Vexel Art Examples

Vexel are raster images created in order to look like vectors. They take lots of time to create one of this image, and there are lots of techniques available in order to do it, like this one presented on PSDTUTS. Techniques basically consist on creating solid shapes in different layers. These files tend to be really big, since every single detail has to be created in a different layer, resulting on more than 300 layers per image. This style is very criticized since it doesn't seem to have any advantage in front of real vector graphics and it's mainly used by artists instead of designers.

This image shows a comparison between both styles. The result, when seen in the resolution where the vexel was originally created or smaller, looks the same as a vector image, but when enlarged, we can see how quality is lost.

Here are two of my favourite examples of vexels, click them to enlarge.