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Published: 2008-06-04 19:37:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 19445; Favourites: 90; Downloads: 0
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THIS IS A PRACTICE ON GRADIENT TECHNIQUES. I DID NOT CREATE IRON MAN ETC ETC ETC.And yes, this is a vector of one of the promo posters for the Iron Man movie. I obviously did not draw this up myself. Credit for the photo goes to Marvel Comics and co.
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hey! I was just letting you know that I'm featuring your work here at my art blog
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Outstanding! Fantastic job on the arc reactor especially!
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You .. you traced this. How is this awesome? You traced this!
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uh... if by trace you mean i used an original iron man poster as a base...
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You traced over the original and colored it.
I dunno, doesn't seem like something to be proud about.
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So you mean to tell me that this isn't worthy of praise? I'm on my way to your gallery and I hope to see better the way you doggin' this art.
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So that's your retort?
"I hope you're better than this guy."
One, I don't vector anymore.
Two, I don't trace my work. I would help I'm better than THAT.
Man, you guys are whiners.
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Nice! I viewed your work and I must say that you are a beast.
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I would hope*
I type great.
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Nice gallery MagicalMelonBall but you should always praise those who are in practice to become better... feel me? Cause we all "pull" from each other in various techniques.
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... i don't really know what you're getting at. i didn't "trace" then "color" over anything. yeah, i didn't do anything fancy to jazz it up and i didn't create or sketch out the original concept of ironman, but that vector is a combination of a bajillion shapes and gradients that took me weeks to finish.
if you want to see the progressions, here:
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Would have been much more amazing if you had drawn IronMan in your own original way and vectored that.
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I put a lay over of the post to your image and it lines up perfectly. PERFECTLY. PERFECTLY
NO ONE, and I repeat, NO ONE can possibly EYEBALL a piece and have it match up line for line, detail for detail to the original.
I didn't accuse you of stealing the vector. I believe you did it.
But you traced over the original. It's just as bad as painting over a photo.
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but isn't that sort of what vectors are? other than some creative flourishes and nuances, if a vector isn't an illustration, it's basically a digital version of a photo or something else... i never called this an illustration.
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Of course vectors are for illustration. This is an illustration even if you didn't call it.
And no, vectors are not traced pieces of work.
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i never said a vector was traced pieces of work or that vectors were not illustrations.
vectoring is a TECHNIQUE which can be utilized to create original illustrations or for recreating an existing photo into digital form.
call what i'm doing a traced photograph if you want, but it's still a vector in terms of technique used.
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That doesn't make it okay? You're not listening, and I have no intention to continue this.
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same thing i said to the other guy:
honestly, this was more of a practice with technique. i didn't claim it to be creative. now that i have sort of mastered the technique, i AM starting to work on more creative concept pieces and sketching out my own stuff. i'm not going to remove it, but i will put a remark in my comments that this is purely for technique practice and nothing else. and if deviantart doesn't find that acceptable, they can remove it or ban me or whatever. i've been planning to get a new username anyways, this one is outdated by years.
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You make vector artists like me look BAD. I never traced anything. To say something like that really brings down the artists that use vectoring and vexelling legitly. You know, those that use stock art or their own photos or stuff with permission
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Uhm. People use "bases" all the time to do vectors. Every single damn tutorial I've seen involves GOING OVER the image with selections and creating layers. expoised is right, it *is* basically a trace.
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That's all well and good, as long as you're not TRACING AN IMAGE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A RIGHT TO USE. 
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Wow, bitch alert. I have a fucking right to butt in whenever I want. The situation still happened, didn't it? You still think the same thing, don't you? So, therefore I can "butt in" (which isn't actually butting in since it's public; if you didn't want anyone butting in you would've sent a note) whenever the fuck I want.
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I'm the one being bitchy yet you're the one cursing at me and calling me names. I find this amusing and ironic.
Yeah it's a public forum, but the argument was resolved a month ago so your opinion doesn't matter any more.
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Sure it does. Cursing and calling you names is a reaction. You're a bitch first and I'll be a fucking bitch back. I actually stick up for myself. I'm sorry, "resolved"? Was this a Q&A? Don't think so. My opinion still counts as it's still important to the actual artist, not you.
