Vexel Posts

The vexel girls by illustrator Linda Wilks are young, cutting edge, stylish and sophisticated. Her outstanding vexel portraits give Wilks consistent recognition and a great reputation in the digital art community. The super detailed illustrations reveal the secrets of pixel magic and inspire our senses. Vexel images look just as vector art but are actually pixel-based, adding amazing details and depth.

Natalie Sklobovskaya loves vector art, comic-doodling, painting, web design and coding. She understands how to bring art school energy to her powerful images. Freshly graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, Natalie continues to learn and loves to push her work into new directions.

In the most pure form, vector graphics are visuals made up of points, lines, curves and geometrical shapes. A vector is represented by mathematical equations - going from point A to point B, and can be resized as often as needed without loss of quality. Vector illustration is a popular technique used by many digital artists. Many of today’s image-makers have grown up with vector programs and have developed their skills accordingly, utilizing the huge technologic advances of vector graphics to fuel their creativity.

Self taught illustrator Marleen Weijman conjures up her striking vexel artworks working primarily with Photoshop. Working under the artist name Womanwithagun, her depictions of the contemporary music and fashion scene are using a poppy style of representation. Her pet project is the series of eye-catching portraits Marleen created of pop diva Lady Gaga. The illustrations combine a striking elegance with a dramatic visual impact, and play upon the viewer as skillfully as the real Lady Gaga. Smashing!