# Vector art - I drew a plane

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**Created:** [August 11, 2004, 11:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vector-art-i-drew-a-plane/60716 "2004-08-11T23:13:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![salvador\_marley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@salvador\_marley](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/salvador_marley)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 11:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vector-art-i-drew-a-plane/60716/1 "2004-08-11T23:13:13Z")

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I just produced a vector art plane in flash. Took about 5 hours to draw out.

[http://www.galaxymusic.co.uk/plane.html](http://www.galaxymusic.co.uk/plane.html)  
do you fancy having a go at doing one?

I’d be pleased if anyone replies 🙂

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**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:** [August 11, 2004, 11:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vector-art-i-drew-a-plane/60716/2 "2004-08-11T23:29:11Z")

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haha, i love your name and avatar picture…

nice plane vector art too…

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**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:** [August 11, 2004, 11:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vector-art-i-drew-a-plane/60716/3 "2004-08-11T23:29:48Z")

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Looks to me just like a regular conversion via vector-ize function…

i can be wrong…

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**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:** [August 11, 2004, 11:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vector-art-i-drew-a-plane/60716/4 "2004-08-11T23:30:28Z")

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can we see the ref photo ?

looks good imo

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**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:** [August 12, 2004, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vector-art-i-drew-a-plane/60716/5 "2004-08-12T17:01:38Z")

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Thanks guys, yes I like the name meself.

I will look for the photo I used. I got it from this site:

[http://www.sxc.hu/](http://www.sxc.hu/)

This is something you might like to add to your favourites if you don’t know of it. Its great - all pics are free but in some cases the owner asks if you can contact them via email and ask permision - but I’ve never seen anyone ask for money - its great source material. Ok i’ll have a look for the image.

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**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:** [August 12, 2004, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vector-art-i-drew-a-plane/60716/6 "2004-08-12T17:33:55Z")

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it’s this one 🙂

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**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:** [August 12, 2004, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vector-art-i-drew-a-plane/60716/7 "2004-08-12T17:38:36Z")

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Stock Exchange is a very valuable tool to any and all graphic designers…

I’ve used them so much that my conscious dicated me to donate some of my own photographs to their cause… There are only three so far, but i plan on adding many more useful stock images to their site…

[stock.xchng - free stock photos by majeye](http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=profile&l=majeye)

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**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:** [August 12, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vector-art-i-drew-a-plane/60716/8 "2004-08-12T17:57:50Z")

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Majeye,

AH, so you’ve contributed. Nice one. Good thing to do mate

Sal

Leeds

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**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:** [August 14, 2004, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vector-art-i-drew-a-plane/60716/9 "2004-08-14T19:20:41Z")

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that’s really nice, man.

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**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:** [August 14, 2004, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vector-art-i-drew-a-plane/60716/10 "2004-08-14T19:22:00Z")

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Looks good

[size=0]maybe this should be in drawing and design?[/size]

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**Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 1:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vector-art-i-drew-a-plane/60716/11 "2004-08-15T01:58:18Z")

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thank you fellows

🙂

just did a new one:

[http://www.galaxymusic.co.uk/drinking.html](http://www.galaxymusic.co.uk/drinking.html)

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**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:** [August 26, 2004, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vector-art-i-drew-a-plane/60716/12 "2004-08-26T21:13:12Z")

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> [@salvador marley](#):
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> thank you fellows
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> 🙂
> 
> just did a new one:
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> [http://www.galaxymusic.co.uk/drinking.html](http://www.galaxymusic.co.uk/drinking.html)

that’s pretty cool.

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**Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 7:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vector-art-i-drew-a-plane/60716/13 "2004-08-27T07:37:41Z")

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Wow, that’s awesome. I’ve tried my hand at vector art, but it ends up looking like crap.

Any recommendations 😃

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**Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vector-art-i-drew-a-plane/60716/14 "2004-08-27T23:39:07Z")

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nice work salvador… keep us posted

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**Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vector-art-i-drew-a-plane/60716/15 "2004-09-02T14:19:08Z")

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> [@WaffenWaffles](#):
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> Wow, that’s awesome. I’ve tried my hand at vector art, but it ends up looking like crap.
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> Any recommendations 😃

Get yourself a wacom tablet… makes it a whole lot easier.

M.

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**Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vector-art-i-drew-a-plane/60716/16 "2004-09-02T18:06:41Z")

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a wacom tablet would be a very good tool to have. I use a mouse and use the straight line tool in flash and then curve that to get the required shapes.

As for recomendations, well, just keep practicing. I did my degree in art so that helps i suppose.

There is a tutorial here at kirupa about line art in flash, I would check that out too.

All the best.:rambo:
