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Vector illustration by expansiondesign

Vector Icons Pack #2

A free vector icon pack from gwhite83. You'll get a better view if you open the PDF file with Adobe Illustrator and scale the icons up. Many of them are detailed illustrations, that can be refined and styled to what you need. Download

Website Layout Design with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop

It was just about time for the first web design tutorial in this blog. Vector illustration skills are handy not only for print , but also for web design. A warmup exercise from ComputerArts Magazine.

"Craig Grannell shows you how to use Adobe’s two CS3 graphic design powerhouses to work up the layout for a website
Most web designers work with Photoshop or Fireworks when creating websites, and Illustrator is often overlooked. However, Adobe’s vector package is perfect for crafting the initial components of web layouts." Full tutorial and source files via Computer Arts Magazine

Businesswoman & Businessman EPS Silhouettes

Here we have two free vector packs with illustrations of businesswomen and businessmen in different poses from parka. You can easily change the color of their outfits by simply selecting and changing the fill colors.

You can use them for design brainstorming, designing a business card logo or for designing a corporate website interface.

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

Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License.
Download *EPS File

Download *EPS File

Chinese Ink Brushes for Adobe Illustrator

A set of 13 vector ink brushes by xentric For Illustrator CS2 and above. Download

The Font Conference

collegehumor.com present the FONTS and their characters in their own Font Conference.
Starring: Times New Roman , Arial Narrow, Arial Black, French Script, Rage Italic, Baskerville Old Face, Bookman Old Style, Wide Latin, Old English, Jokerman, Futura, Ransom, Courier New, Century Gothic, Wingdings (the one that got kicked out by Times New Roman), Comic Sans, Broadway.

90 Artistic Brushes for Adobe Illustrator

Over 90 artistic brushes for Adobe Illustrator from nextexile. They are all in different shapes and you can use them for personal and commercial use...

For a detailed preview click on the image below. To use them you will have to expand the .zip archive and load the "NextExile Artistic Brushes Pack 1" file with Adobe Illustrator (File>Open). After that, open the brushes palette (Window>Brushes). Download

36 Vector Fashion Model Illustrations

A collection vector fashion model illustrations from Dezignus / Fireman10.The pack contains 32 silhouette shapes of girl models in different poses and outfits...

Free for pesonal and commercial use. The artwork is saved in EPS file format, you can use any vector compatible program to modify the file. Download

Vector Fashion Models

A collection vector fashion model illustrations from Dezignus/Fireman10.The pack contains 32 silhouette shapes of girl models in different poses and outfits...

Free for pesonal and commercial use. The artwork is saved in EPS file format, you can use any vector compatible program to modify the file. Download

Cityscapes drawing tutorial for Adobe Illustrator

Another inspirational digital illustration tutorial from ComputerArtMagazine

"Illustrating city scenes can be simple, but creating an idyllic place is often tricky. Ben the Illustrator, aka Ben O’Brien, uses Illustrator to create subtle effects and creative techniques that will bring a cityscape to life
You’ve ambled around London’s backstreets, sauntered through beautiful European capitals and stood awestruck at majestic American skylines. You’ve snapped your photos, but how do you take the atmosphere, architecture and soul of a city and put it into an illustration?" Full tutorial and files

Vector Silhouettes

A free vector stock from teach-me-freedom. The set is a mix of 35 different silhouette people postures. To use, open the file with Adobe Illustrator. Download

Interactive Pattern Swatches and Symbols in Adobe Illustrator

Artlandia LivePresets is a new plug-in for Adobe Illustrator. Instantly create live pattern swatches or symbols and start editing them with your favorite Illustrator tools. All linked artwork updates interactively as you edit...

Once you try the live editing, you will never want to edit your swatches or symbols any other way. Read more

Musical Instruments Vector Pack

A free vector set from dragonartz. The pack contains 54 musical instruments illustrations.

To use: open the PDF file with Adobe Illustrator. Download

I love you. Sometimes

Vector Illustration by CrazyChild

Tech Ornaments Brush for Adobe Illustrator

Great vector resource for digital artists. In case you're working on tech design concepts or you are a spacecraft designer looking for decoration vectors. Download thanks to xentric

Typeface of the year

Parachute® and the Centro Pro typeface superfamilies won this year's The EDAwards award for Original Typeface. Highlights and more info about the event here.

Retro Logo Tutorial for Adobe Photoshop

"Get inspired by movie posters of the 70s to create an illustrative logo with a funky contemporary feel…

Your logo can be much more than just a corporate badge. After all, if you’re a design business, it ought to reflect the ‘design’ part as much as the ‘business’ part...

Here we’ll create a new twist on the classic 70s Blaxploitation illustration-based logo..." Full tutorial and source files via Computer Arts Magazine

Natural Disasters Icons

Natural disaster vectors for Adobe Illustrator by sizer92. Download

recycling, biohazard, toxic, fire

Adobe Illustrator CS3: Live Color

Visual ID: Big Corporations

One of my favourite online spots (colourlovers.com/blog), posted a short article about the color trends that big Corporations use in ther logo designs in order to achieve influential visual recognition. LinkColoimage by Business Week: Best Global Brands 2007 report.

Doodle Vectors

An EPS set of random hand-drawn looking doodles by arwenita. Download

Decoration Tutorial

If you feel frustrated or uninspired, get yourself confortable and take look at this tutorial. Topics covered: typography fundamentals and pathfinders and shape modes in Adobe Illustrator. ComputerArts.co.uk

"Recent Computer Arts cover illustrator Tom Lane reveals how he uses Illustrator and Fontographer to create impressive decorative typefaces that can be used to inject something special into your work.
Decorative illustrations, paintings and typefaces have inspired artists for centuries, and re-working historical design elements or even bringing life to your own sketches and doodles is a great way to create exciting illustrative elements with a contemporary edge." Full tutorial and files

Vector Mix

A free vector stock from uvsoaked. The pack contains random black and white shapes and few silhouette figures (the phoenix and the polo player are favourites). I guess sooner or later someone will find use of them. DownloadThe file formant is in Encapsulated PostScript (eps), so it can be edited with most vector editors.