Working with Spot Colors in Adobe Illustrator

An eye-opening material on issues with spot colors while using royalty free vectors from iStockphoto. "Picture this: You need an image for a project, and the deadline is looming. You download a cool illustration from iStock, place it in your layout and send it off to the printer. An hour later, the printer phones you back.

“Excellent,” you think, “my print job is done!” But nooo, the printer is calling to let you know that your file contains 15 spot colors, and if you really want 15 different plates made and run through the press, it’s going to cost you at least ten times more and take a whole week to finish. There goes your budget and your deadline.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?!? Spot colors? How did those get there? And what are they, anyway?" Continue to full article.

15 Random Design Elements Free Vector Art Pack

Here we have a free vector pack that you can use for your design projects or inspiration. Inside you will find 15 random design elements some of which you might use as logo templates...

The set is saved in AI (Adobe Illustrator), EPS, PDF and SVG file formats, you can use any vector compatible editor to modify or customize it.

Free for personal and commercial use. If you post this vector art pack on your site, please make sure to include a link to www.vector-art.blogspot.com Download

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Dancing Girl Silhouettes Free EPS Vector Pack

A collection of vector silhouette illustrations of dancing girls in six different poses from WebDesignCreatives. You can use the artwork for designing a house music cd cover, logo design brainstorming or inspiration...

The artwork is saved in EPS file format, you can use any vector compatible editor to modify or customize it.

Free for personal and commercial use. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License. Download

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Seven Recording Studio Design Elements Vector Pack

A free vector set for Adobe Illustrator from Click Pop Media. Inside the pack you will find vector illustrations of A Cassette Tape, A Vintage Microphone, Two reel-to-reel recorders and speakers...

This resource is free for personal and commercial use. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License.

The artwork is available in AI (Adobe Illustrator) and EPS file formats. Download


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50 Free Business Card Templates

This week Vectorportal.com presents 50 free business card templates. This collection features 50 editable vector business card templates in 3.5x2" format (American format). The zipped folder contains both EPS and SVG file. Please feel free to distribute for free this collection further, but please always give credit to www.vectorportal.com. DO NOT sell this collection in any form, either as a product or through subscription.

You can use these templates for your commercial and personal projects, no strings attached.

More business card templates are available at Vectorportal.

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Free Vectors: Silhouettes

This is a great free vectors web site for silhouettes. It's probably the most comprehensive collection of vector silhouettes on the Internet. The best thing with it is that most of vector silhouettes are free for personal and commercial projects. I have personally used some of these vectors to create some business vector backgrounds and published them on Vectorportal.com.

















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Vector Art Templates: Free Abstract Logo Design Icons

Here we have a free set of eight vector icons for logo design inspiration. You can use them for designing a twitter avatar, web icon, or maybe you might come up with an idea for creating an abstract pattern...

License: you can use this vector file for personal, commercial or non- profit use. If you post this vector file on your graphic site or blog, please make sure to include a link to www.vector-art.blogspot.com The zip contains Illustrator ai, eps, pdf and svg files.Download

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