectorized Art! Update Sept 29
Post by: BarontheFirst on September 21, 2004, 05:44:55 pm

Well tomorrow I will actually complete Link but for now I am still working on colors I like. Please help me decide.

Title: Re:This is my first vector try!
Post by: hunky_artist on September 21, 2004, 06:45:39 pm

very artistic, I like it!

Title: Re:This is my first vector try!
Post by: BarontheFirst on September 21, 2004, 10:22:07 pm

Major improvment! Going piece by piece. I got alot better in a day. It makes my first Link look stoned!

Title: Re:This is my first vector try!
Post by: AGGIEZ on September 21, 2004, 10:26:55 pm

Quote from: BarontheFirst on September 21, 2004, 10:22:07 pm

Major improvment! Going piece by piece. I got alot better in a day. It makes my first Link look stoned!

Looks MUUUUUUCH better. Keep at it.

Man, i'd love to do a Zelda themed cab but I'm not there yet. I still haven't messed around with the NES roms...

Title: Re:This is my first vector try! Update
Post by: BarontheFirst on September 22, 2004, 01:36:06 am

Well here is were I am for the night! Got to work in the morning. Please let me know how you think I am doing.

Title: Re:First shot at some vectorized Art! Update Sept 22
Post by: Felsir on September 22, 2004, 03:40:08 am

Looks great! Keep us updated!

Title: Re:First shot at some vectorized Art! Update Sept 22
Post by: BarontheFirst on September 22, 2004, 07:31:25 pm

Well not much free time but here is were I am at today. Link is one complicated character!

Title: Re:First shot at some vectorized Art! Update Sept 23
Post by: BarontheFirst on September 22, 2004, 10:41:19 pm

Ok so I decided to stay and work on it a bit more today. Can't help it. It is looking better than I thought it would being my first real go at it. So here is more! Maybe after I get a bit better I will start a few at a time.

Title: Re:First shot at some vectorized Art! Update Sept 23
Post by: BobbyG66 on September 23, 2004, 09:25:30 am

Looks great!

The only thing I notice that needs a little work is some of the "gaps/cracks" in between colors.

If you look at HIS left ear and right arm, there are some white gaps/cracks showing through.
This is kind of a pain in illustrator, but you have to make sure each color section touches or overlaps another.

What I usually do is start with the colors and sections that are in the "Front". These tend to be accent colors, or smaller sections.
Then larger color areas like shirts, pants, whatever happens to be the larger items go in the back.
These larger items can be huge outlines of the main item and sent to the back.

It is best to work with layers and sublayers to get everything in the right order.
This is alot easier/quicker and you don't have to draw as much.

Hope this helps and makes sense.

BobbyG66

Title: Re:First shot at some vectorized Art! Update Sept 26
Post by: BarontheFirst on September 26, 2004, 01:32:09 pm

Okay now my new problem is color! Link was looking evil or dark to me so I am working on another color layout. So wich Link look better?

Title: Re:First shot at some vectorized Art! Update Sept 26
Post by: GreenKnight37 on September 27, 2004, 12:12:53 am

Hmmm....I like the Brighter colors myself :)