Natalie

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Hey everybody, I'm Natalie from South California (although I was born in Russia and yes, I am fluent in both languages). I'm 17 (as of April 17th) and I'm a girl and this is my excuse of a vexel gallery. :) Just like you, I like making vexels. Yep! I started vexelling in July of 2005, so I'm very very new to this. And other than that, you guessed it, I spend my time writing music, website-ing, drawing, running around, fencing, or being the band geek that I am.

Style
I try to work with everything - Line art (my new favourite), uber-realism, sort-of-realism, crappy-realism, and everything inbetween. I use vector layers for nearly every aspect except hair, where I use both vector layers and the stroke-path function.

Tools of the Trade
I use a Wacom tablet and Photoshop CS2 - I'm horrible with the software itself, and the only thing I know how to do on it is vexel things. X_X For everything else, I use PSP and several graphics software that date back to the caveman era.

Personal Vexeling Preferences...
So, just how much CAN you do with vector layers?
+ Style: Line art+realism. (But only sometimes, because I do most in plain old realistic-style :( )
+ Favourite (own) vexels: Squish, Wages of Sin, Gemma and Brian {1}, {2}... :) Oh, whadya know, line art+realism.
+ Least favourite (own) vexel: Keira! Won't even link to it. Disagree all you want, the hair is awful and it's embarrassing. ><
+ Favourite (others') vexels: I have a whole page!
+ Worst habit: I can keep blending and smoothing out skin FOREVER.
+ Favourite vexel subjects: Subjects that haven't been done by anybody else, especially people I know personally and like, typically closeup portraits. (As you can probably tell by the abundance of strange non-celebrity little faces in my gallery).
+ Least favourite: I will never ever vexel Angelina Jolie or any other subject that's been done by everybody umpteen times, even though they may be photogenic and beautiful. If there's an exception, I'll keep it posted.
+ Pet peeve: When people don't read descriptions before critiquing/commenting and people that can't take critique and/or are rude, whether in critique or response to the critique.

* Upcoming Vexels *
+ Kingdom Hearts (due Monday, May 15th)

Tutorials at akirichan.net...
+ Vexels: Getting Started
+ Vexels: Basics & Skin
+ Vexels: Tips, Tricks, & Troubles

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Thank you for the fav! :)
- aylita

Thanx for the Fav!
Btw, You are awesome :D
- Invinsibleforce

omg thankyou soooo much for the fave! love ur work, u rock
- b0o

Thank you very much for the fav. I really appreciate it:)
- chrisb

ur vexels are AMAZING!!!!!!!

- gemmalou__x

You're welcome =D I really REALLY love your vexels, you deserved it =D
- SoContagious

Amazing art work!
- ndie

i love ur vexelsssssssssssssssssss.... at last i found ur gallery.
- ^ffan

haha, but just because i'm sabre doesn't mean i'm good. O_O faaaar from it xD our school's team is 2nd worst in its division, and i'm the worst fencer on the team. sooo.....
- Sayuri

OMG. do you remember me from dA? my username was estrael there. your co-band geek xD i just read your profile and i see the word FENCING.

HOLY CRAP YOU FENCE??? CUZ SO DO I! :D i'm a sabre, you?
- Sayuri

I love your work!

Not to sound demanding or anything, but are you going to make a tutorial on hair? Your vexels' hair always looks amazing...
- momo.PEACHiE

You're so perfect...
I absolutely love your stuff. Do you have MSN or anything?
- bullyboop

you are just perfect i love your work im your fan
- aleks

thanks for the fav! it means alot coming from an awesome vexeller like you^^ *hugs*
- hengie

Your vexels are... perect! You have the most amazing talent and you're modest to boot. Scary :).
- Ash(e.a.)

