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Weekly Vector Inspiration #172

Rype — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:59:38 +0000

This post is part of a weekly series showcasing inspirational vector art. Although the series showcases vector art, some work might just be vector inspired, not created completely with vector art. If you have any art suggestions, feel free to…

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What Image Resolution Do I Need to Use? (and more!)

Chris Spooner — Fri, 25 May 2012 06:00:39 +0000

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Question Time is back! After hearing how many people found my old question time videos useful I decided to get back into the swing of creating them, this time with some fancy new equipment. In this week’s video I talk…

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Quick Tip: Creating Simple Icons with Adobe Illustrator, a Beginners Guide

Kate McInnes — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:00:07 +0000

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For beginners, crisp icons can be hard to make in Adobe Illustrator. With a few simple tricks, the Appearance Panel and the Shape Builder Tool, you will be creating professional looking icons in no time, it’s easy! Step 1 First…

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Pricing Your Design Work: Everything You Need to Know!

Sean Hodge — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:33:50 +0000

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Do you ever feel unsure about pricing your services as a freelance designer? We’re running a fantastic series of articles on our FreelanceSwitch newsletter, focused on how you can effectively and easily price your services. It’s relevant to graphic designers,…

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Create a Detailed, Vector Fan Illustration – Tuts+ Premium Tutorial

Andrei Marius — Thu, 24 May 2012 12:00:07 +0000

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In this Tuts+ Premium tutorial, you will learn how to create a detailed fan illustration. Begin with pixel perfect vector shape building techniques. Also, use Illustrator’s pathfinder tools to build complex shapes. Then add dimension by coloring the shapes with…

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Vintage Vector Vectorian Pack Giveaway

Rype — Wed, 23 May 2012 17:32:44 +0000

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The Vectorian Vintage Vector Pack is a mammoth pack including 930 vector ornaments, 465 vintage frame borders, and 92 antique illustrations. Vectorian is giving away 5 packs to 5 lucky Vectips readers! You really need to check out the site…

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Quick Tip: Create a Computer Key Icon Using Linear Gradients

Cheryl Graham — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:00:08 +0000

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Illustrator’s Gradient Panel gives you several options to create and fine-tune multi-stop gradients. Put a few together for a computer key with a satin sheen.…

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Create a Vector Hair Dryer in Illustrator

Alexander Egupov — Wed, 23 May 2012 12:00:46 +0000

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A hair dryer is a tool that helps women add beauty to their hair. Let’s illustrate a vector model of it and learn important techniques, which can improve the designer’s skills along the way. Step 1 Take the Pen Tool…

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Workshop: Food Van Showdown

Kate McInnes — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:00:15 +0000

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Vectortuts+ loves Illustration and discovering new talent, so today we are proud to be launching a new community project that combines both, the Vectortuts+ Food Van Showdown. The best thing is, you can be a part of it! … Find out

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Create a Simple Set of Vector Shelves

Andrei Marius — Tue, 22 May 2012 12:00:41 +0000

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In the following tutorial, you will learn how to create a wooden shelf and a glassy shelf illustration. We’ll use pixel perfect vector build techniques, built in Illustrator patterns, controlled gradients, Pathfinder tools, and more to create these shelves. Step…

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Quick Tip: How to Create a Seamless Pattern in Adobe Illustrator CS6

Iaroslav Lazunov — Mon, 21 May 2012 14:00:49 +0000

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The creation of the seamless pattern was always not an easy task, which required exactness and diligence. Fortunately with the new version of Adobe Illustrator CS6 this process became automatic, so now every beginner can solve this task easily. Let’s…

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Creating a Detailed Eye from Stock in Adobe Illustrator

Sharon Milne — Mon, 21 May 2012 12:00:37 +0000

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In today’s tutorial I’m going to show you how to create a detailed eye from a stock image in Adobe Illustrator. We’ll work from some basic skin shading around the eye, to eyelashes, then a detailed iris and even eyebrows…

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Photoshop Masking Techniques Everyone Should Know

Chris Spooner — Mon, 21 May 2012 06:00:46 +0000

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One of the most important Photoshop skills you need as a Designer is the ability to clip out images of various detail using masks or selections. Whether you’re creating designs for print, web or just fancy artwork it’s inevitable that…

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I Have FInished "Illustrator CS6 One-on-One: Fundamentals"

deke — Mon, 21 May 2012 05:15:32 +0000

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Thursday, May 17th, marked the completion of my next video course for lynda.com, Illustrator CS6 One-on-One: Fundamentals. It will include all sorts of exciting and monumentally educational live-action introductions (replete with graphic overlays) as well as scads of screen casts…

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Getty Images Coupon Code

Tony Soh — Sun, 20 May 2012 18:28:45 +0000

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Getty Images Coupon Code for Videos & Stock photos!… Getty Images is one of the top providers for advertising agencies. It provides high quality photos that can be used in print advertising and campaigns. All the photos are taken by

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Weekly Vector Inspiration #171

