Photoshop Challenge week # 12

[Vafann]

Ok guys, I have been trying to think up a challenge that hasn’t been done yet. What I haven´t seen much at all here, is anyone making any vector shapes with the PEN TOOL ! (Ok don´t scream).

I have avoided that thing as much as I can,though I have used it to cut things out with, I haven´t used it right, and haven´t gotten the handle on making those Belzier curves.

I don´t know how much of a challenge this will be for others, I´m sure that most have used the pen tool a lot more than I have, but I have never really seen anyone make any vector images with it.

I have founds 3 YouTube tutorials, that go from the absolute basics, simple shapes, to a little more challenging, tracing a pepper, to vector tracing a portrait.

I will provide a picture of a pepper here for that tutorial, but what I would like to see is us getting creative with the thing, Logos, portraits, characters, fish lol, whatever.

Ok, tutorials and pepper. J

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDrtyNmp3A4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xypTvrSRIIk&feature=related

http://www.lazymask.com/vector-tutorial.html

[Vafann]

Oh yeah, and you don´t have to wait for me to start because I am totally lost at this and will need some practice before I can post anything lol.

[SeniorS]

You readed my mind.
I was thinking about making easy objects in Illustrator or PS shapes.

but I have never really seen anyone make any vector images with it.

I can't imagine live without pen tool
Okey i haven't create many thing from scratch but followed few tutorials.

So i'm in.

I will try something later (i mean days) but for now two old but loved ones from AW (PS shapes)




And one logo with which i try to participate in logo design competition - failed of course but was good practise (Illustrator):

[Vafann]

OMG Senior S! I´m sitting here trying to trace a circle and getting it all wrong LOL!

[Vafann]

Uh.. there seems to be a little problem with the pepper YouTube, it stops after 10 minutes and the isn´t really done yet. I got to as far as it went, and then I tried to save the thing I made, but it turned out kind of pale and weird. I will have to see if I can find a better tutorial, This stuff isn´t easy lol.

[SeniorS]

I´m sitting here trying to trace a circle and getting it all wrong LOL!

Hmm...why want to trace a circle?


Here some more.

This one was made for my wife's culinary blog (PS):






And this one i tried to make to congratulate one member promoted to moderator but didn't finished (as many other things).
Don't know what's really wrong with it. Maybe need some graphics elements. Anyway, i'm not satisfied with them but don't think i'll ever finish them.
But it's still shapes and pen tool




P.S. By the way. That's brings question.
Is it legit to post in challange material which aren't made for particular challange but fits it's format?

[Paul]

Yes senior it is ok, as it shows what the challenge is about, as long as the poster posting it DID create it first.

[SeniorS]

Yes senior it is ok, as it shows what the challenge is about

That's good. I feel better now (it felt like cheating a little).

as long as the poster posting it DID create it first.

No problem with that, i got psd files
And anyway those are pretty easy.

[Paul]

For you mate.

[SeniorS]

I got to as far as it went, and then I tried to save the thing I made, but it turned out kind of pale and weird.

Haven't you just left opacity lowored (no 100%) for shapes?

And i don't understand why use shape tool for trace instead of pen tool? For my eyes it's kinda hard to follow all details when shapes color overlays that details.
Okey, you see result at moment you making that shape but still it don't worth loosing details. Just saying.