What is this gallery!!!
You are an amazing vexel artist!
- daniele

hey,i've just saw your self-potrait at deviantart...i just want to say it looks like my art teacher's drawing..! OMG..i cant never be like you.. natural talent.. ^^,

* dont you want to join any collab?or doing collab with any1? maybe u can say u'r busy or etc. but some collab do not even have the deadline .. =D
- anis_potter92

the whole "russia" topic intrigued me...so i must join in
yet i have nothing to say :(
i'll go watch you straighten your hair :)...*trutts downstairs*
hmm..we need to bring sisterly rivalry to a whole new level..haha...again

- sklobovskaya

hye!
i wonder,all of your vexels are so excellent..may i ask you something?
what's the BEST compliment you've ever received? i know it's hard for you and maybe you cannot answer this right? but i just want to know if there's any compliment that you like out of the rest.. ^0^
- anis_potter92

lol you've been in the US for half your life lol (I'm only 14) lol apparently theres some new version of it thats all complicated. "Pakaa" lmao.
- iloveyou

lol yeah, can youu speak russian? lol I can't remember my hometown at all. Well I moved here at like 8 years old.
- iloveyou

Ok... your first and my first are radically different. Yours looks so much... better. But anyways, I really admire your work and hope to eventually be as good as you.:)
- itsnikki!

"(although I was born in Russia" really? lol so was I, which part? Moscow for me.
- iloveyou

i love your use and style and artistic work! its really is an inspritation! you have very nice work :)
- okmissnadine

thanx for the tips! u'r so talented that's why i ask u =D
- anis_potter92

hello..it's me again.. :D

also want to ask you sumthing..do u use 'posterize' to make u'r vexel? if yes,what level do you use?

*my english sux! i hope u understand ^^,
- anis_potter92

i'm a beginner here so can i ask you sumthing?

how do you do the layers?if it is 1000 layers that mean we have to do it one by one?also,i'm not good in choosing colours.can u give ne a few tips??
- anis_potter92

Your a real inspiration, your pictures are nothing less than magnificent. You should do some Illustrations or Fantasy art which I know you would be great at http://www.aumania.it/fantasyart.html. It's alway's been a favorite, Luis Royo is just one of many, and makes for a good example. I'm sure you must be getting bored with celebrities by now. Stick a few originals of your own in your portfolio and I'm sure you will stick out and get noticed.
With your talent you should get your dad to shell out for a seperate site for a portfoloio (no blog stuff) You really could use a nice professional setup for your art work. Now go...do it while your still young, don't wait to long or it becomes yesterday's news. :)

- Rick

eyyyy natalie im utter and totaly impress you have excelent perfect job your ilustratios are amazing have a level really hide congratulations i love your work
- aleks

Ooh, I LOVE your gallery!
- grotesque

your work is truely amaizng so realistic yet way awesomer than the actual pics.
btw band geeks rock! :D I am kinda of one myself (colorguard)
- laurmc8

oh your work is so wonderful. :)
Its looks so much like a real photograph.
- northernbell

Heyy! Thank god you m ade a tutorial! I added you to my watch list =)
- aGAVINA

I'm glad that you decided to make a vexel tutorial. You're wonderful. If only I could figure out how to pick colors the way you do. I always got weird colors when I posterize photos. You should do an eye tutorial too. The eyes in your photos are so intense and very beautiful!
- soul416

your gallery is AWESOME! Well done =)
- knox

Your profile header looks great!
- scorpio

Hey, you have a really good vexel tutorial...I'm actually following it as we speak! Great Job on the tutorial...and Happy new year Natalie!! =)

xx~Tifney~xx
- angel421355

Ahhh, I have to comment again. You have the most amazing vexels! Every single one of them looks like a real picture!!! WOW! *claps*
- xJOJO

Oh my goodness YOU have some of the best vexels done on here. i can tell you put your time into each and everyone of them. I would so love to learn how to vexel like that.. hurry up with the tutorial!! =P You make my vexels look bad. =[
- bebeml

thank you soo much for the favorite! I really appreciate it! <33
- 4evagurl

All i can say is WOW. Being favorited by someone so effin talented is so crazy! I love your work!!!!
- Nole

you are so talented that it makes me wanna cry lol awesome work, keep it up!!
- strawberrywoods

Natalie, thank you so much for your comment and fav, means a lot for me because your work is amazing
:D
- freeda

I'm sorry for your loss. I was looking into it when someone else had that problem, so I had no answer for them at that time. For you if photoshop has an auto save check into it, because you files are huge.
Sorry I couldn't help. Good luck in the future.
- Rick

Natalie I was just reading your post http://www.vexels.net/mbtopic.php?id=176
PSD file which is now unusable
If you send it to me I'll try to recover the file for you if you haven't deleted yet. There was no date on the post so I don't know how old it is.

