Comments on: Illustrative Lettering 3 – Fa La La La http://www.illustrationclass.com/2009/11/01/illustrative-lettering-3-fa-la-la-la/ Documenting The Illustrative Design Process Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:25:09 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: » Blog Archive » Best Sources to Learn Logo Design. The Right Way. http://www.illustrationclass.com/2009/11/01/illustrative-lettering-3-fa-la-la-la/comment-page-1/#comment-19796 » Blog Archive » Best Sources to Learn Logo Design. The Right Way. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:19:41 +0000 http://www.illustrationclass.com/?p=217#comment-19796 [...] Illustrative Lettering 3 – Fa La La La [...] [...] Illustrative Lettering 3 – Fa La La La [...]

]]> By: moonape http://www.illustrationclass.com/2009/11/01/illustrative-lettering-3-fa-la-la-la/comment-page-1/#comment-19752 moonape Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:37:52 +0000 http://www.illustrationclass.com/?p=217#comment-19752 ah - very useful, thanks for this! Keep them coming ah – very useful, thanks for this! Keep them coming

]]> By: admin http://www.illustrationclass.com/2009/11/01/illustrative-lettering-3-fa-la-la-la/comment-page-1/#comment-19747 admin Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:13:46 +0000 http://www.illustrationclass.com/?p=217#comment-19747 No. I almost never use auto trace. The amount of time I'd spend cleaning up my vector paths after the fact due to extra points, incorrect bezier curves etc. isn't any faster or precise than just building it point by point. Even with more organic forms that have distressed effects I'd prefer scanning in at high resolution and using a tiff image instead of auto tracing it, it just looks more authentic that way. Auto tracing also bloats vector files and can cause rip problems in the production end as well. No. I almost never use auto trace. The amount of time I’d spend cleaning up my vector paths after the fact due to extra points, incorrect bezier curves etc. isn’t any faster or precise than just building it point by point.

Even with more organic forms that have distressed effects I’d prefer scanning in at high resolution and using a tiff image instead of auto tracing it, it just looks more authentic that way.

Auto tracing also bloats vector files and can cause rip problems in the production end as well.

]]> By: mocha_chick http://www.illustrationclass.com/2009/11/01/illustrative-lettering-3-fa-la-la-la/comment-page-1/#comment-19746 mocha_chick Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:54:26 +0000 http://www.illustrationclass.com/?p=217#comment-19746 Do you ever Live Trace your sketches? Do you ever Live Trace your sketches?

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