GET GET IT, IT LOOKS LIKE PHOTOSHOP
God damn I'm clever. This is a cool looking effect that was retardedly easy to do. OH GOD SHE'S DISAPPEARING Now she's white! Going, Going... Ears are nice sex toys, you know. Yatta, yatta IT'S THE DREAD PEN TOOL.
No, you can't zoom in.
WARNING: Personal use of these traces is permitted. You may make website layouts, you may make wallpapers, you may do as you like, BUT YOU MUST CREDIT THE PERSON WHO DID THE TRACE. And no burying the credit in an obscure section of your site, credit belongs wherever the image appears.

I provide dates for how recent the hosted copy is, because I frequently go back and make minute changes even weeks after I finish a trace.

   For that tattoo you're planning.
Dude awesomesauce.Trace By: Rhyaniwyn
Completed: March 18th, 2008
Gio: Here's something a big different: high-resolution vectored images of the various rose crests from the series! Thanks, Rhyaniwyn!

• 1 - Series Crest 2974x3000, PNG-8, 136KB
• 2 - Stained Glass Crest 3000x3000, PNG-8, 134KB
• 3 - Duel Arena Floor 3000x3000, PNG-8, 106KB
• 4 - Pink Spinner Crest 3000x2995, PNG-8, 135KB

   Gift for Gio!
I'm not evil. Nope.Trace By: Sey
Completed: December 11th, 2007
Gio: Sey vectors in a somewhat stylized way that doesn't exactly match the series artwork but is nevertheless awesome. Here's Akio looking..uh..pretty?

• Final trace. (With background.) 1387x1145, PNG-8, 118KB

   Gift for Yasha!
So...wanna run by McDonalds?Trace By: Sey
Completed: December 11th, 2007
Gio: Just so we're all clear on this: Touga is a jerk. But he makes for good vector fodder.

• Final trace. (With background.) 1385x1152, PNG-8, 80KB

   That's gonna hurt in the morning.
Fucking ow, man.Trace By: Wiebe Haanstra
Completed: September 30th, 2007
Source Image: Screen capture from episode 38. View the original.
Gio: Another gorgeous piece, this time the pan of Utena getting stabbed in episode 38. Dramatic subject matter, Wiebe goes for, huh?

• Full-size final trace. (No background.) 1600x899, PNG-8, 194KB
• Final trace. (With background.) 1600x899, JPEG, 281KB

   Naptime for Kozue
Aww she looks so peaceful! Or piece, right?Trace By: Arki
Completed: July 9th, 2007
Source Image: Screen captures from episode 15. View the original.
Gio: Arki called this 'Sleeping Whore', which is funny since that's probably the only time Kozue isn't a whore! Awesome work, Arki!

• Final trace. (With background.) 1600x1200, PNG-8, 507KB

   Sexin' it up + SUPER BONUS EXTRA
Too bad you can just barely see his pants being still on.Trace By: Giovanna
Completed: July 2007
Source Image: Screen capture from episode 25. View the original.
Notes: A gift piece. When Yasha heard I was vectoring this shot, she requested an alternate version where his expression is a bit more aggressively sexual. Which is to say he's smirking. This alternate version is also offered here.

• Full-size final trace, original. (No background.) 3250x2512, PNG-8, 366KB
• Final trace, original. (With background.) 3250x2512, PNG-8, 377KB
• Final trace, smirking alternate. (With background.) 3250x2512, PNG-8, 377KB
This trace was last altered 7/2/2007.

   Happy Birthday, Sey!
The details on Juri's sword were a BITCHTrace By: Giovanna
Completed: June 2007
Source Image: Screen captures from episode 29. View the original.
Notes: Forum member Sey was the the clever first person to ask for a vector for their birthday. Since Ruka doesn't get much love, I figured hey, why not. This is a vector done of one of the images soon to be in the gallery.

• Full-size final trace. (No background.) 1300x3000, PNG-8, 231KB
• Final trace. (With background.) 1300x3000, JPEG, 911KB
This trace was last altered 6/19/2007.

   Saionji is hot in his kendo uniform, and Touga is smug.
Oh god, I love Saionji.Trace By: Giovanna
Completed: December 2006
Source Image: A cell sketch from the SKU game. View the original.
Notes: Mmmm. Saionji. The other guy ain't bad either. I took major liberties with the shading of their hair, because I could.

