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*moutonzare
jean-Francois Hren
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25 years old
Last Online: 21 minutes ago
Registered: April 3rd, 2006, 3:19 PM EDT
Papers: 6792

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Canaan Vector by *moutonzare  2 months 2 weeks  ago

Canaan Vector by *moutonzare 2 months 2 weeks ago

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Resolution by `asa01  5 days 21 hours  ago

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Journal

Random ramblings
3 weeks 1 day ago
In first, I want to attire your attention to the second VectaDESU vectoring contest 2 - Retro-Rage which is now open for vote.

In second, I want the world to know that I can be pretty stupid sometimes. I was planning to take part to this second contest but take it easy and finally been too late to complete my vector... I was too absorbed in doing a wallpaper that the contest goes out of my mind. Happens.
I am two time more stupid because I picked up a hard scan to vector. Well, I think that if I picked up an easy one my focus on the contest would have been even lower. I don't really have excuses and think I need to give ones but well sorry to those who were waiting for my entry (gosh, it feel too self centered here X))
To make up for it, here is the preview of the unfinished vector for the contest.
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Like you can see, it's anywhere but near completion... I work almost non-stop for 15 hours coloring it but it was a desperate case. Well, I think it's a good time to self reflect on my priorities ordering skill ^^"

In third, some news from the front. Like I said in the previous paragraph, I was too self absorbed in making a wallpaper (I am a lot self-something those days.) Which wallpaper was it are you asking yourself (or not.) It's a new one (yes another) that I don't speak previously except in the shout box. Since it's starting to be a ritual here come the preview:
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God, I think I also have to stop starting new things before ending previous one. I have now 5 wallpapers in progress all in various states from almost complete to almost blank (ok, not really blank.) An other theme for self reflection, I guess.

The last but not the least thing I want to talk about is my tutorials about Inkscape. I think I will wait for the v6 to hit the net before doing anything. I am pretty some amazing features are going to make us go all crazy so I will wait. I am more and more thinking of doing a dedicated group instead of journal entry. It's more community-like than journal entry, I guess. So wait patiently for the v6 ^^

If you have any questions, feel free to ask but don't be surprised to wait a little before my answer 'cause I don't look often to journal entries comments ^^" If you want, you can post your question directly on my profile, it's fine too. See you later on AP ^^

Update: I changed the wallpaper preview with a newer one.

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About Me

I'm a French phd student in third year of computer science. I make wallpaper but I also do DVD cover. You can find my cover on ACF. I love doing vector covers and you can see it from my scans.
Third place in the first VectaDESU vectoring contest - anti-mainstream:
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The third VectaDESU vectoring contest 3 - Premiere Peek is taking place NOW!

Anime: Lucky :3 Star, Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu, FLCL, Kannagi and much more.
Band: The pillows, Incubus, Archive, Polysics
Book: I'm not really into book but I readed some Asimov's Novels.
Browser: Firefox 3.0
Film: 28 Days Later
Hobby: Watching anime, reading manga, vectoring
Image Editor: Inkscape and Gimp
Language: French, English (but I'm not really good ^^)
MP3 Player: Not Yet T_T
Manga: xxxHolic, Kekkaishi, MPD Psycho, Ubel Blatt, Tsukihime, Black Lagoon, Genshiken, ...
Operating System: Linux XUbuntu 8.04.2
TV Show: Not Really into any.
Wallpaper Style: Vector forever ^^

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~ala21ddin21
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ala21ddin21
1 month 2 weeks ago
Merci pour le gentil compliment et le +FAV pour mon nouveau wallpaper, t l'meilleur mon pote ^^

Thanks for the nice comment and the FAV for my Whisper of the Nature paper, glad you like it ^^

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~ala21ddin21
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ala21ddin21
1 month 2 weeks ago
Salut Moutonzare, j'espère que tu vas bien, bon à propos des vectos, j'ai réussi mon premier 100% wallpaper vectoriel ^^ j'espère qu'il te plairas ^^


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~etlyng
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Vector Artist
1 month 2 weeks ago
Thanks for your kind words.
I\'ll definitely participate in one of your contests again, but maybe not in the next one. Actually I\'m kinda busy at the moment. Or maybe, if I\'ve got the time, I\'ll make an entry. But we\'ll see!
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PS: When will we get the banners?

