Archive for the 'Definition' Category

What Vector Art Isn’t

Sunday, November 27th, 2005

To further my attempt at avoiding any confusion, today I’ll focus on what vector-based art isn’t.

Software overlap:

In my previous post, I had mentioned the fact that some programs may overlap to a certain extent. Indeed, in the same way software like Illustrator contains a set of raster tools, raster programs like Photoshop or PaintShop Pro [...]

What Is “Vector Art”?

Saturday, November 26th, 2005

This question is one I’m regularly asked whenever I mention that my favorite and main domain of digital art revolves around the use of vectors. In fact, a more appropriate name for this way of working would probably be “vector-based art”; indeed, vector art in itself is a technique, and a style—much like oil painting [...]