With a simple and direct methods described in this tutorial, you can create a female portrait easily. This process will have you creating anatomically correct human faces in no time.
Comment to Win – A Book on the Evolution of Character Design
Feb 7th in Contests by Sean HodgeWe’ve got another giveaway for our readership, and again we’re rewarding one random commenter with an awesome book, this one shows the evolution of character design. This book showcases numerous styles of inspirational character designs. Read more to find out just how easy it is to participate!
Interview with Matt Lyon – C86
Feb 6th in Interviews by Sean HodgeMatt Lyon, aka C86, is a talented, vector illustrator living in London, UK. He has a background in teaching graphic design to young adults, he studied at the Slade School of Fine Art at University College London, and he has successfully transitioned into working as a full-time illustrator. He’s inspired by retro folk art, children’s illustration, abstraction, and other artistic styles and ideas, which you’ll learn more about in this interview.
Matt has numerous successful projects, like popular Threadless t-shirt designs and his “Typoquotes” series. Matt’s work is driven by his prodigious daily sketches, which he then colorizes digitally, usually as vector art in Adobe Illustrator. You can learn more about his process in his well-documented Vectortuts+ tutorial “Creating Imaginative Typography with Adobe Illustrator.”
In this interview, he talks about taking the time to develop his style, and how this transitioned into client/commision work and exciting projects. He’s a great believer in letting things happen and allowing his work to dictate its own evolution.
How to Create an Elegant, Vector Pen in Illustrator
Feb 5th in Illustration by AliIn this tutorial, I’ll show you how to draw a vector pen, in an elegant box using Illustrator. We’ll pull out the Pen Tool, Rectangle Tool, and gradients in this one. Let’s see the final result which is our goal.
Create a Soaring Vector Landscape – Vector Plus Tutorial
Feb 4th in News, Plus by JonathanWe have another great Vector Plus tutorial available exclusively for Plus members today. If you want to learn how to create high flying vector illustration, filled with planes and arial paths above the earth, then we have an awesome tutorial for you.
Create a Valentines Day Illustration for Your Sweetie
Feb 3rd in Illustration by Lazunov IaroslavIn this tutorial we will learn to create a cheerful character and lovely, colorful bubbles. Use this knowledge to create a darling Valentine’s Day card for your sweetie. We’ll cover numerous techniques and build this illustrations step by step.
Vector Valentines Inspiration, Filled with Love, and Warm Hearts
Feb 2nd in Inspiration by Lazunov IaroslavGrab some vector Valentines inspiration to fill your winter days with a warmth and heart felt happiness. Rejoice in each moment of snow, frost, every breath of wind, the stars in the sky, and a lovers hand. Feast on this massive overload of lovely illustrations. Get inspired to create for this coming holiday.
Create a Cute Retro-Flavored Teddy Bear with the Gradient Mesh Tool
Feb 1st in Character Design, Effects by PeHaaIn this tutorial, you’ll learn how you can easily add a retro feeling to your creations. We’ll also cover techniques such as using gradient mesh tool to add inner shadows to your objects, which gives them a subtle rounding while keeping your artwork scalable. Let’s learn how to make a character head of a retro circus bear, then you can apply these techniques in your own work!
Best of the Vector Web – January 2010
Feb 1st in Web Roundups by Grant FriedmanGuess what? It’s the time of month again where we round up the best vector content from around the web and post it here for you all to enjoy. There was a ton of amazing content to choose from this month, but we managed to narrow the choices down to just a chosen few.
In this round up you will find some amazing tutorials, freebies, and inspirational articles from some of the best design blogs on the web. Take a moment to review top January’s top vector content from around the web.
The Making of GUI Design Icons Font
Jan 30th in Making by Vaclav KrejciIcons are inseparable part of a GUI (graphical user interfaces) design. I was downloading, buying and creating icons for ages, then one day I decided to make my own usable icon set. Something to help other GUI designers make work faster and better. This article explains in detail the process of creating and phases I was going through with this project, and may act as guidance when you decide to make something similar. I went down more than one creative path before finalizing this “GUI Design Icons” font.
