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makexawishxx aka Jeanie is a girl, has been a member since August 16, 2005, has scored 252 submissions, giving an average score of 2.19, helping 2 designs get printed.

Sep 29 '05 by makexawishxx
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HELP!

Hey guys,
I have a very important, yet hard to answer question.

I have so many good ideas for shirts but i have one problem.

I have no idea how to make them. I cant vector. At all.

Any suggestions on how i can get started?
Tutorials, tips, ANYTHING? How do you guys do it?

Thanks a lot,
Jeanie

d3d on Sep 29 '05 at 5:58pm

hire an artist. put up your idea and if someone likes it enough to draw it for you you can split the prize.

makexawishxx on Sep 29 '05 at 5:59pm

true.. but i WANT to do it myself.. no have someone else to do it. then ill never learn

staffell on Sep 29 '05 at 6:04pm

I suggest downloading CorelDraw12 (or buying it). Others will almost indefinately suggest Adobe Illustrator.CS2 That's your first step towards vector drawings.

makexawishxx on Sep 29 '05 at 6:08pm

I have that.

I just dont know how to use it!

Or how to make anything!

ahhh =[

staffell on Sep 29 '05 at 6:11pm

Which one?

ph33lth3lov3 on Sep 29 '05 at 6:11pm

go on the internet and find tutorials.... there are usually several on their homepage. you could also save up and buy a book from the store.

tesko on Sep 29 '05 at 6:11pm

Practice practice practice. I practically taught myself just by messing about.

Teskos Tip: With vectors, try to make an alphabet . 'A' will be a son of a bitch but by the time you get to 'Z' you will be quite proficient.

makexawishxx on Sep 29 '05 at 6:12pm

I have, Corel Draw 12, Adobe Illustrator 9.0, Jasc Paint Shop Pro, and Macromeida Freehand MXa.

makexawishxx on Sep 29 '05 at 6:13pm

Tesko:

So i just go to illustrator, get the pen tool, and just draw the alphabet? From my head or trace something?

makexawishxx on Sep 29 '05 at 6:13pm

Tesko:

So i just go to illustrator, get the pen tool, and just draw the alphabet? From my head or trace something?

Luke... on Sep 29 '05 at 6:14pm

haha...tesko's alphabet......i imagine it like one of those kids books, but so totally wrong.......oh so wrong...........

xiv on Sep 29 '05 at 6:15pm

A...is for apple

B...is for Ball

C... is for CHEM TRAILS!

tesko on Sep 29 '05 at 6:16pm

Just from your head, dont worry how crude it looks. It's just an exercise to get used to the pen tool.

tesko on Sep 29 '05 at 6:16pm

L is for lego porn

makexawishxx on Sep 29 '05 at 6:16pm

......?

makexawishxx on Sep 29 '05 at 6:16pm

ok. ill try it.

thanks!

staffell on Sep 29 '05 at 6:18pm

Yep you have it all. Its all about practice really. Luckily I have been brought up by a father who insisted on showing me how "amazing this coreldraw program" was for years, so thats how i picked it up primarily. Time has allowed me to master it. I downloaded and tried Illustrator the other day and was stumped, but gave up cos I was already too used to Coreldraw to bother with a new program.

makexawishxx on Sep 29 '05 at 6:21pm

<img src="http://tinypic.com/e5qmf7.jpg" alt="Image hosted by TinyPic.com">

like that?

i know its sad but thats what you mean to do right?

makexawishxx on Sep 29 '05 at 6:21pm

srry.

click here to see it hahaha

http://tinypic.com/e5qmf7.jpg

tesko on Sep 29 '05 at 6:23pm

Not really, try and do block lettering so you can fill it. Try to do the outline of an 'E'

makexawishxx on Sep 29 '05 at 6:26pm

http://tinypic.com/e5qnn7.jpg

hahahaha.

tesko on Sep 29 '05 at 6:28pm

YES! Thats progress! Now try a 'C' and you're half way there.

tesko on Sep 29 '05 at 6:28pm

I like that E alot

makexawishxx on Sep 29 '05 at 6:33pm

http://tinypic.com/e5qq7d.jpg

its looks so easy.

but its not.

=[

makexawishxx on Sep 29 '05 at 6:33pm

http://tinypic.com/e5qq7d.jpg

its looks so easy.

but its not.

=[

tesko on Sep 29 '05 at 6:35pm

Thats really good, honestly. You're gettin there, it's just practice practice practice. You could try tracing something now, something simple like a gold fish maybe.

staffell on Sep 29 '05 at 6:37pm

Thats good. You can also scan sketched images in and draw round them. Or you could use photographs.

makexawishxx on Sep 29 '05 at 6:59pm

http://tinypic.com/e5qyya.jpg

hahahahah.

tesko on Sep 29 '05 at 7:01pm

You are a natural, there isnt much else to it. If you want to add more color I suggest adding a new layer and working on that. Really impressed, you are obviously not one of the stoopid people.

Westwood on Sep 29 '05 at 7:03pm

Buy the quick start guide to whatever program you want to use. When I was in college we were required to buy them, they are pretty helpful if you don't know what you're doing at all.

Are you drawing in Corel or Illustrator? Just from experience, the pen tool in corel is MUCH easier for me to use.

makexawishxx on Sep 29 '05 at 7:06pm

hey tesko,

thanks alot.

like seriously i kind of get it now.

just one of my ideas, i cant really find on the internet to trace.

that means i have to draw it from my head right?

tesko on Sep 29 '05 at 7:10pm

If you feel you can. Dont forget about librarys, they are a good source of images. There is more to the pen tool but you'll work it all out for youself. Looking foward to seeing your subs!

Jaycee on Sep 29 '05 at 7:13pm

remember you can also draw freehand and trace that if you're more comfortable with a pencil.

and if you still want tutorials, www.pixel2life.com is pretty useful for beginners of most programs.

makexawishxx on Sep 29 '05 at 7:23pm

thanks.

alot

<33

rrich76 on Sep 30 '05 at 12:36pm

there are astounding numbers of free tutorials I have found for photoshop, illustrator, etc.

just browsing them and reading the ones that look interesting will give you tons of useful help...it just takes awhile to plow through the sheer amount of them to get good stuff

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