vexeling and vectoring, A different take on what it looks like. Options

[Ktru]

Hey everyone, there just something that's been bothering me about the forum's ethnic on vexeling and vectoring (which I will call Vextor).

So i'm browsing this forums and I'm looking at all the vextoring of people pictures and I'm thinking to myself gosh these people suck. Why is it that 99% of all the vextor images soo layery? Vexels and vectors are suppost to look flat aren't they?

Maybe you're new to vexeling or vectoring and so you're following the shapes that was created when you desaturate. But it seems like the popular notion of vectoring and vexeling is just to follow the shapes created by photoshop.

I think of graphic design as a form of art. Learning how to vexel and vector is hard because it takes time to learn what kind of shapes you need to make and what kind of opacity the shape should be. To make a good vextor you need to learn the basics ( how to desaturate. how to create shapes, how to blend the layers, etc) after you have that what you do with the vectoring should be up to you. Experiment with the color and shapes to create something different.

Here's a tutorial that I thought was great on vextoring. Can someone else provide their tutorial so I can see what they're doing?

http://www.melissaclifton.com/tutorial-vector.html

let me know what your take on this is

[Ington]

I can't believe how dumb this thread is getting. That's the only word for it. Dumb.

I don't even understand how this argument is progressing. What logic can one have to put guidelines and rules to art? If anything, history shows that guidelines for art almost guarantee their disbanding.

You can't compare one style of vector art with another, and no style of art is wrong. The entire gradient 3D feel is a style of art, not a formula or algorithm.

Furthermore, Ktru, I suggest you don't start to talk about what style of art is 'good or bad', because I doubt that would make for an interesting discussion. Additionally, a style can't be good or bad, only the artist can, and only from the views of individual minds.

Moving on, I believe that 3D and 2D art cannot be compared in regards to vectoring. The entire look of these styles put them in different categories from one another. The styles have their own respective perks for artists seeking a certain feeling or fundamental aspect to their peice.