Christmas is time of giving and here you have 9 completely editable, free vector backgrounds for Christmas and New Year. These backgrounds have been created with design elements from Vectorportal. I...
Free Vector: Christmas Vector Backgrounds
Clockwork Vectors
A set of 12 vector clockwork shapes for Adobe Illustrator. The pack could be useful for decoration, designing seamless patterns or animating a clockwork mechanism in Adobe Flash.To use, open the PDF...
Which Software Can Open .eps and .ai Files?
EPS and files can be opened or imported with following applications (to name just a few)...Vector editors like:Adobe IllustratorCorel DrawXara XtremeInkscapeRaster image editors like:Adobe PhotoshopCorel PhotoPaintGIMPDesktop publishing apps like:Adobe InDesignQuark Xpress3D software like:3D Studio...
What Are The Most Common Vector Formats?
Most common vector formats are .eps, .ai, .svg and .wmf. EPS is most commonly used vector format and it can be opened with variety of popular applications. Majority of files on Vectorportal are in .ai and .eps form...
What Is Vector Graphics?
Vector graphics use geometrical formulas to represent images. Vector images have many advantages over raster images. Vector is resolution independent meaning you can resize 100x100 pixel image to 100x100 inches image without any loss of quality. That is not possible with raster images. In addition,...
Vector Halftone Patterns
A collection of 52 seamless halftone patterns for Adobe Illustrator by faeriedreamer. To use, load the PDF file in Adobe Illustrator by selecting File>Open>Browse (not by dragging it in the...
Adobe Illustrator Keyboard Shortcuts : Layers
Another list of keyboard shortcuts for advanced Adobe Illustrator users.1) Open/close Layers panel - F72) New Layer at the top of the list - Ctrl+L or Cmd+L (Mac)3) New Layer and open layer options panel - Alt+Ctrl+L or Option+Cmd+L (Mac)4) New Layer below selected layer - Alt+Ctrl+Click (Option+Cmd+Click)...
Free Vector Girls Stock
A free vector stock from abstrasctik. The pack contains an Adobe Illustrator file with illustrations of the girls you see below plus its psd version. Downl...
46 Pop Art Symbols for Adobe Illustrator
A collection of 46 random vector symbols from CherryFlip. You can use them for constructing abstract pop-art design elements or for decorating your vector composition...To use them you will have to...
Inky Pen Brush for Adobe Illustrator
This brush is an ideal tool for tracing scanned sketches in Adobe Illustrator. It basically reproduces the pens feel of loosing stroke width at the middle of the tracing line. For proper usage follow...
Color Mixed Brushes
Brush set for Adobe Illustrator by celithralia . "The colors shown are the base colors for the brushes. You can change the line color at any time to experiment with different color hues. Bolder color...
Business masterclasses for illustrators
The Association of Illustrators (AOI) has announced a business management course aimed at illustrators setting up on their own. The 11-session course starts on September 3; the AOI is offering a discount on the course cost for those who book by July 31.Through a series of practical workshops, the courses...
Outlining Strokes
There are different cases when designers need to convert strokes to filled objects. Outlining strokes in a vector logos may prevent print problems with uneducated clients. In Adobe Illustrator strokes are measured in points and usually when you scale an object (up or down) , the stroke weight stays...
Spacecraft Custom Shapes for Adobe Photoshop
A collection of custom vector spacecraft shapes for Adobe Photoshop by retoucher07030. Those are just outlines but I'm pretty sure someone will find them useful. Note if you're a CS3 user you can export...
Scatter rubbish brushes for Adobe Illustrator
The pack contains 8 scatter brushes:1 bubbles brush3 rain brushes for background rain both light and dark, one for visible raindrops4 night sky brushes for nebulas, for dense groups of small stars, for...
Illustrating Fashion Tutorial
Another great digital art publication from Computer Arts Magazine's website. This tutorial might be of use to beginner digital illustrators and fashion designers..."Follow Cybèle as she develops a sketch...
Lima (vector, photography and brushes)
Photomanipulation by whisperingsm...
Phantasm CS Designer/Studio Adobe Illustrator plug-in review
With such a range of Adobe Illustrator plug-ins on the market, it’s rare to come across one that excels to this extent. Phantasm CS adds Photoshop-style adjustment tools and functionality that seamlessly integrates with Illustrator’s native features, including standard gradients, meshes, filters and...
How to draw vector flowers with Adobe Illustrator
A basic, but eye-opening image tutorial from lord-angelus. While learning how to draw vector flowers, will also have the chance to explore the main usage of: The Rectangle tool, Punker Bloat Transform...
Aviary's creative suite
A demo video of a Aviary's new browser based image editor software and a part its review from webware.com"I finally got a chance to catch up with Avi Muchnick, the CEO of Flash software maker Aviary and of the art contest site it spun out of, Worth1000 (a Webware 100 winner).Aviary is an ambitious...
Sun Vectors
A collection of abstract sun vector shapes thanks to GreenGirl. To use the vectors open the pdf in Adobe Illustrator. Downl...
Comments on the dirty logo
I'm not a big fan of TV Shows or for that matter TV at all. The logo of FX's television show Dirt, starring Courtney Cox from Friends impressed me though. I researhed feedbacks about the logo around...
Grunge Borders Tutorial
This morning I came across this tutorial in Layersmagazine. It covers the use of clipping masks and brushes in Illustrator and Photoshop. Very useful if you're trying to create an organic grungy frame for your artwork."There has been a surge of "grunge" effects lately that have been created using Adobe...
Pantone Color
Color is a an important topic in digital illustration, so I decided to add a new color category in the blog. I'll begin with a simple guide to pantone colors from colourlovers.com's blog, you can check...
Rotate Tool
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Fresh Vector Brushes
A fresh looking brush set for Adobe Illustrator from www.dtpvids.com . Ckech it out, I found other interesting resources and tutorials. To download the brushes use this l...
Take A Seat Vector Collection
8 eps vectors of seating furniture from fudgegraphics. Download the pack from he...
Vector Trees Illustrator Tutorial for Adobe Illustrator
"Green is in vogue and clients everywhere want natural imagery in their promotional material. Ben the Illustrator shows you how to create a fresh-looking tree.As a child, no doubt a tree was one of the...
60 Random Vectors in EPS
Free vector pack from Samuel Sinaga. This set contains over 30 random vector illustrations that could be used for logo design brainstorming or for a starting point of a design concept...The artwork is...
Pretty in PUNK
Vector Illustration by Big L...
Convert Brushes from Photoshop to Illustrator
In December I briefly described a quick method for vectorizing pixels with the Live Trace feature in Adobe Illustrator. In this tutorial you'll take almost the same steps in order to convert a Photoshop...
Groove
Quickly created in Illustrator while not paying attention in my Photoshop class. Done by overlapping serif characters and playing with pathfinders and shape modes, in this case "exclude". This actually...
Thorn Brush for Adobe Illustrator
Thorn brush for Illustrator by orgamecha. To use the brush set download the pdf file, then open it with Illustrator and you'll have it in your brush pan...
Hibiscus Vectors
I decided to post these hibiscus vectors as a response to one of the requiests in "Hibiscus Brush Set". Below you can see a preview of the shapes. Download the illustrator file from he...
Vector Nails Tutorial for Adobe Illustrator
Take a quick look at that great eight step image tutorial. It's pretty basic but you'll save a lot of time figuring out how to illustrate simple vector fingernails in Adobe Illustrator.Thanks to taho....
