fantastic vector illustrations here. (not mine)

[OZ]

wow!AMAZING! tnx 4 the link!!

[eunuchbot]

wow, I can't believe it's not pixel!!

[Malameel]

Out of curiosity, why do you think it was vector? I cannot find any info on the site, but then again I only speak english... but still I never saw the words Adobe illustrator, just possible references that these where illustrations. I use Adobe Illustartor primarily, and I would like to see if somebody has been able to push the program that far.

[-JT-]

I guess he draws on photos (a layer above), he doesn't say he uses vectors but you can guess from the line work.
Anyway it's a nice result.

[wildsheepchase]

The first page might be vector, but on a lot of the pictures in his gallery, the lines don't seem to be smooth enough to be vector. Also, he uses a lot of cheesy photo shop effects...maybe it's a combination of both?:shrug:
I think he achieved a really cool look in some of the pictures, but it didn't seem to be consistent. IMHO, it seemed that the best pieces he did used a restricted palette. Just my 2cents:cool:

[Malameel]

I didn't think any of it was vector. The flat palette is easy to create in Photoshop as well as the wave yet crisp line quality.

I doubt he would draw over photos, if the images are vector, especially with programs like streamline available. Just scan, edit in PSD for the basic look you need, then convert to vector and edit out what comes in dirty. Then back to PSD for "cheesy" effects.

Of course why go through all that?

AI now does have things like vector lens flares but I avoid them because they are even harder in AI to make less cheesy and blend in properly. Besides, all my illustrator work just doesn't need flares. Maybe I should play with it just a little more to see if it does have some uses.

[jeroentje]

These are scanned line illustrations (maybe even b/w photo's not sure), auto-traced with vector conversion software like Adobe Streamline, or maybe even Flash. It's been coloured afterward, with vector software (Illustrator, Freehand) and photo-software (probably Photoshop).
Maybe he used CorelTrace, CorelDraw and CorelPaint, cause that comes all in on (very affordable) bundle.

The result is very nice. Looks good.
Cheers, Sherlock H.

[Malameel]

The more I think about it, I am sure there are many ways to create those images in Illustartor, Photoshop, a box of Crayons... or whatever, but when you want to achieve a certain look, you do not go around the world to go across the street.

Maybe if there was more info on the images, it would make sense to create them in a certain way.

There is no way to look at an image and know exactly how it was created, even though we can tell that it was created, enhanced, conjured up or whatever.

Whatever I guess.

[protohiro]

I think this is real line art...possibly traced in illustrator, but its definetly not just a filter (I just spent about 30 minutes trying to get the look with a filter...its easier just to do in illustrator). People do go to art school and they can draw. I like the look a lot. And I garuntee its not just a cheap effect.

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