Rype — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:29:28 +0000

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New Categories on GraphicRiver

Travis King — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:21:26 +0000

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It’s been a busy month over at GraphicRiver. Our team has deep in the code analysing, organizing and expanding our Marketplaces. GraphicRiver in particular received a whole lot of attention with some seven new an improved categories. Since plenty of…

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Art & Design Inspiration Fix for May 18th 2012

Chris Spooner — Fri, 18 May 2012 06:00:43 +0000

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The Art & Design Inspiration Fix pulls together a collection of my favourite graphical images that I’ve come across over the past week to give you a fix of creative inspiration. This week we have designs from John Duvengar, Junichi…

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Quickly Locate Objects in Sublayers

Rype — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:09:14 +0000

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Here’s a handy tip if you work with a bunch of Layers. Illustrator can automatically expand and scroll to a sublayer that’s hidden within a collapsed layer. All you have to do is click on the object in your artwork…

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Quick Tip: Data-Driven Graphics Using Illustrator’s Variables Panel

Cheryl Graham — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:00:42 +0000

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Illustrator’s Variables panel lets you create data-driven graphics in a fraction of the time it would take to do them by hand. In this Quick Tip, learn about Variables and see how to create and save 100 different business cards…

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Create a Beautiful Retro Futurism Portrait – Tuts+ Premium Tutorial

Sharon Milne — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:00:44 +0000

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In this Tuts+ Premium tutorial,I’m going to show you how I’ve created this retro futuristic inspired portrait, using transparent radial gradients, Blending Modes and Opacities. This portrait has lots of bright neon glows and a graphic looking hair style. This…

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Quick Tip: How to Create Metal Chair Using Gradient on Strokes in Adobe Illustrator CS6

Iaroslav Lazunov — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:00:36 +0000

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Adobe Illustrator CS6 has a new feature which is called Gradient on Strokes. It is the first time since Adobe Illustrator’s creation we have an opportunity to apply the gradient fills to the strokes. There are two more types of…

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Kickstart Guide to Breaking into Freelance Illustration

Sharon Milne — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:51:20 +0000

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A career in freelance illustration is much more than drawing pretty pictures. While as much as you’d like to spend the entire day sitting in front of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, or your other favorite tools, like most freelance professions is…

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Create Your Own Leather Texture Using Adobe Illustrator

Andrei Marincas — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:00:22 +0000

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In this tutorial I will show you how to create a leather texture of different colors using Adobe Illustrator. This is a basic tutorial to follow and will take around thirty minutes to complete. You can use this vector texture…

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Workshop: Creative T-shirt Project, Round 3

Kate McInnes — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:00:31 +0000

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Vectortuts+ loves Illustration and discovering new talent, so today we are proud to be showcasing the third and final round of the Vectortuts+ Creative T-shirt Project. Check it out at the jump! Create Your Own T-shirt Design…, Round 3

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Fit Text Frame to Content Script

Rype — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:55:10 +0000

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Nathaniel Kelso created a couple of really handy scripts to fit text boxes to their content. This might seem like a really basic problem, but these problems are usually the most annoying. There is a script for a text box’s…

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Interview with Illustrator Tom Percival

James Andrew — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:00:49 +0000

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Tom Percival is a writer, illustrator and animator who is based in the United Kingdom. He has created the illustrations for the successful Skullduggery book series and his own picture books, Tobias and Home for Mr Tipps. During the following…

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Quick Tip: Microstock Illustrations with Corel Draw, Tricks and Tips

Martin Malchev — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:00:46 +0000

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Introduction With the vector software Corel Draw you are able to draw everything you can imagine. However, if you are using it to create illustrations for the microstock agencies – there are some issues that you must take into consideration.…

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Illustrator Tutorial: Draw a Realistic Mango With the Mesh Tool

Diana Toma — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:00:14 +0000

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Follow this Adobe Illustrator tutorial if you want to learn how to draw a realistic mango. Everything here is made using the Mesh Tool therefore if you want to master this tool better, this is your chance. Let’s get started!…

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How to Illustrate a Stepladder in Illustrator

Alexander Egupov — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:00:51 +0000

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What can one say about a stepladder? A stepladder may be represented as a concept that shows the development of designers skills and improvement of their creativity. Therefore it is high time to go ahead step by step in depicting…

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Create a Dark Vintage Style Motorcycle Poster Design

Chris Spooner — Mon, 14 May 2012 06:00:13 +0000

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My absolute favourite style of motorcycle is the custom “bobber”. I love the stripped down appearance and the raw vintage styling. It’s my plan to chop up a bike of my own one day, but for now I have to…

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Weekly Vector Inspiration #170

Rype — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:59:20 +0000

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Yearly FanExtra Memberships Giveaway for Members

Chris Spooner — Fri, 11 May 2012 06:00:41 +0000

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If you've found the collection of design resources from the Access All Areas section here on Blog.SpoonGraphics useful, you might be interested in the FanExtra Network's premium membership. With over 2000 downloadable resources and advanced members-only Photoshop tutorials being added…

