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9. Digital Illustration: Data Footprint Optimization

Wallace Jackson

(1)Lompoc, California, USA

Now that you have an understanding of the fundamental concepts, terminology, and principles regarding digital illustration, it’s time to get into how to create 2D vector new media, as well as how to optimize a data footprint.

The real optimization of 2D or 3D vector assets is using it, since raster imagery is inherently data-heavy due to storing large arrays of individual pixel elements in digital images, and individual frames in digital video.

In this chapter, you’ll look at how digital illustration is created using the popular open source Inkscape ...

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