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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.

80 Best-Of Adobe Illustrator Tutorials, Brushes, .EPSs and Resources - Noupe Design Blog Jan 18 2009 For months, we have been bookmarking interesting, useful and creative Adobe Illustrator tutorials and Resources, so you can now rest assured that you will have the necessary tools to get the job done. Due to this phenomenally vast amount of vector packs, brushes, patterns available, you can now add dirt, rust, floral effect, swirls, mold, oil stains in your artwork and to give it any look you want. So in today’s post, you’ll find an assortment of top-notch tutorials, brushes, patterns, vector packs, tips & tricks and .EPS downloadable files that others have freely contributed to the design community. To make your job a little bit easier, we have categorized this post into 6 section, the links below will get you to your desired section. Adobe Illustrator Tutorials - Create a Gang of Vector Ninjas - Logo Design Project Step by Step Walkthrough Follow this step by step documentation of the whole process of the logo design from conception to completion. - Master Painting in Illustrator

Formas originales de hacer tu portafolio en línea En el mundo del diseño y el desarrollo web, si bien es bueno tener un buen curriculum en papel para llevar a las entrevistas, es mucho más valorado un buen portafolio. La forma de diseñarlo para mostrarlo al público dice mucho de ti y de tu estilo para trabajar, aquí algunos bastante originales que encontramos en la red: Joby, un diseñador web en pro de la sencillez y la simplicidad en el diseño; su portafolio hace gala de esta característica. [LINK] Pisake, diseñador y director de arte Tailandés, su web presenta una forma de navegar diferente y su portafolio(disponible ahí mismo) es totalmente dinámico. [LINK] Beatriz Carosini, publicista, especialista en diseño interactivo y dirección de arte. Ion Drimba Filho, diseñador y desarrollador Web, muestra sus trabajos en un cubo giratorio. Jeremiah Shoaf, especialista en diseño interactivo y desarrollador en flash.

Man decorates basement with $10 worth of Sharpie - Health & When Charlie Kratzer started on the basement art project in his south Lexington home, he was surrounded by walls painted a classic cream. Ten dollars of Magic Marker and Sharpie later, the place was black and cream and drawn all over. There are fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Sherlock Holmes, Winston Churchill lounging with George Bernard Shaw — and the TV squirrel Rocky and his less adroit moose pal Bullwinkle. Says Kratzer of his cartoon of a cartoon: "You appreciate the cleverness more as an adult." There's Georges Seurat's Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. There are both The Walrus and the Carpenter (from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There), and William Shakespeare. Says Kratzer, 53, the associate general counsel for Lexmark: "People are amazed that with something as simple and inexpensive as a Sharpie, you can decorate a whole basement." How did this Sharpie world start? Kratzer started mid-wall, with the Salon by Picasso.

71+ Free PSD Resources As I promised yesterday, here is new biggest post that I’ve ever written. Whether you’re just trying to learn Photoshop, or you need some quality elements to use in your latest designs, free PSD resources can be a real timesaver. Today, we have a list of 71+ free Photoshop resources for designers. There are some great stock images here, and some layered PSD files that are just perfect for designers to learn how high quality resources are made. Please, if you find these posts useful, take a few seconds to submit it to Digg, Stumble, Delicious, Reddit, Mixx, or any of your other favorite social networks. Try High Quality Business Cards Online Color Printing at PsPrint Plastic DVD Case Cassette PSD DVD Case PSD Saturday PSD iPhone PSD Blackberry Bold PSD Framed Wallpaper Resource Terra Nova Planet Resource Wednesday PSD Old Book PSD Dramatic Room PSD Class E Geo Metallic Planet 15 Illustration Frames PSD Web 2.0 Peeling Sticker PSD Star Sticker PSD Deluxive Creative PSD Pack Peter's deviantART ID PSD Ski PSD

Giclee Inkjet Prints & Giclee Printing Services Melbourne Archival Inkjet Printing Inkjet giclee prints have been a wonderful addition for the photographic artist and print-maker. High quality images can now be reproduced on an array of museum grade materials. Enhancing the presentation of an image by the use of different papers and canvases (stretching available on-site), and giving limited edition print runs a true to life feel. We have a large range of museum grade inkjet papers available for you to match the perfect aesthetic for your concept or original art piece. We only use premium archival, acid-free products across all our inkjet media and your original works are treated with care as are your reproduction prints. All work is completed onsite – photographic capture / scanning, colour correction, printing, protective laminate spray and stretching. The Colour Factory sees itself as print-makers, not printers.