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*darkwater657
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1 month 2 weeks ago
=) Thank you so much & I probably won't be able to participate in the next contest because of school, but I'll try to jump in on one when I can.

And congratulations on getting 2/3 place. x.o I wasn't counting votes, but I really thought you were going to get first place. I loved your vector. It had this kind of retro vibe to it that I thought was really awesome. ^^

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~ala21ddin21
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ala21ddin21
1 month 2 weeks ago
Pour le dernier concours, j'ai choisit un "simple" scan, vu les vecto que j'ai découvert durant ce concoure, et la capacité et le talent des participants, je pense que je dois faire un petit "up" dans le niveau de difficulté des scans a vectoriser, déjà j'essaye un nouveau style de scans, et j'espère que je réaliserai un petit pas vers l'avant.

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~etlyng
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Vector Artist
1 month 2 weeks ago
Hey there,
congrats for your third place in the vector contest. In the end the number of our votes was very close.
Also thanks for making the contest. I was very happy when you and aki removed the restrictions otherwise I wouldn't have been able to participate.

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~ala21ddin21
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ala21ddin21
1 month 2 weeks ago
Salut Moutonzare, félicitation pour la 3éme place au concours de vecto, (même que j'attendais la première place pour toi) tu as fais du beau boulot, et malgré tout, ton vecto reste le meilleur, et tu reste toujours un Vector-Master pour moi, t'es l'meilleur mon pote ^^

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~josemiguel
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Hell yeah!"
1 month 3 weeks ago
When there will be another contest of vectors?

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`Nysha
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Eye Candy Maker!
1 month 3 weeks ago
Voted in your contest. :3 I love your style because it's not obvious how you made it, plus the gradients and such make your vectors look realistic and soft. Good work, I especially liked your entry!

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*RanMouri
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A little german member ^^
1 month 3 weeks ago

you
Inkscape is available for mac OS. I saw your entry for the contest, it's really nice ^^ I will submit mine tomorrow if I finish in time ^^


Thx that you like it. And yours...well you know that you are the master of vector for many People here. So I can only say "It's awesome".
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*darkwater657
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1 month 3 weeks ago
^^ Thank you so much! I\'m glad you like it! Agharta artwork is very beautiful and fun to look at, I just wish I knew something about the manga...I think it\'s a manga anyway. x.x

The watercolory parts like her face? Well, I did lots of different things for that, haha. I usually do a lot of gradients on top of gradients to mix colors, or I\'ll vector a shape and blur it to death (or even sometimes just a smidge). Lots of times I\'ll do both and blur a vector, then lock the layer and add a few gradients to it and play with opacities. I try to stay away from using brushes because it feels more like painting if i use them.

That\'s kind of a vague description, but I hope it helps a bit. xp

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~ala21ddin21
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ala21ddin21
1 month 3 weeks ago
Hi moutonzare!what's up ? alors, j'espère que vas bien, j'ai vu les détails du casque que tu as vectorisé!trop cool !! t l'meilleur !! a+

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$LxTrix
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1 month 3 weeks ago
Thanks for your eden of the east bector, i'ma make a wall with it

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*RanMouri
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A little german member ^^
1 month 3 weeks ago

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Hi,

Sorry, It took me some before seeing your comment to my journal entry ^^'
For the outline, I think it comes with experience. I have done a lot of vectors since 2006 after all. Another factor can be the software you use for vectoring. Each one give off a different feeling for tracing a vector. I use Inkscape for my part. Try using an another one. The adaptation is not instantaneous but with some practice, I think you will feel if it's better than before or not ^^
Keep an eye on the vector contest VectaDesu #1, I will submit something nice and uncommon ^^


Yeah the practice XD. Well I use PSCS3 now and sometimes Illustrator.
But I prefer PSCS3 since a while. thanks for your answer. By the way Inkscape woul it work on Apple/Macintosh?
Yeah I keep an eye on the Contest...Just now I submit my entry.

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~igndenok
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2 months 5 hours ago
OMG, Your skill and vector are awesome!Maybe You should create a tutorial about vector and technique that You always used...