2D Illustration Services
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So you may be asking yourself why would I need digital artwork created and if I do when would it need to be vector based artwork and when would it need to be raster based artwork and, why not traditional non-digital artwork?
Artwork created traditionally would have to be scanned or digitized for digital use and any changes to that artwork would either have to be recreated from scratch or, would require digital manipulation of the scanned/digitized artwork in raster (pixel/dot) form.
Digital vector and raster based artwork can be copied and edited without loss of quality (other than enlargement of raster based artwork) and can easily be modified without having to start from scratch by not having to create new artwork but rather by copying the original digital artwork and making changes to it instead if it was created in a way to simplify this process.
Raster based artwork and imagery is composed of dots/pixels arranged in varying densities with color assignments for each dot/pixel forming imagery or art work when viewed as an aggregated whole. An example or raster imagery or art is if you scan a picture on your scanner it results in raster based imagery and the pixels/dots recreate the appearance of the source image which was scanned.
Vector based artwork in a simplified description is creating shapes / forms using lines with control points on the lines and bezier control handles for those points which control the curvature of the lines between the control points. The lines can have color assignments and the shapes created by the lines can have fill assignments as well either as solid colors or as gradients. This is a mathematical process behind the scenes and being it is math based the resulting forms and shapes created by the lines can be scaled up or down to any size without loss of quality unlike raster based artwork which when enlarged creates larger dots and spacing between the dots thus decreasing the resolution if viewed from the same distance as viewed before enlargement. Now this enlargement caused quality loss can be mitigated to some extent but ultimately results in loss of quality to some extent no matter the scenario.
An example is if you have a logo for your company drawn at 300 dpi (dots per inch) which is raster based created in Adobe Photoshop at a size of 5 inch by 5 inch but want to have a 52 foot billboard ad created, the required enlargement of the raster based logo needing to be 800% larger for example. Enlarging the logo 8 times would result in the logo being 37.5 dpi which would be partially mitigated by the viewers distance from the billboard but would still be a great degradation in quality. extra dots can be added between dots but that is an interpolating process and will not yield as good of results as you might think especially if the source art is not high quality to begin with. Even with the advent of AI algorithms analyzing the source material it needs a high quality source and a high quality result to figure out what it is trying to achieve and it is a learning process.
For artwork that is only needed at the size it is being created for (if not too large) it can be either Raster or Vector based but if it is for a very large project it becomes a very large file size and is thus harder and more cpu and/or gpu intensive to manipulate in the creation thereof also requiring more memory to manipulate, more bandwidth is required to send electronically and increases the size of the drive medium needed to take to your printer.
In general it is best (but not required) to generate artwork that you may want to use for multiple uses in Vector form for its scalability without loss of quality and, if having to use raster based artwork, have it created at the highest resolution possible for a wider variety of uses.
In summary Raster based scans and artwork are sufficient for many uses but there definitely are reasons to have Vector based artwork created instead of (or in addition to) raster based artwork.
I can offer both postscript vector based illustration services and raster based illustration services to fit your needs and can provide the final output in any of multiple industry formats as required for your needs!
Please note that if you need
artwork for a screen printer such as a t-shirt printer they may desire
the artwork or logo in a negative or reverse form!
Also note if you have degraded or low quality existing artwork I can redraw it if needed in the appropriate type of digital format to meet your future needs as well.
Check with your printer or other output medium provider responsible for processing the files you desire and get the specifications for the illustrations I will need to satisfy for your project and provide the specifications along with your request. Please provide as much information as you can as far as your idea and any related uses and target audience specific info, etc, to help with the conceptual development if you have not already nailed down your concept and illustration design that you desire for the illustration(s) you are requesting.
