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Title: Classics art
Post by: Smittydc on October 09, 2003, 11:56:31 am

I haven't visited the art forum here in a while.  I though some of the new people might find the characters on my control panel design to be useful:

(http://www.becauseitsfun.com/Mamecoversimple.jpg)

The characters are individual object in this Illustrator file:
http://www.becauseitsfun.com/Mamefinal.ai (http://www.becauseitsfun.com/Mamefinal.ai) (12mb)


 :)

Title: Re:Classics art
Post by: zorg on October 09, 2003, 12:49:25 pm

each character is a bitmap image, not a vector one.

why did you choose to made the collage in illustrator ?

Title: Re:Classics art
Post by: Smittydc on October 09, 2003, 01:53:38 pm

I never said they were vector based.  Most of them are cleaned up screen captures and graphics I cobbled together from different places.  

I find it easier to move around and resize the objects in Illustrator -- create groups, fine tune positioning.  You don't have to keep switching between layers, etc.  The autotrace is fun if you do want to convert things to vectors.  

But basically, I'm just more used to working in illustrator.

Personally, I don't see how people make complex composites in Photoshop -- seems like a lot more work.

Title: Re: Classics art
Post by: Smittydc on November 21, 2005, 12:03:22 pm

Haven't been to these forums in a while. Thought I'd bump this up in case anyone would find it useful.

Title: Re: Classics art
Post by: mahuti on November 21, 2005, 02:42:09 pm

Just for clarification

1. Photoshop has groups that can be moved en mass.

2. Control-clicking (right-clicking) objects in photoshop lets you select them without having to click on the specific layers pallette.

Pros and cons to both methods, though I think Illustrator might be the better tool for making collage art.

Title: Re: Classics art
Post by: Smittydc on November 21, 2005, 05:06:09 pm

Yeah, but they still have to be in layers -  which can be confusing at first. I wrote those posts a while back before I ever did much which Photoshop.

I think I'd still do this in Illustrator...  :D