The usual routine to create vector graphics is sketch-ink-trace. While there are tons of variations and other ways to create an original vector image, this is one of the fastest options.
Just a quick and funny illustration.
For over 80 years Hergé entertained entire generations with the wonderful Tintin comics. His clean and simple drawings even received their own designation: the ligne claire style.
I visited a Tintin shop in Belgium and was amazed by the variety of products and specially by the quality of the figures. Whoever did the sculptures, they’ve managed to recreate the cartoon style in all figures. They look like they came out of the books.
A couple of months ago I decided to study more painting techiniques, specially watercolor. My work takes almost all my time, but magically I found a gap to study in January. So I went to Florence to take drawing and painting lessons.
I was selected to study with Roberto Ciabani, from Istituto Galilei. In my first class I told him I had no problems drawing people, but I often got stuck trying to draw buildings and landscapes. So we decided I should practice drawing some architectural things and I started sketching the Duomo.
Well, if you have seen the Duomo you know how detailed and complex it is. What was supposed to be just a study turned out to be an extremely demanding work. After some sketches I came up with this drawing. I didn’t want to use a ruler thus the lines are all crooked and the circles are far from perfect.
After some corrections I transferred the drawing to a watercolor paper. I used a Fabriano paper, incredibly good. Buying paper in Florence was one of my best experiences in Italy. This is the first layer of paint:
