Vectoring Process Using Adobe Illustrator | Week 3 Drawing School Supplies
Vectoring Process Using Adobe Illustrator | Week 3 Drawing School Supplies
If you have ever wonder how I use Procreate to create my artwork I’m going to show you! This is Part 3 in my series where I will show you how I vector my final artwork, using Adobe Illustrator.
I prefer to sketch and ink out my first ideas using Procreate, similar to a sketch book. I never use Procreate for my finals. Procreate has pixelation issues when you rotate or resize things. I see this complaint all of the time on the Procreate community forums. So, like a sketchbook, I draw out my ideas and then send it to my computer to finalize and tweak.
As always there are 100 ways to do something. This is simply the process I prefer to use when vectoring. I don’t like Affinity Designer on the iPad. I’ve been using Adobe Illustrator on a Mac for over 20 years. It’s my go-to, most comfortable method for vectoring.
Yes, image trace has its place in vectoring. But nothing beats the good ‘ol pen tool!
Tools I Use in Vectoring
- iMac 5K Retina Computer
- Wacom Intuos Pen* (I do have a Cintiq but I put it away as I don’t have room for it right now with filming equipment, too).
- Adobe Illustrator CC
Watch My Vectoring Process Using Adobe Illustrator
Complete the Series
Watch the other two videos in this series:
How do you save this as a printable product once you are done?
When you do a File Save As in Illustrator choose your file type preference (PDF, JPG, etc.)
Tnanks so much for sharing! I love using Procreate because I love the tactile feeling of the Apple pencil and it just feel so much more controlled to me, in a way that illustrator never has. I have been able to create wonderful digital art, that stays digital, but recently had a TERRIBLE time, bringing raster art onto a box printing project! So, needed to learn how to convert…
Would you mind going into color palettes a bit more? Namely, how to create and upload procreate palettes into illustrator? Sometimes, I think I have successfully added a palette but then cant find it in illustrator? Ack! Thank you!