You can get a variety of effects by experimenting with different stroke color, size an layer opacity.
To use the resource first, you need to expand the .zip file, load it in Illustrator and open the brushes palette (Window>Brushes). Download
Monday, June 30, 2008
Scatter and Painterly Art brushes for Adobe Illustrator
A set of six abstract vector brushes for Adobe Illustrator by Celithralia. The pack contains three art and three scatter brushes...
You can get a variety of effects by experimenting with different stroke color, size an layer opacity.
To use the resource first, you need to expand the .zip file, load it in Illustrator and open the brushes palette (Window>Brushes). Download
You can get a variety of effects by experimenting with different stroke color, size an layer opacity.
To use the resource first, you need to expand the .zip file, load it in Illustrator and open the brushes palette (Window>Brushes). Download
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Travel and Business Icons
Friday, June 27, 2008
The Paint Brush Tool in Adobe Illustrator
The most popular category in Vector-Art.blogspot.com is Brushes. There you can find many free vector brush sets for Adobe Illustrator and some custom vector shapes for Photoshop. Probabably, there are some newbie visitors who are not familiar with the paint brush tool or how vector brushes work. The video tutorial below explains the usage of those features in Adobe Illustrator CS3. Тake a quick look at the brushes collection too, surely you'll come up with some interesting ideas.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Color Tricks
Great color tips for Photoshop and Illustrator from Digital Arts Magazine
"Do your colours fail to dazzle? Do your lines lack oomph? Sebastian Onufszak shows some nifty Photoshop and Illustrator tools for getting great results every time.Creating an image this striking takes talent with a pen and paper, genius with illustration software – and a lot of planning. Here, Sebastian Onufszak guides you through how he created this poster-style picture, all the way from his first sketch to the finished composition." View full tutorial
Monday, June 23, 2008
Figure Ground with Adobe Illustrator
Figure - Ground is one of the Gestalt Principles widely used in Graphic Design, especially in Logo Design. The perceptual factors of Gestalt are creating visual frames of references that provide the designer with psychological basis for the dimensional organization of the graphic elements he is working with. By using contrast between elements the "Figure-Ground" principle is fundamentelly allowing the viewer's eye to "read" imagery. Figures are the positive elements defined by spatial relatinships which exist among all of their parts. Ground stands for background, white space and negative space format that composes the visual image. See examples below.
In the past, graphic designers have had to put a lot of effort to precisely illustrate figure - ground concepts. Luckily we live in technologically advanced times and Adobe Illustrator is making the process way easier...
In this tutorial you will learn how to create a simple figure - ground vector. All you need to do is to overlap letterform elements and create the spatial relationship between them by using one of the shape modes in Adobe Illustrator.
For example, I will use the letterforms "V" and "A".
1) First, create a new file (print or web).
2) Select the type tool, choose a typeface, and black for color, then type the first Letterform.
3) With the same tool, type the second one (you can impovise by changing the font but I will stick with the same - Myriad Pro Bold 60 pt).
4) Using the selection tool select the second letterform (in our case "A").5) Move the "A" over the "V" in a way that parts of the letter forms overlap.
5) Open the pathfinder palette - Window>Pathfinder or Ctrl+Shift+F9 / Command+Shift+F9 (Mac).
6) Select both letterforms with the Selection Tool and then click on "Exclude Overlapping Shape Areas".
Before you finish, you can go back and experiment with different fornt. When you're satisfied click on the Expand button and save your work.
Imagery by PsuedoDragon
In the past, graphic designers have had to put a lot of effort to precisely illustrate figure - ground concepts. Luckily we live in technologically advanced times and Adobe Illustrator is making the process way easier...
In this tutorial you will learn how to create a simple figure - ground vector. All you need to do is to overlap letterform elements and create the spatial relationship between them by using one of the shape modes in Adobe Illustrator.
For example, I will use the letterforms "V" and "A".
1) First, create a new file (print or web).
2) Select the type tool, choose a typeface, and black for color, then type the first Letterform.
3) With the same tool, type the second one (you can impovise by changing the font but I will stick with the same - Myriad Pro Bold 60 pt).
4) Using the selection tool select the second letterform (in our case "A").5) Move the "A" over the "V" in a way that parts of the letter forms overlap.
5) Open the pathfinder palette - Window>Pathfinder or Ctrl+Shift+F9 / Command+Shift+F9 (Mac).
6) Select both letterforms with the Selection Tool and then click on "Exclude Overlapping Shape Areas".
Before you finish, you can go back and experiment with different fornt. When you're satisfied click on the Expand button and save your work.
