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From Raster to Vector. Lines

The title might be a bit confusing, but, trust me, once you see the pictures you’ll understand. Basically, this is a short tutorial on how to convert a raster image into a vector one using one color rendering. Only this time, instead of using halftones, we are going to use a more controlled method, using [...]

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Vector Packs VS. Creativity

Hello. Without too much of an introduction, I want to talk about a sensitive issue: whether vector packs are a useful resource or just a way to get people into pretending they are designers and help them produce unoriginal, weak designs. First of all, let me start by telling you how I got into graphic [...]

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From Raster to Vector. Halftones

As you probably know, Illustrator works with vector format files, which is great in apparel/printing, because of the way vectors can scale infinitely, and also because of the automatic color separation option offered by Illustrator. I am going to try and explain a method that allows raster files, such as photos or digital paintings to be [...]

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