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phew, my first vector traced from a photograph.

Rie Tanaka, the beautiful voice of Lacus Clyne and Meer Campbell from Gundam SEED/Destiny, as well as Chii from Chobits.

I love her voice as Lacus, esp her songs. I also like how she distinguishes between the voices of Lacus and Meer.

Anyway, technical specks:

Layers: 33 (including background)
Time: um, about 8 hours

Since this was my first time tracing from a photograph, I kinda cheated in distinguishing the colours. I converted the photo into 16 colours, so that instead of smooth shading, you get the colours already divided up. Then I traced those contours, converted back to 16 million colours, used the original photo as a guide and fixed certain areas.

The photo I traced from:

http://img487.imageshack.us/img487/2918/top7xo.th.jpg

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Comments

  1. SakuraShirayuki Jul 10, 2006

    pew! it must be difficult!
    But It's great!^^ i like it! although it's a bit abrasive!

  2. ParadizeXI Jul 10, 2006

    wow.... i never knew it's possible to vector a photograph.. i mean it's like filled w/ colors.. O.o .hehe... you did a nice job there ^_~..

    is it possible to blend the colours abit? cuz it really shows... XP

  3. BlueAngel17 Jul 11, 2006

    ooooh.. this is how she looks like eh? coool... now I see the voice behind chii, lacus and meer. lol. good job! :)

  4. sheol13 Jul 11, 2006

    Excellent vector art, well done with those traces it doesnt loose almost anything...

  5. CosmoStar Jul 11, 2006

    What a awesome vector! This indeed looks great! Rie is looking very cute in the picture and now she's vectored, she looks like a doll! So kawaii!
    Congratulations! You're really skilled!

  6. UchihaTaijiya Jul 13, 2006

    Oooh, I love her too! I've never seen her before though, so it's cool! ^^
    You did awesome too! XD Keep it up! <3

  7. EldaLacus92 Jul 18, 2006

    Lovely! It's such an expert and you can definitely see that you've spent lots of time and effor in making this vector! dammit I don't even have proper words for descriving this magnificent work!

  8. walkure245 Aug 09, 2006

    ooo~ I rarely see people vectoring real people so it's a treat. ^_^ You did a really awesome job. Tbh, I don't think vectors are great with shadows since it appears awkward. But I really like the way you did this and you kept very true to the picture. Great stuff~

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