Using vector software like Illustrator CC, Affinity Designer or Sketch, these tutorials will guide you through the process, giving you total control of your vector art design. And if you can't find what you're looking for, be sure to check out our round up of the best Adobe Illustrator tutorials from around the web. Only art originally created in a vector editing program, such as Adobe Illustrator, is truly vector art. So, how do you really know if your art file is a vector art file? The only way to know for sure is to open the file, and check to make sure that it was created as vector art.
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Adobe Illustrator is hugely popular software tool for making vector graphics, but it's undeniably expensive. Thankfully, there are alternatives available for designers on a budget, and some of the best are available free.
Unlike raster graphics, vector graphics use mathematical expressions to draw the lines, shapes and colours. This means they’re infinitely scalable, so you can blow them up to the size of a billboard with no unsightly pixellation.
Vector graphics are the best choice for a number of design and illustration tasks, such as creating icons, logos, diagrams, charts, posters and website graphics. In the latter case, the current standard is Scalable Vector Graphics format (SVG).
Adobe Illustrator is the industry standard tool for vector graphics, but it's undeniably expensive
Programs like CorelDRAW, Sketch or Affinity Designer are popular alternatives, but if your needs are relatively simple, then you can save even more money by trying out alternatives to Illustrator that are totally free – and there are some brilliant options to choose from.
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1. Inkscape
A feature-packed editor that's a true substitute for Illustrator
Comprehensive toolkit
Frequent updates
Open source vector graphics package Inkscape is staggeringly powerful, and is the best free alternative to Adobe Illustrator for pro and semi-pro illustrators, graphic designers and web designers.
As well as the standard drawing and shape tools, Inkscape boasts a special spirals tool, a tool to create patterns and arrangements of clones, advanced object manipulation options, multiple filters (including bevels, textures, overlays and more), and some nifty fill settings. In short, there’s very little Illustrator can do that Inkscape can’t.
Because it's open source, it’s not only free to use but if you have the technical know-how you can even edit it and incorporate it into other software. And new features are being added all the time; the latest version brings mesh gradients, improved SVG2 and CSS3 support and new path effects to the party.
So what’s the catch? Some users have complained that it performs slowly, although that does seem to depend on what device and operating system you’re using. The best thing to do is just download it and give it a quick try; there's nothing to lose.
2. BoxySVG
A browser-based vector editor that's as powerful as a desktop app
Convenient browser extension
Boxy SVG is a free tool for creating scalable vector graphic files that runs as an extension in Google Chrome. It comes with a good range of basic tools, including pens, bezier curves, text, basic shapes, stroke and fill, layers, ability to add type, groups, transforms and paths.
The main selling point for Boxy SVG is the utter simplicity of its UI. It makes a virtue of paring down the experience of creating vector graphics to a fairly minimal set of options. These essentially restrict you to the kind of things that the SVG format is good at. As a result, it’s fast, easier to pick up than Illustrator, and the files it creates are clean and efficient.
As well as importing and exporting files in SVG and SVGZ format, you can also use Boxy SVG to import and export JPEGs and PNGs. Wonderfully convenient.
3. Vecteezy
A sharp looking in-browser Illustrator alternative for stylish designs
Good choice of vector elements
Requires a free account to save work
Vecteezy is another free in-browser Illustrator alternative (the developer earns a crust selling premium illustrations, and its customers include the BBC, Amazon, McDonald's and Dell).
You can import and edit SVG files, or create your own designs from scratch. There's a selection of shapes and ready-made clipart to choose from, and a huge array of typefaces for text-based designs.
Vecteezy also includes a pen tool for drawing freehand shapes and editing existing paths, plus a simple color-picker. It's all refreshingly simple to use, and even brand new users will grasp the fundamentals within a few minutes.
There are just a couple of points to be aware of: you'll need to create an account or log in using Facebook in order to save your work, and if you open a particularly large file, Vecteezy warns you that doing so might cause your browser to freeze. This is a risk with any similar web app though, and we appreciate Vecteezy being so up-front about it.
4. Vectr
A slimline vector editor available for your browser or desktop
Easy to master
Vectr is a free cross-platform program that you can use used to create and edit vector graphics, either on your desktop (versions are available for Windows, Mac, Linux and ChromeOS), or in any modern browser.
Vectr is intuitive to use, with a shallow learning curve. “Design software shouldn’t bring people a sense of struggle, yet that’s exactly how the troublesome design software we grew up on made us feel,” says its developer, who has created this pared-back vector editor with accessibility in mind.
While it lacks many of the advanced features of Illustrator, then, it’s got all the tools you need for basic vector editing - shapes, text, multiple layers and like - and what it does, it does very well. You can save all work you create in Vectr online, or export it in PNG, JPG, or SVG file formats.
Vectr is a great choice for beginners, or just anyone needing to create a simple graphic with the minimum of fuss.
5. SVG-Edit
A straightforward Illustrator alternative for web developers
No server-side processing
If your prime reason for wanting a vector graphics editor is to create SVG files for websites, then SVG-Edit may be all you need. You can use this free vector software within your web browser to create SVG images and edit existing ones.
SVG-Edit works in any modern browser, and offers a basic set of vector editing features including hand-drawing tools, shape tools, text tools and path tools. The tool is open source, which means that new features are being added all the time by contributing developers.