- Rick

Natalie! Have I mentioned how amazing your work is? It's unbelieveable how realistic all of your vexels are! They're sooo fantastic! OMG! You're the best!
- xJOJO

I'm sooooo jealous. You started only in July?? Wow. Will you PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE make a detailed tutorial? I know everyone would love it. I'll give you a hug.
- lost_dreams

A big Merry Christmas goes out to you. Santa will be extra kind to you for having such an impressive gallery.
- Rick

OMG! Your work is amazing, and youve only made aroudn 10 vexels! Your so detailed in every part of the vexel. I visited your portfolio, and saw your work, and Isaw that vexels arent the only thing your excellent at. Your drawings: AMMMMAAAZZZING! please tell me how you draw like that lol
- erin

thank you for the fave. :)
- daz3dnc0nfused

Your work is absolutely breath taking and when I saw tha t you were still a beginner it inspired me to post up my first completed vexel on here. Definately no where near as amazing as yours but just wanted to let you know that you are an inspiration to newbies like me :O. Oh, in your info it says you fence, what style do you do? And I cant wait to see your Mika Nakashima vexel! Maybe if I get unlazy I can make a Yuna Ito one and we can do a lead singers from NANA collab ^^.
- Rinali

do u have a deviantart account??
- brewer23

Congratulations!!
- Imangine

your absolutely amazing at this i just started and your work is inspiring

and yay for band geeks!!
- Tell_Tale♥

i envy your skills... lol keep up the freakin awesome work!! :)
- strawberrywoods

I've just started and I must say you're extremely talented, it's flippin' amazing. Keep up the good work, hun!!
- discoverinfatuation

I just started now..i've been seeing your works for a couple of months..^_^ it got me started doing this kind of thing too..^_^
- crhymes

Thanks for the fav!!!!!!!!!
- carolinabarajas

whoaaa you only started in july? thats amazing!! i just started... like a week ago but urs ar AWSOME!!! i wish i could do vexels like you do!!!!
- horse_rider

Wow.. I really admore you and your vexels. You started July 2005 [same time I did] and it looks like you've done vexels for so long. :)

Keep up the great work!
- Quyen

thanks for the fav!
- painfullyuncool

Fencing? My brother does that- totally cool xP

Anyways, your vexeling is the *best* I've seen around =o
- Gumo

You're vexels are just like breathtaking!!! All I have to say is wow. You are amazing!
- xJOJO

Miss Natalie, you totally rock!!! I love your works! It inspires me! Congrats! You really deserve to win. ^^
- SakuraLips

hey thats cool, i fenced for 3 years, just foil though. interesting.
- Petergraves

Thanks for the fav Natalie :D
- carolinabarajas

Hey congrats, you deserve the win!
- Raelynn

:O Natalie just said I'm famous in her world! *faints* lol Anyway, I wouldn't say my Snow White vexel is the spiffiest, when your Wanna Study one is such a turn on with her sexy outfit! lol Thank you for your comment <3
- Ilaria

heh thanks. that coming from you means alot. and my vexels are NOTHING compared to yours lol
- aGAVINA

Thank you =) And BTW - Trust me, you don't WANT to vexel like me. You're 10x better =P
- Annette07

Congratulations! Your contribution to this site is wonderful! :)
- cait

CONGRATULATIONS NATALIE! =D
- Annette07

Congratulations on your win! Your entry was amazing!
- crystalmoon

congratulations natalie! :]
- Vicky

Congrats on winning the competition! =)
- karolina

Congrats Natalie, I voted for you and you really deserved first place! :)
- marta

Congrats on winning the vexel competition! You really deserved it! (I voted for you :P)
- Ilaria

Congratulations on winning the competition, you deserved it!
- fadingamanda

Congrats on winning the vexel competition !!! :)
You deserves it !! ^-^
- Atiqah06

CONGRATS
- aGAVINA

YAY! Congrats on winning the vexel competition! *dances*
- Zenith

Hello! *waves*

I'm such a fan of your work. I still find it unbelievable that you only started this July. You make everyone else at this community look like such beginners!