• Full-size final trace. (No background.) 5000x3049, PNG-8, 420KB
• Final trace. (With background.) 1663x1024, JPEG, 788KB
This trace was last altered 12/15/2006.

   In all, three swords.
HOT.Trace By: Giovanna
Completed: December 2006
Source Image: Screen captures from a digital copy of episode 36. View the original.
Notes: This was my Christmas present to Yasha. What? Homoerotic swordpulling is an excellent present! I swear! Well she liked it anyway. Come on...you like it, too. It's hot.

• Full-size final trace. (No glow effects.) 3000x4383, PNG-8, 469KB
• Final trace. (With glow effects.) 1600x2338, JPEG, 1MB
This trace was last altered 12/7/2006.

   Busted!
Creeeeepy....Trace By: Wiebe Haanstra
Completed: December 7th, 2006
Gio: Yay! Already people are donating, and such a gorgeous picture! Fantastic trace job. Eerie and sexy at the same time! Wow!

• Full-size final trace. (No background.) 2688x2016, PNG-8, 532KB
• Final trace. (With background.) 1600x1200, JPEG, 606KB

   'I don't care about that man.'
She's mad.Trace By: Giovanna
Completed: October 2006
Source Image: Screen captures from a digital copy of episode 30. View the original.
Notes: I did this in preparation for the Mrs.Ohtori shrine's overhaul and only ended up using the silhouette. Har!

• Full-size final trace. (No background.) 2000x2634, PNG-8, 213KB
This trace was last altered 10/1/2006.

   'Anthy is right over there.'
The siblings wear red so well...Trace By: Giovanna
Completed: September 2006
Source Image: Screen captures from a digital copy of episode 38. View the original.
Notes: This was a panned shot. And by panned I mean gorgeous. Also was my technique trace; I used it to build the basic tutorial.

• Full-size final trace. (No background.) 3000x1905, PNG-8, 245KB
• Final trace. (With background.) 1600x1016, JPEG, 474KB
This trace was last altered 9/5/2006.

   'From now on, you and I will help each other to go on living.'
AWWWTrace By: Giovanna
Completed: August 2006
Source Image: Screen captures from a digital copy of episode 25. View the original.
Notes: This was a panned shot. It's been on my list, but got bumped up when I wanted it for a front page layout to complement the Akio shrine layout.

• Full-size final trace. (No background.) 1500x2082, PNG-8, 197KB
This trace was last altered 9/27/2006.

   Oh look, Akio is grinning.
RawrTrace By: Giovanna
Completed: May 2006
Source Image: The SKU Juju book scan of an image from episode 35. View the original. (Part of the image was missing, and taken from a screenshot, the whole cell gets rotated in the shot.)
Notes: This is kinda the image that started the whole mess. I got a laptop, which I promptly named Akio, and realized this picture fits its wallpaper almost perfectly. I had to have it. Smile you son of a bitch.

• Full-size final trace. (No background.) 2086x1799, PNG-8, 257KB
• Final trace. (With background.) 1600x1380, JPEG, 708KB
This trace was last altered 9/27/2006.

   This is where your mouth goes.
Bite. Tug. Profit.Trace By: Giovanna
Completed: May 2006
Source Image: Screen capture from a digital copy of episode 25. View the original.
Notes: This was just me screwing around, which is why it's smaller than most vectors I do. Many of my favorite images of Akio don't include his face; this right here is just a huge stretch of highly innervated erogenous zone. Bon Appétit. (It's even hotter when he's mad, oh god.)

• Full-size final trace. (No background.) 1280x1060, PNG-8, 82KB
• Final trace. (With background.) 1280x1060, JPEG, 510KB
This trace was last altered 9/5/2006.

   The Notorious Loincloth
LOIN. CLOTH.Trace By: Giovanna
Completed: June 2006
Source Image: A cell sketch image from the SKU Sega Saturn game sketchbook. View the original.
Notes: This trace was done using only a cell sketch for a guideline. I think it came out pretty damn good considering that. Proportions here were altered, his right arm/shoulder was moved down, closer to his body.
I wasn't sure whether to call this a loincloth or a fundoshi, which I think is supposed to be tied under instead of left hanging in the front. Boy if there's anyone standing behind him, they're getting an absolutely glorious view of his ass.

• Full-size final trace. (Plain white background.) 963x1914, PNG-8, 129KB
This trace was last altered 9/5/2006.