How to create groovy vector art

Step 3 Making the rifles

Alright, so, we need an image to start with. For the purposes of this tutorial, we are going to start off with a rifle.



Now, we don't really want any of the details of the rifle... just the basic shape, so using Photoshop, open the image and go to Brightness/Contrast and set the contrast to 70%. Anything higher gives jagged edges.

Note: Depending on your image, (If you are using the same one I'm using) You may have to do other things to get the basic shape of your image. I usually fiddle around with Brightness/Contrast and tthe Cutout Filter (Filters>Artistic>Cutour). But for this image it was surprisingly easy.