What is better than a whole week dedicated to vector art… not much in my opinion! If you feel the same, deviantART’s Vector Week is running between January 16 to 22. It will include some cool contests, articles, and chat sessions with CrisVector and me!

About

Vector Week is ran via a concept from “Project Educate”. Each gallery on deviantART has a week planned to help teach others about the gallery and the medium/genre. It’s aim towards everyone on deviantART, so whether you’re familiar with the medium/genre or not, there is something for everyone to get involved with.

Events

• The announcement of the Golden Pen Award winners, which honors those who have contributed art to the various vector galleries on deviantART.
• The start of a big vector contest, the theme to be announced at the beginning of the week.
• Themed articles showcasing the amazing talent within deviantART’s vector galleries including an A to Z of vector.

dAmn (The deviantART Messaging Network) Events

The following events will take place in dAmn – the deviantART Messaging Network (also known as their chatrooms). The specific locations will be announced closer to the time.

• A featured chat with vector artist and writer Ryan Putnam (aka RypeArts) of Vectips – Monday 17th January (9pm GMT)
• A featured chat with Vector Artist Cristiano Siqueira aka CrisVector – Wednesday 19th January (7pm GMT)
• A live “Vector Orgy” ran by the vector/vexel dA group Vexelove. Similar to Photoshop Tennis, a vector orgy is a collaboration on a large scale. To take part, you join the chat, wait your turn, and you’ll have 30 mins to contribute to the vector file with your own style and then you pass it onto the next person. The collaboration welcomes people of all abilities. It’s meant as a social and a learning exercise and can often lead to amazing results – Thursday 20th January (usually an all day event)
• A vector orientated trivia event ran by the vector/vexel dA group Vector-Artists. With some great prizes to be won including devwear! – Sunday 16th January (time to be announced)

How To Participate

You don’t have to be a member of deviantART to view the articles, but you need to be a member to participate in the chats. To stay up-to-date with times and links, “watch” ChewedKandi’s page on deviantART.