| Do the strokes in illustrator get pixelated...? |
On your monitor, yes. Your monitor is a raster-based imaging device. So everything you actually see on your monitor is, in fact, a raster image, even if it is being rasterized from vector-based objects.
Vector-based artwork is resolution-independent. That does not mean it never gets rasterized. It always gets rasterized, both on your monitor and when printed. The resolution independent advantage of vector-based graphics is not a matter of if the rasterization occurs, but when.
While working in any program like Illustrator, the vector paths you draw are being rendered to the monitor as a raster image that has the resolution of your monitor. So you will always see a measure of "pixilation" if the pixels on your monitor are large enough for your eyes to see. But if you zoom in, your artwork is re-rendered on-the-fly. So the "pixilation" is still there, but it does not get worse, as it would if the artwork were, itself, a raster image.
When sending your vector-based artwork to a printer, it is re-rendered at the higher resolution of the printing device.
That, in a nutshell, is what "resolution independence" is all about: Rasterization is inevitable. But it can automatically be performed at the maximum resolution of the output device, because it occurs at the time of final output.
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