turning a sketch into vector illustration- I am a beginner

[Anna]

I have just started learning gimp, (only have an experience of using it of few days) because i needed to make a vector illustration for a project, I am only left with 10 days for the project and i still havent drawn even 1 vector illustration where as i need to create three, i started drawing using path tool but its very time taking for the intricate design I have sketched so i was trying to convert it into vector illustration using gimp and inkscape but the youtube videos i was watching were quite old so couldnt really get it done...anybody knows any way?
the illustration is for a huge object so if i do it using gimp and inkscape would it be good enough?

[rich2005]

Quote:have just started learning gimp, (only have an experience of using it of few days) because i needed to make a vector illustration for a project, I am only left with 10 days for the project and i still havent drawn even 1 vector illustration where as i need to create three,

You are in deep trouble because you do not understand that Gimp is not a graphics vector editor.  It is a raster (bitmap) editor.
You can draw, using the paths tool, and export the path  in svg (vector) format. Not the same as exporting the image as a vector.  Might look like this: https://i.imgur.com/EeYTRst.jpg

Quote:i started drawing using path tool but its very time taking for the intricate design I have sketched so i was trying to convert it into vector illustration using gimp and inkscape but the youtube videos i was watching were quite old so couldnt really get it done...anybody knows any way?

If you do have a design made in Gimp and you need it as a vector, export it as a PNG file. You can import that into Inkscape.  Make sure you embed it: https://i.imgur.com/odVFsON.jpg
...and in the Paths menu, convert to a Vector https://i.imgur.com/nJ6Y5rt.jpg
Which depending on the Gimp image might not be wonderful. https://i.imgur.com/Gs4IH7f.jpg

Might work if only as you say a 'Sketch'  In the very short term since it will take time to learn either Gimp or Inkscape,
Export a png from Gimp and use one of the online bitmap-to-vector converters such as https://www.pngtosvg.com

[Anna]

(12-09-2021, 04:29 PM)rich2005 Wrote:

Quote:have just started learning gimp, (only have an experience of using it of few days) because i needed to make a vector illustration for a project, I am only left with 10 days for the project and i still havent drawn even 1 vector illustration where as i need to create three,

You are in deep trouble because you do not understand that Gimp is not a graphics vector editor.  It is a raster (bitmap) editor.
You can draw, using the paths tool, and export the path  in svg (vector) format. Not the same as exporting the image as a vector.  Might look like this: https://i.imgur.com/EeYTRst.jpg

Quote:i started drawing using path tool but its very time taking for the intricate design I have sketched so i was trying to convert it into vector illustration using gimp and inkscape but the youtube videos i was watching were quite old so couldnt really get it done...anybody knows any way?

If you do have a design made in Gimp and you need it as a vector, export it as a PNG file. You can import that into Inkscape.  Make sure you embed it: https://i.imgur.com/odVFsON.jpg
...and in the Paths menu, convert to a Vector https://i.imgur.com/nJ6Y5rt.jpg
Which depending on the Gimp image might not be wonderful. https://i.imgur.com/Gs4IH7f.jpg

Might work if only as you say a 'Sketch'  In the very short term since it will take time to learn either Gimp or Inkscape,
Export a png from Gimp and use one of the online bitmap-to-vector converters such as https://www.pngtosvg.com

thanks for the help, for one drawing I will do as you said but for the rest of two drawings for which I havent done anything in gimp, I would still try to learn to draw them in Inkscape

[Anna]

when a project calls for no pantone colours and only RAL colours. what does that exactly mean? and how can I follow that if there are no such colour options in inkscape

[rich2005]

(12-20-2021, 08:19 PM)Anna Wrote: when a project calls for no pantone colours and only RAL colours. what does that exactly mean? and how can I follow that if there are no such colour options in inkscape

RAL is a proprietary European color system (Pantone is USA) 

You can get the colors on line, just do a search for RAL example: https://www.ral-farben.de/en/all-ral-colours or https://www.e-paint.co.uk/RAL-classic-colour-chart.asp 

I do not have much in the way of resources  for this, there is a debian 'extra' palettes package which contains a RAL palette for Gimp / Inkscape. Not as comprehensive as a Pantono but it is named colors  (attached, unzip it  Ral-pefg.gpl)

looks like this as a colour chart

   
and
   

In Inkscape put Ral_pefg.gpl in the User palettes folder, (not sure where that is in a Windows Inkscape).