Archive for the 'Technique' Category

Paul Bush

Friday, January 6th, 2006

A portfolio rich in women figures is what I’ve found on Paul Bush’s website, and let’s not be fooled, because there’s a “nudity” warning on some of them doesn’t mean that said images aren’t worth a look, or are done in bad taste. Paul Bush is indeed another of these illustrators who display a good [...]

Miyamoto Yukio

Monday, January 2nd, 2006

There sometimes is a controversy, among vector atists, about whether what could be called “photo-realism” is really art, or needs to be considered as tracing/copying only. Regardless of what one may think of this, it’s a fact that Miyamoto Yukio, in the works he presents on his web page, displays a thorough technique, especially when [...]

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 [...]