Inspiration: Fantastic Logos Across the Color Spectrum

Feb 9th in Inspiration by Callum Chapman

One of the biggest uses of Illustrator has always been and most probably always will be logo design. All good corporate image design relies on a great composition and superb typography – this isn’t as easy as it sounds. It takes hours of sketching, hours of mocking and even hours finishing the final touches. To even get to that stage you need to know what you’re doing and do plenty of research into the industry to find out what works and what doesn’t for certain companies.

To help inspire you for your future logo projects we have compiled a collection of eighty stunning typographic logos. The logos are categorized into colors with some brief explanations on color meanings in logos. We want to know what your favorite logos are, so let us know in the comments section at the bottom of this post!

Modeling the Human Face in Illustrator

Feb 8th in Illustration by Lazunov Iaroslav

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 Hodge

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We’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 Hodge

Matt 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 Ali

In 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 Jonathan

We 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 Iaroslav

In 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 Iaroslav

Grab 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 PeHaa

In 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 Friedman

Guess 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.