Here is another ’7′ ornaments in this latest bonus set. This brings the entire bonus collection count to ’84′ above and beyond the 600+ ornaments that come with my book Flourish.Banner.Frame.

I hope you enjoy the new design motifs in this FREE download and subscribe to my blog to find out when more FREE content is posted.

Download FREE Bonus Set 16

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Keywords: Book, Ornaments, Process, Patterns

Flattering Copyright Infringement
Every couple of months I get an email from someone saying they spotted my art being used as a tattoo. When ever this happens I try to find a picture of it and over time I collect a motley crew of flattering copyright infringers. Some times the person who infringed will email me pictures showing me how they applied my art to some area of their body. The whole idea of infringement never crosses their mind and frankly there isn’t much I can do about it really other than be flattered.

Having someone get my art permanently scribed onto their body is a level of dedication that I can’t even commit to myself. If someone wants to live their life with my tribal art always keeping them company where ever they go, than more power to them.

Semi-Famous Sighting
Recently my friend Ty Mattson spotted a tribal design of mine during a concert by Three Days Grace. The lead singer Adam Gontier had one of my tribal face tattoos on his upper right arm. (See images above) I had nothing to do with the lousy skull he had added to it however.

Additional Sightings
Other tribal designs of mine that have popped up over the past six months as well. Whether on the arm, chest, back, neck, shoulder, or the always classy tramp stamp, my tribal art keeps getting used over and over again. Some applications of my designs are executed better than others and the photos are almost always hostage quality at best.

VonsterTattoos.com
Trying to contain the use of my art in the subculture that is tattoos is an exercise in futility. So instead of fighting it I decided to facilitate it and have created an easy way for anyone to use my tribal art for a tattoo. This allows me to help individuals get high quality reference for my designs so they are executed accurately when going to a tattoo shop.

For more information and to view all my stock tribal designs visit VonsterTattoos.com.

Keywords: Tattoo, Tribal Design, Custom

When I work on most projects I come up with more ideas than I need. The client usually isolates one direction and we refine it and deliver the final design. That said many of the other ideas are ones I like and I try to archive them and use them if and when the opportunity arises.

This Phoenix design was a concept I presented to a client who hired me to design a custom tattoo he was going to get done on his back. My client decided to go with another design I had presented instead.

I liked this design so I decided to go ahead and finish it as if it had been chosen.

Phoenix Tattoo Applied

I’m making this design available for anyone who would like to get a tattoo of it. For a flat rate of $40 (via Paypal.com) I’ll provide anyone with a PDF file of the color art and a thermography version so the tattoo shop can size and transfer the design accurately.

Keywords: Tattoo, Process, Creativity, Illustration, GS Stock Art

Teaching has never been something I’ve wanted to focus on in terms of turning it into a means of remuneration. I prefer creating and thinking on behalf of my clients and their projects I manage through my own design business to sustain a livelihood.

I find myself now as an adjunct teacher of digital illustration at a local college, offer workshops on the creative process, and have written a book documenting it all means whether I like it or not I’ve become an accidental educator.

Don’t get me wrong I enjoy teaching! Since the class is just one day a week and at night during the winter term means I can fit it into my work schedule with little if any hiccups. That said I don’t want it to ever eclipse my day to day work in terms of the time and effort I invest.

When TutsPlus.com recently asked me to create a video course for them I was a little hesitant because in my opinion too many tutorials online are lame, and usually are a series of step by step click here, apply this filter here in order to “Create a Beach Ball.”

They agreed to let me create a course called Creating Vector Art (Catchy huh!) that would take someone through the entire process from drawing to finished vector illustration. The entire course is about 3hrs long and is itemized into systematic methods covering both analog methods like drawing and refining your sketches, how to discern a drawn form and build the vector shape needed, color hierarchy, detailing etc.

Refined sketch of Fire King.

I should mention that you have to be a member of TutsPlus.com in order to watch this video course. I wouldn’t consider this an advanced course, meaning it would bolster your skills regardless of where you’re at personally.

I purposely kept it simple so it would help the broadest range of creatives. Seasoned veterans might find it a bit elementary at times but keep the whole process from analog to digital was underline narrative I wanted. For those who’ve read my book Vector Basic Training, will find some of the information familiar.

Building vector art of Fire King.

I cover my Clockwork method in this video course and it does go into areas I didn’t cover in my book such as base coloring and detailing an illustration which of course tends to be very exploratory rather than anything that can be simplified to a mere step by step process.

Final Fire King illustration.

If you enjoyed the videos that came with my book Vector Basic Training, than I think you’d enjoy this video course. I rarely take myself too seriously and this video is no exception to that rule. They’re educational and are laced with my snarky quips and rabbit trails.

If you end up going through course and have questions make sure to post them on the TutsPlus.com forum. I hope you all enjoy it.

Keywords: Resources, Video, Creativity, Process

I’ve created another ’5′ ornaments in this latest bonus set. This brings the entire bonus collection count to ’77′ above and beyond the 600+ ornaments that come with my book Flourish.Banner.Frame.

I hope you enjoy the new design motifs in this FREE download and subscribe to my blog to find out when more FREE content is posted.

Download FREE Bonus Set 15

- FREE Bonus Set 15 (Shown Above): Download Now! (Includes Ai file formats: CS2-CS5)
- Flourish.Banner.Frame Book • Available at Amazon.com: Order Here
- Flourish.Banner.Frame Book • Available via MyDesignShop.com: Order Here
- View more samples from my book and view additional bonus content here.

Previous FREE Ornament Download

- Bonus Set 14: Download Now! (Includes Ai file formats: CS2-CS5)

Keywords: Book, Ornaments, Process, Patterns