Just the other night I was going browsing on the net looking for some inspiration and I came across a design style called Vexel Artwork. I had heard of this before but I kind of passed it over last time due to a lack of time. I took a closer look at what it really was this time and saw some really inspiring showcases.
According to wikipedia:
Vexel is a neologism for an entirely pixel-based form of raster art that imitates the visual appearance of vector graphics technique (i.e. sharp-edged lines and areas of flat colour or smooth gradient fills). The word itself is a portmanteau derived from a combination of “vector” and “pixel.”
Well, long story short I wound up at a few sites looking for some good examples and tutorials of Vexel Artwork and wound up at a few sites which can be found here:
Smashing Magazine
Design was here
psd tuts
Design Bump
Designr Fix
Some really great roundups here. I’m definitely going to incorporate some of these techniques in my next poster or magazine design. They can take a lot of time to build but the outcome is REALLY worth it.
Enjoy!
Vexel Art Designs and Tutorials
Just the other night I was going browsing on the net looking for some inspiration and I came across a design style called Vexel Artwork. I had heard of this before but I kind of passed it over last time due to a lack of time. I took a closer look at what it really was this time and saw some really inspiring showcases.
According to wikipedia:
Vexel is a neologism for an entirely pixel-based form of raster art that imitates the visual appearance of vector graphics technique (i.e. sharp-edged lines and areas of flat colour or smooth gradient fills). The word itself is a portmanteau derived from a combination of “vector” and “pixel.”
Well, long story short I wound up at a few sites looking for some good examples and tutorials of Vexel Artwork and wound up at a few sites which can be found here:
Smashing Magazine
Design was here
psd tuts
Design Bump
Designr Fix
Some really great roundups here. I’m definitely going to incorporate some of these techniques in my next poster or magazine design. They can take a lot of time to build but the outcome is REALLY worth it.
Enjoy!