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I am greatly amused.
No, your opinion DOESN'T matter because I think you missed the point: What this artist is doing is stealing and ripping off another person's creativity. Trace stuff you have the right to trace like stock. (Or you know, get permission?)
There's no point in being on an art site if you're going to rip off another artist (or artists). I don't appreciate people who defend this kind of action.
I suppose asspats would be appreciated by the OP.
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but you're still "tracing" over the stock art and photo, no? i've vectored stock art (with permission) before and i've done my own photos before too, so don't say i'm not "legit." so what do you do when you want to create a vector creation of something commercial like a famous actor or movie poster, etc? i never said the base was original. in my portfolio, i disclaim any rights i have to the original concept and design of "iron man"... anyone who looks at this knows i didn't create ironman.
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You're not getting the point, so I'm going to just walk away. You're not worth an ulcer.
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you could always explain what you mean instead of acting like a douchebag, but i guess douches have to douche.
Anyways, I wanted a vectored Iron Man wallpaper and decided to vector this photo: [link]
I'm not using this vector commercially and I'm not claiming the original as my own. The vector is not a fake vector. I'm so sorry I didn't call up Marvel to ask if I could use their image, but I'm pretty sure they would be okay with me vectoring the image as it's for personal use.
I'm not saying all vector/vexel artists "trace" over existing photos. There are very many talented illustrators who create their own sketch and vector over that. I do that too, but this particular vector is of something already commercially produced. My bad if that was a huge no-no in the vector world. I didn't know that as A LOT OF OTHER VECTOR ARTISTS do the same thing with pictures of Johnny Depp or Angelina Jolie or whatever.
Either way, this doesn't make the vector technique anything less than what it is.
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You're the one being a douche by stealing art :\
Get over it. You make vectorists and vexellists look bad when you trace and copy over art that's not yours and you had no permission to use.
Stealing art is a big no-no in any world of art.
Just because other people do it too doesn't make it right. What are you, a third grader? "Johnny shot Mary and lots of other people kill each other so it's okay!" Murder is different from art theft but the principle is the SAME.
No.
You didn't do anything spectacular anyway. Yeah it's good vectoring but there's nothing original to it. I saw it and went 'gosh that looks exactly like the promo art from the movies.' I didn't think 'wow that's beautiful work I've never seen anything like it.' But I guess that's what you wanted in the end: to come off as an unoriginal vectorist.
There is a world of free art stock out there for you to manipulate however the heck you want. Embrace it.
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oh, get over it. picasso disagrees with you. as long as i'm not selling this commercially and give credit to the appropriate sources, then i (and the law) have no problem with what i do.
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I don't care what Picasso says. His quote is misquoted constantly.
Great artists are original. Art thieves never get far in this world.
Examples:
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Also take a gander at this: FAQ #306: Does "Crediting" let me use whatever I want?
So grow up and stop making excuses for stealing.
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I'm not policing, I was putting in my 2 cents about your behavior.
Why don't you act like an adult and remove it yourself so you don't get banned? You have talent, stop wasting it.
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honestly, this was more of a practice with technique. i didn't claim it to be creative. now that i have sort of mastered the technique, i AM starting to work on more creative concept pieces and sketching out my own stuff. i'm not going to remove it, but i will put a remark in my comments that this is purely for technique practice and nothing else. and if deviantart doesn't find that acceptable, they can remove it or ban me or whatever. i've been planning to get a new username anyways, this one is outdated by years.
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If you want a new username you can just deactivate your account. If you get yourself banned and make a new account it's considered ban evasion and you'll just get banned again.
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you should be proud of it,, you can hardly tell its a vector... keep up the good work!!
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Wow, this is like, the best vector work I have ever seen! It is really incredibe, very realistic!! Could you please tell me which program(s) you used to make this vector? I would also appreciate if you could tell me which tools you used: mesh? gradient? Thank you in advance!
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Sorry for the late reply, I used Adobe Illustrator CS4 and gradients. Lol, it's pretty much all gradients except for the base color. And thanks!
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i got so much respect for you
i just got done doing a project of iron man's head and that took me over a month so i can only imagine how long this took, kudos man, kudos
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