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Quick Tip: How to Create Folded Text with Adobe Illustrator

Iaroslav Lazunov — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:00:47 +0000

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Today we will learn how to create text that is located in different planes. One very interesting trick with the Bounding box will let us do it without using 3D modeling. Find out more at the jump! Step 1 Take…

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Anchor Points: John Duvengar

Rype — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:57:04 +0000

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You might recognize some of John Duvengar’s work from recent Weekly Inspiration posts. His Bigfoot illustration is one of my favorite illustrations I have come across lately. John’s attention to strokes and subtle textures give his strong vector shapes character…

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Create a Radio App Icon Using Adobe Illustrator – Tuts+ Premium Tutorial

Iaroslav Lazunov — Thu, 10 May 2012 12:00:10 +0000

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In this Tuts+ Premium tutorial, you’ll be provided with examples wood and fabric texture creation techniques. Also we will learn how to render the light play on the objects with the help of the Opacity Mask, Blend Tool and Art…

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Workshop: Creative T-shirt Project, Round 2

Kate McInnes — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:59:50 +0000

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Vectortuts+ loves Illustration and discovering new talent, so today we are proud to be showcasing Round 2 of the Vectortuts+ Creative T-shirt Project. The best thing is, you can be a part of it! … Find out how to get involved,

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Illustrator Symbols, Part 3

A.J. Wood — Tue, 08 May 2012 19:52:29 +0000

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In this third video on working with Symbols in Adobe Illustrator CS5, AJ Wood shows how to move those Illustrator symbols into Photoshop and Flash.…

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Quick Tip: How to Create a Bullet Hole in Five Steps

Cheryl Graham — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:08:58 +0000

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You know those joke bullet hole decals you see on cars? Well, it’s super easy to make one in Illustrator in just five steps. Follow along with this Quick Tip to find out how.…

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Illustrator CS6

Rype — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:04:34 +0000

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Illustrator CS6 is shipping! I’m sure most of you know and have already downloaded the the trial version, but if you haven’t, go and get it already! In the following post I breakdown some of the new features in CS6 and…

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How To Create a Vector, Wooden Axe

Amir Hameed — Tue, 08 May 2012 12:00:23 +0000

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In this tutorial you will learn how to vector an execution axe from a reference. Discover essential techniques that you need as a vector artist, such as creating different types of shadows, specular and non-specular highlights, bitmap textures for surfaces,…

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Deke’s Techniques 70: Joining Type to a Circle in Illustrator

deke — Tue, 08 May 2012 05:15:24 +0000

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Today marks my first-ever video recorded in Illustrator CS6. And it's all about a topic as old as the hills: the dark art of creating type along both the top and bottom of a circle. Which hasn't changed since, seriously,…

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Quick Tip: How to Draw an Apricot with the Mesh Tool

Diana Toma — Mon, 07 May 2012 14:00:13 +0000

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Follow this simple but detailed quick tip and learn how to draw an apricot using the Mesh Tool. It includes step by step instructions about how to create all the mesh points and lines plus all the color shades used…

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Premium Tutorial: Gradient Mesh Car

Dinesh Kumar — Mon, 07 May 2012 13:50:46 +0000

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I am writing this advanced car tutorial for intermediate illustrator users who want to attain an expert level. In this tutorial, I will reveal lots of secret tricks on gradient on how to draw objects with photorealism in Illustrator. This…

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Create a Vector Space Composition in Illustrator

Iaroslav Lazunov — Mon, 07 May 2012 12:00:10 +0000

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In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a vector space composition featuring the planet Saturn. We’ll use simple shapes, various Blending Modes, and follow a strait-forward workflow that is as simple as a basic circle. Check this out…

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Inspiring Examples of Custom Lettering Logo Designs

Chris Spooner — Mon, 07 May 2012 06:00:39 +0000

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One way to create an absolutely unique logo design is to craft the lettering by hand, as opposed to selecting an existing font. This allows the designer to create the perfect logo with their own custom ligatures, tails and loops.…

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Weekly Vector Inspiration #169

Rype — Fri, 04 May 2012 13:47:37 +0000

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Create a Sketchy Hand-Drawn Camera Illustration in Illustrator

Katie Marcus — Fri, 04 May 2012 12:00:55 +0000

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In this tutorial, we’re going to use Illustrator (and a bit of Photoshop) to create an image that looks roughly hand-drawn on textured paper. We’ll be creating a camera illustration in this rough sketchy style. July of 2008 Final Image…

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Art & Design Inspiration Fix for May 4th 2012

Chris Spooner — Fri, 04 May 2012 06:00:38 +0000

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Tuts+ Premium Pack – Exercise Poses

Sharon Milne — Thu, 03 May 2012 15:12:48 +0000

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Today we have a unique Tuts+ Premium Pack, which is created in Illustrator by Sharon Milne. It’s filled with 12 illustrated of men’s health exercise poses, much like the ones you’d find in sections of glossy magazine. Each is completely…

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