Anyways, I'm just here to say "Hi" and to keep up the great work. :) Toodles.
- Stella

For someone who just started, you're pretty awesome. Keep up the good work! :)
- skipenfall

I think it's pretty coll that two of your vexels won in the same category, and they were both of you. major props for that one. keep up the good work
- [red]shadow

Ahhhhh, your vexels are so beautiful. I've been vexeling for awhile and they don't even COMPARE to yours. May I ask to vexel a picture of you? You're really pretty (that's the thing about girls - we have the guts to say you're damn ugly but we have the guts to say you're damn pretty too), and I LOVEEEEEEEE your hair. As for technical questions, do you use the pen or selection tool, and do you posterize your images before vexeling?
- tunerchiq

I.
Hate.
You.

I can't believe you only started in July!!! Maaaaan you're so goooooooood :|
- Trinidadhunni

:D omg thank you for the fav. So proud of me that a professional like you liked my art :D loll
- Ihateyou

thanks for the fav! :)
- nisi

My vexels compared to yours look like COMPLETE CRAP =P And I'm not trying to be funny either. I think you'd be great in a collab <3 You'd blow everyone away =D
- Annette07

O_O. I want to collab with you someday <3 Seriously.. although I might be a tad intimidated.. okay.. I'm lying .. I might be VERY intimidated =D
- Annette07

thanks for the fav!
- painfullyuncool

Thanks.
- xxdisciplexx

GOOOSSSHNESSSS Nicole!!! I love your vexels soooo much you are like the best vexeller ever!! ;__; All your vexels totally blow off my latest ones! :P Although I'm kinda new too yours are soooo awesome!!! O_O gahhh they're all soo beautiful!! Goshnessssssssnessssnesss! lol Keep up the amazing art Natalie!!..... gosshhhness lol yeah lol
- Fantasized Dreamer

Where did you get your skin pallets? They're amazing!
- Carina

Natalie yay i can leave comments now! I absoulutley love all of your vexels, haha its funny seeing them while you are making them and then bam they become this amasing piece of art and yeah... me loves you!! Natalie and me playing the B!
- Penguiniee

what program do u use? lol
- sunsetstrip

Wow, you have improved so quickly, you're very talented. I'm sure if you made a tutorial it'd be a big hit ;) hehe good work!
- crystalmoon

Wow, ur an amazing artist :D hehe I love ur self portrait and u are very pretty, I'm inspired by that spacific peice so, I might do it -if thats ok with u- well, i justed wanted 2 comment on ur work and keep it up!
- sunsetstrip

I can't believe that you're just starting out. Your work is spectacular. You must have incredible natural talent if you just started.
- soul416

I envy you. ^^ Your absolutely amazing. If only my first vexel turned out as good as yours. I look foward to seeing more of your work!
- Nicole

I still can't believe you're a beginner! From your vexels it looks like you're an expert! I was wondering if you used a tutorial what was it?
- pinay_artist

I love your work =) For a person who is just starting out, you are simply amazing. The shading on both your vexels so far have been so perfect and detailed. Cannot wait to see more stuff from you =)
- Annette07

Thanks for the kind words =)
Your Keira vexel looks gorgeous and very detailed. Love it !

- ditz

You are such a liar, no WAY these are your first vexels. Haha. But seriously, you are amazing, keep up the awesome work! :)
- Liz

Thank you for the compliment - your work is absolutely stunning - I have just favourited your most recent piece - Keira. Amazing - keep up the excellent work!!!
- Shaz

Your first vexel is so promising... :)
- Christabel

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