It’s built on HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript with no server-side functionality, so if you wish you can download and modify the code to make your own version.
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I'm trying to convert several of my pencil drawings into vector graphics with Adobe Illustrator. My drawing's are about this complex:
I'm looking for the best way to convert these. I've found some tutorials that use the pen tool like here. I also have a wacom tablet at hand, which could turn out useful. Any guide or links to tutorials on effectively doing this would be greatly appreciate it.
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It's very difficult to give a blanket 'best method' for converting hand drawn images into vector art. As I'm sure you understand, each image may require a different technique and different tools.
Adobe Illustrator's Image Trace feature is very handy at converting inked or solid drawing scans into vector art. Adobe has several Image Trace tutorials you could experiment with to determine if this method is fruitful for you.
Beyond that it's really a matter of understanding Illustrator and the tools available. There is no simple quick method other than Image Trace. You merely need to understand how the Pen Tool works, and the tutorial you already linked to is just as good as any other. There's just a lot of practice to get proficient. Sketchpad.net has some good basic operations tutorials about how the tools function, focusing more on use than on creating the latest 'trendy' image or doodad.
Illustrator's Width Tool can also be a very helpful feature for drawing content other than geometrical shapes.
There are other third party tools which can assist (after you understand the Pen Tool), such as plug ins from astutegraphic.com like VectroScribe (if the image are more geometrical in nature) or DynamicSketch to assist with creating more nature feeling vector content. There's also XtremePath from cvalley.com which can help with some path operations. These are all additional costs and only you can determine if they are worth your dollar. For my money the Astute plug ins are well worth the price.
As for the Wacom tablet, it can be helpful, but really only if you are sketching directly within Illustrator (DynamicSKetch with a tablet is fantastic). The tablet won't be much help trying to clean up scanned drawings. That being posted, I do use my tablet 100% of the time in all applications. But the nature of Illustrator is simply click, click, click-drag, click. A tablet doesn't really change that work pattern.
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When converting your pencil drawings to vector, you will probably lose some details. But you can always tweak then back by using the Pen Tool. This method below is to save you time if you have a lot of pencil drawings to convert into vectors. I strongly suggest you try with one drawing first and then do the other ones if the method works fine.
You can do a lot by simply scanning your images. It's not necessary to redraw them with your tablet or the pen tool, unless the originals are very small. But even then, you can do the steps below and then tweak them.
If you don't like watching video tutorials (I don't), here's a technique you can read. It works very well for black and white illustrations, and pencil drawings.
This is the way to get the quickest results and still keep a lot of your drawings' details:
1) Scan our drawing at the highest resolution your scanner can do.
Usually 300-600 ppi are alright if the drawings are already at big size. Scan them in grayscale mode. Don't use more than 600dpi unless you tested the result with ONE drawing first; most of the small office scanners don't really scan at 600-1200ppi even though they offer the option and can create fuzzy results.
2) Open your scanned images in Adobe Photoshop and 'clean up' your drawings.
An easy way to adjust quickly the contrast of you drawing is to use the 'Levels' (in the menu 'Image/adjustment').
To make sure the black is a real black, click on the black color picker, and click on the darkest area of your drawing. Then adjust the white or remove the very light gray that could be on the drawing by using the white color picker, and use it on the area you want to see as pure white. As a side note, if the white doesn't become pure white, double click on the white color picker in the 'Level' window, and change the values of CMYK to 0 everywhere.
3) Once this is done, lower the resolution to 100ppi.
You can lower it to 72dpi if you want, the important is to have a big image for the next step.
Make sure your width, length and resolution are linked!
4) Copy and paste that image in Illustrator.
It should be very big in Illustrator, and the biggest it will be, the more details you will keep in your drawings. That's why it's good to scan at high resolution and then adjust the resolution in Photoshop: it will increase the dimension.
5) In Adobe Illustrator, select your image and click the 'Image Trace' button in the menu.
To see your Image Trace options, click on the small 'Image Trace Panel' next to the word 'View' on the top menu.
You should select 'High Fidelity' in order to keep the black and gray details from your pencil drawings.
You can adjust the settings as you wish but for pencil drawings, the high fidelity option in color is the one that gives the best results quickly. You will see a preview of the vector image if you click 'preview' on the option panel.
6) Once you're happy with the result, you can click the button 'Expand' on the top menu.
Now, you have a big vector image that you can resize to a normal size.
You might need to also delete the white in your new vector; you can do this by selecting one white area, and then go in the menu 'select/same fill and stroke', and delete this.
You can now tweak your design easily with the pen tool if necessary.
Here is the result:
For this example, the image was 'small', so you do lose details.
But with a scan at bigger size, your paths in Illustrator will be more precise and have more corners too; the image will retain more details as well.
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Another helpful tip that might come in useful if you are handy with the pen, is recreating the drawing in PS at high resolution (600dpi). When you're finished, bring the layers into illustrator, Image Trace (livetrace) and compile your finished work there. When you draw at Higher Res in PS it translates the lines much clearer to illustrator.This has been useful in my own work. I've found that It's much easier and quicker for me to draw in PS in layers rather than use the draw tool in illustrator. If nothing else, Its worth a try.
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