Pencil Tool or vectors?

[Zeph]

So since I'm new to this, I dont quite understand what is meant when you say vectors don't count as sprites. Could someone stand to elaborate this for me?

a vector piece can count as a sprite in the sense that any movable piece of art in a game is a sprite.
vector however does not count as pixel art, ans pixel art is defined as art in which every pixel is individually placed by the artist.

many sprites are pixel art, and this forum in particular is pretty much dedicated to pixel art sprites, but that's not to say all sprites are pixel art.