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under18carbon — ::Vector Art Tutorial::
Published: 2004-12-24 14:40:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 131288; Favourites: 445; Downloads: 22849
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Umm.I know it's not all that great, might no even be all that helpful, but I try.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year my friends.
Enjoy!
[EDIT] There, I think now the image is showing in full. My connection was screwing up with me yesterday and I think it only uploaded part of it, should be fixed now!
Oh and link to final piece : [link]
EDIT 26/01/2006
Original source file available for download here!
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I find this really useful. I only have a problem. I'm using photoshop CS2. Do you know where I could find the stroke tab? I can't find it anywhere.
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First, you have to set your brush settings to your desired stroke width/type of brush etc., then when you start outlining with the pen tool and when that's done, just right click and select 'stroke path' or 'stroke subpath' (if it's not a closed path). Select brush, and you're done!
You might want to check out a tutorial written by ~donbenni , it's specifically written for Photoshop users. Good luck!
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I'm just about to start to get into vector art, and this is a real help!
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Glad you found it useful! 
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You make me want to cry out my liver... this is so good.
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Hi, this looks like a great tutorial. But I can't get started. I just installed Ai CS3 and will be following this tutorial. Everytime I open my file, Ai shrinks it... I don't know what to do... This is my first time using Ai
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What do you mean by AI shrinks it? It resizes your source image?
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i don't think it resizes the source, just the pasted image... then it gets "pixelized" when I try to enlarge it..
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That happens to me occasionally too with certain images, however if I resize it back up to the original size it doesn't appear to get pixelated again 
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I'm new with illustrator and struggling with the gradient/colouring bit. Which layer do I do the gradient on. In the top left I have "No selection" and I am wondering if this has anything to do with it.
- I've just tried clicking the path for the outline and I get path where it says no selection. I can now use the gradient tool but still nothing shows up, I've tried it on several different layers.
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Sorry it took me awhile to get back to you. I'm not so sure if I understand your question... do you mean you can't get to fill a shape with gradients?
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As I said, I figured it out. Thanks for replying though.
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Ah, good then!
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Doesn't matter, I've worked it out. Done basic colouring on it now, I think I've just got lights, wheels and then shading/highlights and then I'm done.
I didn't say previously but it is an excellent tutorial, I've always struggled hopelessly with vectors because I find it too easy to give up at the difficult parts. However, your tutorial is easy to follow and makes everything seem much more simple.
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I have a problem I cant use different colors for gradients besides black and white
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Hit Ctrl + F9 to bring out the gradient tab, and you will see two tiny boxes with the colour white and black. Just double click on the first box and then select the colour you want using the fill thingie on the toolbar. I hope that makes sense :S
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Hey Man, I Done Your Tut =]
Very Nice, But Im Not As Good As You :]]
Here's Mine
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It's a good start! Your lines seem smooth. Add some colour
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It surely helped me a lot to learn!!!!!! Thanks a ton
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No problems mate, glad to hear that!
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Glad I could help you out.
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OMG
Your tutorial is very expensive and expensive good
Thanks and thanks and thanks
you help me
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Glad you found it useful.
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Glad to know it helped.
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great tut!
how long did it take you to do this?
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I can't really remember the exact time as it was so long ago, but I think I completed it over the course of 2 days or so.
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holy crap!
I've been working on a vector of my car all week and I am still tracing!
like, I haven't even gotten to fine details, I'm still outlining.
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Oh, wait, the car... I thought you meant the tutorial itself. 
If so, it's definitely within a week. Don't worry about it, I don't work very fast either.
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yeah, its very tedious
I have a tablet pc but my stylus isn't working
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Super useful!
I'll let you know what i came up with!
Cheers
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Thanks mate, I'll be waiting
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This looks good, all the other car vector tutorials I found seem too advanced, I just want to get started with vectoring, your one doesn't have much shading but still looks awesome
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Hey, thanks alot for making and posting this tutorial. It really motivated me to make a vector line art of my favorite car. But I have 1 little question that stops me from finishing it.. Hope you can help me out.
Question: For example, I have the main outline and the outline of the headlights these 2 are very close together so when I vector both they get over each other, I know that there is someway tofix this with pathfinder or something but i've tried everythign and it didnt work out. So how make then "fuse?" together so you dont get these ugly dubble lines.
Thanks in advance, keep up the good work.
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I'm not very knowledgeable on using pathfinder (still learning myself 
I hope that answers your question, if I misunderstood it, then by all means please don't hesitate to drop me an email or IM me if you want.
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