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Easiest Way to Create Vector Art with Gimp.

I love vector arts and that's why I always wanted to create some. But unfortunately were very few tutorials for vector art. Even now a days you will not find a easy and beginner level tutorial for creating a perfect vector image from original image. But no more worries, cause ultimately I've found the best and easiest method to do that.





Resources:

  • Gimp 2.6 or better
  • Gimp G'Mic
  • Any picture you want to convert in to vector. I'm using THIS image in this tutorial.

Ok so let's get started--

Step 1: Load your image in Gimp.



Step 2: Now open Filters>>G'Mic.



Step 3: Now in the G'Mic window open Enhancement>>Bilateral Filtering, And apply with default setting.



Result of this step is as below:



That's smooth right, But we want vector apply the Bilateral Filter again.


ok apply once more (application of the filter depend upon the result. If you get desired result earlier than you can go to next step.)



So out image is now turned into vector illustration. Now what...Let's add the finalizing effect.

Step 4: Open Fx-Foundry>>Photo>>Effects>>Cross Processing Effect. Check the flatten image box and apply.



And the Final result after this effect is as given below:


Who says vector is hard work??? Enjoy...

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109 Responses to : Easiest Way to Create Vector Art with Gimp.

  2. Anonymous says:
    January 13, 2012 at 4:30 AM

    Wow! wow! wow! thank you. I made one of myself and I wont hesitate to use it:)

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    January 13, 2012 at 4:52 AM
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  7. Anonymous says:
    March 19, 2012 at 9:12 AM

    This has the look of vector art, but it isn't vector art, which would let you edit the vector object.

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    May 30, 2012 at 3:12 PM

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  9. Anonymous says:
    June 6, 2012 at 7:20 AM

    Thank you for the tutorial. I wasn't aware of G'MIC.

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    July 25, 2012 at 12:30 PM

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  11. Unknown says:
    August 2, 2012 at 3:12 AM

    this isn't vector art, please don't fool the graphic newbies

    you might as well rename this tutorial into "cartoon gimp filters tutorial"
    vector art allows you to zoom in and zoom out without pixelating the image. all the edges and filling and gradients are saved algorithmically in vector art.

    this is just filters.

  12. Unknown says:
    August 29, 2012 at 2:45 AM

    am i the only one that don't have Bilateral Filtering in my g mic? Damn really frustrating when no one comes across the same problem you you r

  13. gladtobegrey says:
    September 18, 2012 at 1:07 PM

    This is emphatically NOT producing a vector graphic. You are misleading yourself and others. Shame.

  14. AmberTheBlog.com says:
    December 18, 2012 at 3:06 AM

    This isn't vector art! I was initially excited about a beginning vector tut until I got to step 2.... :/

  15. Chad says:
    January 15, 2013 at 5:22 AM

    I don't think you know what Vector Graphic's are.

  16. Anonymous says:
    February 12, 2013 at 7:08 AM

    I am dissatisfied :(

  17. Anonymous says:
    March 14, 2013 at 6:30 AM

    Creating "vector art" requires you to map out the image as a set of discrete objects such that detail is infinitely scalable.

    It's not a f'ing cel-shaded artistic style, it's a technical format.

    If you actually want to do it like this (conversion), you'll want to open the final file in InkScape or similar and use the "Bitmap Trace" tool.

    Have a read here for more info:

    http://www.wikihow.com/Trace-an-Image-Using-Inkscape

  18. Anonymous says:
    April 1, 2013 at 9:35 PM

    I cant find the G'mic thing. My filters menu doesn't have that :( I'm taking commissions on deviantART for OC MLP FiM ponies and after doing all the work someone refused to pay me because the pony wasn't in "vectors" (I don't even know what that means) I don't have my own internet, I use my library's, and they don't have Adobe Illustrator or that Inkscape and they have a lock on all computers that don't let you download anything. Even the librarians cant lift the lock. I was looking around for a way that GIMP can make vectors because that's all the library computers will give me and I got all excited when I found this. But then I couldn't find g'mic in my GIMP window :( is there any other way? Not InkScape or Adobe Illustrator. I don't care how much extra work it is in GIMP, I'd like to have the option.

  19. Anonymous says:
    April 19, 2013 at 8:24 AM

    Anonymous from the library, you can apparently not do real vectors in Gimp. You should probably get your own computer, too. You can get something decent to do some basic graphics (definitely better than the average library computer, I know cause I worked in one) for around 300$. To know what vectors are, you should search about them (just google "vector graphics", or "vector graphics vs raster graphics").

    And to use the plugin the author is talking about, you have to download and install it, which you probably can't do in your computer either.

    I feel sorry you did work for someone and didn't get paid, but the person probably mentioned somewhere he or she wanted it in vectors. If it is the case, it is your fault for not knowing what you're doing. Take some time to learn more, and know what you can or cannot do.

    And this article disappointed me. I was trying to find a way to do real vectors in Gimp, but I guess there's no way to do it.

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    May 30, 2013 at 3:37 PM

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  21. Anonymous says:
    June 15, 2013 at 11:27 PM

    I'm a bit disappointed. I thought I would have found a vector tutorial, but this is not vector graphics. Maybe you should change the post name.

  22. Anonymous says:
    June 12, 2014 at 5:45 PM

    Sorry but this is not producing Vector Graphics. Please change the title into "Converting real photo to comicstyle - Tutorial" or extend your tutorial so that it covers the conversion in Inkscape as well.

    regards,
    Jan

  23. Anonymous says:
    June 30, 2015 at 1:21 AM

    Would be nice with a new version of this article compatible with GMIC in 2015

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    July 18, 2018 at 7:55 PM

    The Eaay way to create vector Art is really simple annd nice.I do no know whether this comment will be seen. I started to do these steps in my Computer . But I could not find the Menu 'Enhancements' in GMIC which I recently downloaded in 2017. Please guide me.- Eureka

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