VRay HDRI Lighting Tutorial - VISCORBEL I recently got all the equipment necessary for creating my own high quality HDRIs (not cheap and a bit frustrating at first). This seemed like a perfect opportunity to create a tutorial on HDRI lighting in VRay. I’ve seen a lot of methods and tutorials over the years: HDRI Map in Environment slotVRayDomeLight with a textureVRayDomeLight + VraySunVRayDomeLight with a manually painted in bright spot for sharper shadowsVRayDomeLight with HDRI Gamma lowered *HDRI Map in Environment does not give a high quality result and sometimes causes bright spot glitches. In the end I settled for a combined workflow – VRayDome Light + VRay sun for precise shadow control + Gamma changes for controlling contrast of the background. This method takes a bit more time to set it up, but once you understand how it works, it’s not so hard. If you are looking for high quality HDRIs Click Here!

Graphic Design Mind Bending Optical Illusions By Swedish Artist Erik Johansson Photographer and photoshopper Erik Johansson's work looks like beautiful, normal pictures at first, but once the optical illusions he draws are done with you, you'll be screaming, 'My eyes! My beautiful eyes!' Photoshop Turns 25: A Brief Look At The History Of Our Favorite Picture Editing Software Before Adobe's ubiquitous Photoshop program existed, people had no recourse but to look ugly, and “shopping” meant buying stuff. CSS Puns Are The Highest Form Of Web Designer Humor NEEERDS! How The Euro Would Look If It Was Designed By A Hungarian Student The Euro! 21 Unusual Valentine’s Cards For People With An Interesting Definition Of Love Valentine‘s day! Newest Canadian Passport Features Hidden Images Only Visible Under UV Light The latest Canadian passport design, which was released in 2013, features amazing images that glow under UV light. What NOT To Say To A Photographer Too Late To Learn? Two Kinds Of People: Which One Are You?

Ridiculous Design Rules - Home How to Create a Super Shiny Pencil Icon The Pencil is one of the visual metaphors most used to express creativity. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to draw a pencil icon. We’ll have a look at gradients, selection tools, and basic transform operations. Let’s have some fun with this. Step 1 Create a New Document 950 pixels wide by 600 pixels heigh, set the Resolution to 300 pixels/inch, and the Background to white. Step 2 Drag and snap guides to all edges and vertical center of the selection. Step 3 Open the gradient picker and select the "Steel Bar" preset from the drop down menu. Step 4 To make our pencil more reflective go to Image > Adjustments > Curves (Command + M), and adjust it as in the below image. Step 5 With the selection still active, create a new layer and fill the selection with the color #d60005, then set the layer Opacity to 60%. Step 6 Right click the "Body" layer and duplicate it. Step 7 Select the Elliptical Marque tool and make a selection from point 1 in the image while holding down the Alt and Shift keys.

Fonts, Typography & Design: Best Fonts for Graphic & Web Designers Welcome to Free Font of the Week, where we showcase our favorite free font finds! This week's choice is Elephant by Samuel Salminen… Welcome to Free Font of the Week, where we showcase our favorite free font finds! Welcome to Free Font of the Week, where we showcase our favorite free font finds! Welcome to Free Font of the Week, where we showcase our favorite free font finds! Welcome to Free Font of the Week, where we showcase our favorite free font finds! Welcome to Free Font of the Week, where we showcase our favorite free font finds! Welcome to Free Font of the Week, where we showcase our favorite free font finds! Welcome to Free Font of the Week, where we showcase our favorite free font finds! Welcome to Free Font of the Week, where we showcase our favorite free font finds! This week's free font celebrates the first Friday the 13th in October since 2006.

Poly-Modeling with 3DS Max Support Files | Todd Daniele Online Portfolio Poly-Modeling with 3DS Max Support Files By toddd on April 17, 2013 in Uncategorized My Website has changed format, if you are looking for the support files for my book they can be found here. Don’t own a copy??!? Comments ( 6 ) Leave A Comment Archives

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