Reflection #4 - Photoshop

1) What are some differences between the vector tools and the brushes?


 Shapes or Paths
Vectors  are lines and curves that you draw using the shape or pen tools. Vector shapes are resolution-independent—they maintain crisp edges when re-sized.


 Brush or Painting
The power of painting in Photoshop is in the options that you can set to specify how a tool applies or modifies color. You can apply color gradually, with soft edges, with large brush strokes, with various brush dynamics, with different blending properties, and with brushes of different shapes. You can simulate spraying paint with an airbrush.




2) Which tools did you use to re-create your drawing?


 I used vectors to recreate my drawing. And added FX to the layers.




3) Which seemed to be more effect for you - brushes or shapes?


I like brushes better, because I like to draw, and I can get more detail with a brush then with only shapes.




4) What was most difficult about working with vector images?


 Since I drew my image, re-creating the image using only vectors was harder then actually drawing it, to be honest. Because in my drawing I had more detail then when I did the vector-ized image, because of the detail, was hard to replace with only shapes. 




5) Comparing the two pictures, what was the strengths of each as in individual picture, and how did they work together to make your final image?


 I like the image I drew better then the vector-ized image.