Imagery by PsuedoDragon
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Pen Tool Skills : Bezier curves
Another great tutorial from ComputerArts Magazine, that may be a great warm up exercise for newbies still feeling unconfortable with the pent tool in Adobe Illustrator
"Used properly, the Bezier-curving Pen tool in Illustrator is extremely powerful and versatile. Ben the Illustrator shows you how to get the most out of it
From furniture to album sleeves, few would argue that the 1960s bore witness to some classic designs. It was also the decade when the Bézier curve came to prominence, as employed by the French mechanical engineer Pierre Bézier.
The Pen tool’s use of Bézier curves makes it one of the most valuable features of Adobe Illustrator, and it can create beautifully flowing lines, perfectly realistic shapes and super-fresh graphics." Full tutorial and files
"Used properly, the Bezier-curving Pen tool in Illustrator is extremely powerful and versatile. Ben the Illustrator shows you how to get the most out of it
From furniture to album sleeves, few would argue that the 1960s bore witness to some classic designs. It was also the decade when the Bézier curve came to prominence, as employed by the French mechanical engineer Pierre Bézier.
The Pen tool’s use of Bézier curves makes it one of the most valuable features of Adobe Illustrator, and it can create beautifully flowing lines, perfectly realistic shapes and super-fresh graphics." Full tutorial and filesLaurel Leaves
A set of laurel vectors for Adobe Illustrator. Simple solution if you feel stuck with ideas for a logo design project. With Laurel Leaves you can express: stability, glory, victory... add more in the comments below if you want. Download
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Intro to Blends in Adobe Illustrator
Usually digital illustrators use blends to achieve gradient effects in their artwork (Select objects then Object>Blend>Make). Please don't confuse blends with gradients, they are two different things. Think of blends as gradations between multiple vector objects. In Adobe Illustrator the blends are actually live transitions between objects that will automatically update when you distort or change the position of one of the blended objects. The automatical number of those transition steps is based upon the difference in shape and color between the the original objects. (see the examples below)To access the steps as individual objects the blend has be expanded (Object>Expand), but after it will no longer be live. A manual way to control number of transition steps is if you access the the blend options dialogue box (Object>Blend>Blend Options>Spacing>Specific Steps).
difference in shape
difference in color
Florescence Brushes for Adobe Illustrator
Fresh stuff from cherryflip. A set of 38 Vector Flower Brushes for Adobe Illustrator. Download. By the way, if you come up with a concept using resources you found here , feel free to post links in the comments.
Friday, June 13, 2008
Animating Vector Characters
Alexis West shows how to bring your vector characters to life in Flash, turning an Illustrator image into a cool interactive animation.
Being able to dream up and create a cool character or picture is one thing, but Adobe Flash lets you take your work to a whole new level.
Being able to dream up and create a cool character or picture is one thing, but Adobe Flash lets you take your work to a whole new level.Creating animations is a simple, if rather time-consuming, process – and you can even make your image interactive by adding buttons and other elements. As Alexis West shows in this tutorial, with Flash and a bit of creative thinking, the possibilities really are endless. View Full Tutorial
Thursday, June 12, 2008
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 program). For preview click on the image below.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Adobe Illustrator Keyboard Shortcuts : Layers
Another list of keyboard shortcuts for advanced Adobe Illustrator users.
1) Open/close Layers panel - F7
2) New Layer at the top of the list - Ctrl+L or Cmd+L (Mac)1) Open/close Layers panel - F7
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) on the new layer button in the layer panel
5) View layer in outline viewing mode - Alt+Click (Option+Click) in View Column
6) View ALL layers in outline mode - Alt+Ctrl+Click (Option+Command+Click) in View Column
Monday, June 9, 2008
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. Download
Thursday, June 5, 2008
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 expand the .zip archive and load the "Mengeable simbolos" file in Adobe Illustrator (File>Open). After that, simply open the symbols window (Window>Symbols) and you will see a panel similar to the one in the preview image below. Download
To use them you will have to expand the .zip archive and load the "Mengeable simbolos" file in Adobe Illustrator (File>Open). After that, simply open the symbols window (Window>Symbols) and you will see a panel similar to the one in the preview image below. Download
Monday, June 2, 2008
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 the steps below.
1) Download the file Inky Pen.ai
2) Save it into the brushes folder located under Adobe/Adobe Illustrator/Presets/Brushes
1) Download the file Inky Pen.ai3) Restart Adobe Illustrator (or just open it if it wasn't)
4) Choose Window > Brush Libraries > Inky Pen
5) The "Inky Pen" set of brushes appear in a new tool window.
Thanks to Zefhar
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