To whatever cartoon image, hair is a substantial element. Hair style can make your character to be completely different. As a major tool to make hair, its setting and skills to use it would be very important.

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Simple style effect can be applied lots of different images. Here will show you to use liquify effect to improve an animal image in short time.

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Rubens Scarelli, also known as Rusc, is an amazing artist hailing from Brazil. He creates clean vector soaked designs and illustrations with an organic impression only accomplished through non-digital techniques. Rubens was kind enough to chat with Vectips so peruse the chat to read some of the most informative answers in the Anchor Point series!

The Chat

Hey Rubens, thanks for chatting with Vectips! To start, could you tell us a little about yourself?

Hello people! I am an illustrator, graphic designer and owner of a clothing brand in Brazil. I started working in an advertising agency in 1987 when I was very young, but my dream was to become an illustrator of comic and years after I left publicity to become a freelance illustrator. I worked with publishing houses and video producers and set up my independent studio in my house where I work now. In 2007 I discovered a new passion: t-shirt designs. Today I have awarded works in several countries and I’m better known through the web. In 2012 I intend to increase my participation in the global scenario of graphic design and give greater impetus to my brand.

If you could magically turn into a Illustrator tool, what tool would it be and why?

Hahaha! I love Illustrator and its tools. Maybe I would be the “Width Tool.” Why am I in constant struggle against the scales, always gaining and losing weight? But I’d rather be a Pen Tool because it is the tool that I most use.

What’s your favorite Illustrator technique?

Node to node. 90% of my vector illustrations start on paper. After scanned I apply the level in photoshop to make the drawing clearer and work in Illustrator using the Pen Tool and sometimes the Brush Tool. I Start by drawing the path with straight lines and then make the curve with Pathscribe Tool (VectorScribe plugin) or Segment Direct Edit Tool (Xtream Path plugin). Then I repeat the process within the illustration. Sometimes I apply a stroke to the path and edit the thickness with the Width Tool and remove the points in excess after the Expand Appearance with Smart Remove Points (formerly BetterHandles) of VectorScribe.

Do you use any non-digital tools in your work?

When I started in the world of graphic arts, graphic computers were rare. All work on agency and studio were done manually, layouts, paste-ups, final art. So I always liked creating with inks, airbrush, watercolor pencils, pastel, nankin and various other non-digital tools. Even before I vectorize an illustration, I draw it before with pencil on paper with very clear lines so that the vector follow on them. Casually I use brush and ink or disposable pens for finishing. Once scanned, I use the program Vector Magic to create the vector automatically.

What are your favorite sources of inspiration?

I breathe me in everyday life, movies, comics, games, typology, I love people watching, chatting and drinking with friends is a great source of inspiration. Animals inspire me a lot too, say that television programs about animals are successful here in my house.

Thanks again for the interview! Any parting words of wisdom?

Be good to each other, study, dream high, break rules, we designers can not save the world, but surely we can leave it more beautiful. Thanks to friends of Vectips, long live to the site!

Learn More About Rubens Scarelli

• Portfolio
• Behance
• Twitter

We Are All Made Of Stars

The Black Panther Party

Long Way Poster

The Course of the Werewolf

Nike Mr Bad Airs

Bad Reputation

Vox Populi

The King

My Gym Partners A Werewolf

L’Enfant Terrible

El Gran Mago

Thanks Vectips

It is difficult to take a perfect photo, so you may need to use Photoshop to beautify and retouch your photos after. Here will show you to use Photoshop brushes to remove your unfavorable part of your image and apply suitable light and color settings after.

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This post is part of a weekly series showcasing inspirational vector art. Although the series showcases vector art, some work might just be vector inspired, not created completely with vector art. If you have any art suggestions, feel free to comment! For more vector art inspiration, check out the Vectips Flickr Group.

Mazine x DXTR / Denimals by DXTR

GUGU RIDER by WARHEAD

FEARLESS MIND by WARHEAD

ANOTHER WORLD by WARHEAD

ANOTHER WORLD by WARHEAD

Show Boat by Okay Type

Dealing with dragons: fragments by Zzanthia

Hakini by Luis Arenas

Captive by Glennz Tees

Icon set for Nido Magazine by LA TIGRE

Icon set for Nido Magazine by LA TIGRE

Icon set for Nido Magazine by LA TIGRE

La reconversión energética del Empire State Building by relajaelcoco

Illville Hotel by Gloria Pizzilli

L O V E by Gloria Pizzilli

L O V E by Gloria Pizzilli

L O V E by Gloria Pizzilli

L O V E by Gloria Pizzilli

Le paure di Notte by Gloria Pizzilli

Storm by kungfumonkey

Vision and Scarlet Witch by kungfumonkey

Queen of Hearts playing card for Zeixs by Iris Luckhaus

KISSMIKLOS

Short Break Getaway Game by Priya Mistry

Short Break Getaway Game by Priya Mistry

Short Break Getaway Game by Priya Mistry

The Kraken by Jonny Packham

Ship of Fools Gallery by Eric van den Boom

Tatyana Kartasheva

Tatyana Kartasheva

Audio Ploppz/ Dxtr X SAT collab by DXTR

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Most of you may be excited of the forthcoming movie-Avengers. You may wonder how to design its nice logo. This tutorial will present you a process to design this.

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An idea of this tutorial is to arrange some tree branches image into a draft to form this wooden beast. You can apply the same idea to form different fantastic thing you imagine. All skills are based on photo combination works.

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In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to make a glamour retouch for a model portrait in Photoshop. You’ll learn a new method to create a great look for natural skin without using any extra plugins.

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I love the the Appearance panel and one setting I use a bunch is New Art Has Basic Appearance (Appearance panel pop-up menu).  If selected, you’ll draw with only the current Stroke, Fill, Opacity and other attributes from the last object you drew will be ignored. If this option is not selected (which is how I use it the most), the new art will have the exact same Appearance as your last object. Pretty handy when creating a bunch of object that use the same Appearance attributes.

An idea of this tutorial is to arrange some tree branches image into a draft to form this wooden beast. You can apply the same idea to form different fantastic thing you imagine. All skills are based on photo combination works.

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