Oh god that's a ridiculously long way to get from bitmap to vector art.

I wouldn't do it that way, I reckon the best thing to do is think like a stencil artist. Which is far faster then this method.

Care to elaborate? This method has stood me well for quite a while so I'd be interested to see a better one. I have found quicker methods but the quality was poor compared to using the pen tool.

Why on earth is he using PhotoShop? It's a raster program, and handles vectors very poorly (that's what Illustrator's for!) - obviously, this guy's not in the design industry. And if you wanted to be really quick, you can use Illustrator CS2's Auto-Trace function to do it for you. I've used Adobe software for over eight years - the StreamLine based Auto-Trace is actually surprisingly accurate (but I don't recommend it to my students - as they're lazy enough as it is!)

Plus, technically: it's not a vector image...as he's rasterized the mathematics into pixels to add shading.

benjee slaps down all who come, just try it punk

I only spent about a half hour on this so far, but here is what I did using the tutorial above. Benjee, I would love some links to better howto's if you are aware of such things.

It wasn't a smack-down aimed at anyone other than the Brit who produced the video...I'd never do a "You shall not pass" style down vote - as at least he's using the Pen tool; plus it's a good starting point for people not unfortunate enough to have worked in design!

James: I'll do some for you if you want...I know Illustrator better than any other software (it's my favourite! Damn, I'm such a geek...)

damn you benjee, respond to me.... RESPOND TO ME :-P

Errmm: I did James! -~^ (while you were typing that!)

I'll comment to your profile instead...saves spamming your Sift with my geeky love of Illustrator!

I agree, this guy went wrong as soon as he opened Photoshop.

you're obsessed with breasts James

hah, if you click the one that I linked earlier, the one I am working on, you will se that I am doing a landscape, but yes I like most mamals do enjoy breasteses.

...the roe way, or the highway

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