Inkscape. 80 of the Best Vector and Illustrator Free Resources. I have taken all Vector articles and all User Submitted/Recommended Resources and compiled this list of the Best Vector and Illustrator Free Resources. I took into consideration popularity (both from outgoing links and Technorati ranking), the quality of resources, number of resources and, to be honest, how well there site was designed. I have split the resources into categories: Free Resources (downloads); Tutorials; Free Illustrator Brushes; Illustrator Symbols; Illustrator Plugin; Free Vector Logos; Free Vector Editors. Thanks to everyone who helped me with this list. Top 25 Free Vector Resource Sites 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. deviantART 7. 8. 9. 10.Free Vector Graphics 11. 12. freevectors.net. 13. vectorstuff.blogspot.com. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. www.keepdesigning.com. 19. 20. 21. www.localarcade.com. 22. vektorDB. 23. 24.
Top 10 Best Vector Tutorial Sites 2. 3. 4. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Top 10 Premium Vector Resources 2. iStockphoto.com 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Top 10 Free Illustrator Brush Resource Site 2. 3. 4. Designing Ultra SceneXCore Apparel in Photoshop and Illustrator - Layers Magazine | Layers Magazine. Grunge effects are very popular with today’s apparel designers. This tutorial takes you through creating a t-shirt design using vector graphics. Everything you see in Hot Topic or Pac Sun these days features some combination of skulls, flourishes, splatters, and miscellaneous grunge effects. Why? Don’t ask me, but I’m sure it’s got something to do with the recent rise of popular screamo, metalcore, and hardcore bands into the mainstream. This aesthetic can look ultra lame if done badly, but hella cool if done right. I’ll show you how it’s done right. Before You Begin How do you make all those flourishes, splatters, and other design elements?
You can do a Google search for “vector packs” or “stock vector art” and you’ll find some resources that will give you just the effects you are looking for. On With the Tutorial! You’ll need these programs: Photoshop Illustrator CS2 Let’s get on with the tutorial! Step 1. Or if this is a personal project, what YOU want. Step 2. Step 3. Step 4. Step 5. Filter Effects Developer. Draw a hackergotchi (or just people heads) with Inkscape. A hackergotchi is a picture of a writer used as an avatar to identify the author of a given RSS feed in blog aggregators. Traditionally them are made in GIMP (see my tutorial about drawing them with GIMP), but today we'll try something a little unusual: draw them in vector graphics using Inkscape.
As a bonus, we will learn to draw those heads even if we don't know how to draw, by using a photo as reference, anyone can do this, you don't have to be an Inkscape wizard. You may want to use a tablet, but the mouse is enough - the images in this tutorial are made exclusively with the mouse, I chosed to ignore my tablet today as I want to show what is possible using the simplest tools.
So we will start with a photo and will end with a drawing, like this: Prepare your workplace Set the canvas size as you desire, I used here 128x128, as this is an usual size for thumbnails. Draw the strokes Use the Calligraphic Tool (Ctrl+F6). When we want to capture small details and need accuracy, zoom in: Done! The inkscape tutorials weblog. Getting Started With the Powerful Inkscape Graphics App. By Sam Dean - Mar. 14, 2011Comments (3) When it comes to open source graphics tools, GIMP gets a great deal of attention, and there are many free online resources available for it, but if you're in search of a free drawing and illustration tool that can compete with Adobe Illustrator and is increasingly useds by web designers for effects, logos and still graphics, give Inkscape a try.
It runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, and is well-known as a powerful and flexible drawing and vector editing application. In this post, you'll find some outstanding free resources for getting familiar with Inkscape's capabilities, and they'll help you get going quickly with the application. Bethany Hiitola is the author of a popular book on Inkscape that is used by many web designers, and she has a very useful tutorial on the progam posted at the Packt site.
It covers how vector graphics program works, walks through the many essential tools that Inkscape provides and more. What can I do with Inkscape?