# Basic vector art pic **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [February 16, 2003, 7:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/basic-vector-art-pic/13650 "2003-02-16T07:03:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![calaway42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@calaway42](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/calaway42)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 7:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/basic-vector-art-pic/13650/1 "2003-02-16T07:03:09Z")
where can i get good quality pictures that i can do vector art on ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 7:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/basic-vector-art-pic/13650/2 "2003-02-16T07:32:03Z")
anywhere that has pictures… if you want to make a vector art from a picture, just choose any pic you like and work from it. Of course it helps if the colours aren’t too similar, but you can do things like running a posterize filter to make it a bit easier. a good royalty free stock photo site is [www.webshots.com](http://www.webshots.com) Stuart ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/basic-vector-art-pic/13650/3 "2003-02-16T16:07:40Z")
run a google search for Stock Photos. [http://stock.d2.hu/index.phtml](http://stock.d2.hu/index.phtml) is a good one =) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/basic-vector-art-pic/13650/4 "2003-02-16T19:28:54Z")
If this is just for practice then I suggest scanning pics out of a magazine and use that. That’s if it’s just for practice though, if you use it for business then you might violate copyright laws. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 1:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/basic-vector-art-pic/13650/5 "2003-02-17T01:30:36Z")
when im tracing a face… should i use the color of the face or just a black? or does it matter? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 6:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/basic-vector-art-pic/13650/6 "2003-02-17T06:03:33Z")
well… if you use black to do a face, it’ll look a bit unrealistic (even if it’s a black person _not trying to be racist_) is that what you mean? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 6:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/basic-vector-art-pic/13650/7 "2003-02-17T06:33:25Z")
Calaway, for tracing purposes, I would use black just so you can see what you’re doing, but Ilikepie is right, it would look unrealistic just to leave it pure black. I’m not sure if you’re using Illustrator or not, but in Illustrator, you can double click on a layer and turn it into a template. It will dim the layer about 50% and lock it as well so you can make a new layer on top of that and easily trace away. =) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 9:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/basic-vector-art-pic/13650/8 "2003-02-17T09:20:06Z")
some good links for starting at vector art : [http://www.fakin-it.com/tutorials/tuts/vector2.shtml](http://www.fakin-it.com/tutorials/tuts/vector2.shtml) [http://www.vectorize.de/tutorial.html](http://www.vectorize.de/tutorial.html) gl ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 10:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/basic-vector-art-pic/13650/9 "2003-02-18T10:18:05Z")
thanx guys