Re: Tina

i thought i should be replying a message here, instead of leaving message in my own blog.

the glow on the sword and the hilt is just an effect of outer glow on a white vector layer. the cool thing about pen tool is that all you have to do is specify the main points of what you want to make, and then using the convert point tool, you can drag around each point to create a curve. i think the reason why they call it "vectoring" is because when you drag each points you're basically treating each of them as a vector. each has a magnitude and a direction.

so say you want to make a circle, all you need is to specify 4 points using pen tool. your initial drawing will look kinda like a diamond. then you switch to convert point tool, which looks like a ^, and you start dragging around each points until your diamond turns into a circle. the catch is that when you specify the 4 points CLOCKWISE, you'll have to drag around the points using CPT clockwise. if you specify the 4 points COUNTER CLOCKWISE, you'll have to drag around the points in the same manner also. if you drag it in the opposite direction it'll get kinda jumbled up. that's why it's vector, i think.




it's a crappy circle, but you get what i'm saying.

oh, and i hate green's theorem.