Rubens Cantuni (Tokyo Candies) is an illustrator, designer, and art director. His full-time employee role as art director influences his freelance illustration work in both technical and business ways. However, his true passion and creative outlet is his freelance illustration work, which he hope to make a full-time living from in the future.

Rubens has a bold and funky vector style. He tends to mix different or even opposite feelings into his character creations. Learn all about his background, interests, influences, creative process and more in this interview!

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We’ve got another giveaway for our readership, and this time we’re rewarding one random commenter with a great beginner’s guide to character design. Before you open up Illustrator and work to create a character you should first get a solid grounding in the fundamentals of the subject. Read more to find out just how easy it is to participate.

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In this episode we discuss the business of logo design. This will include information on both the create and business side of the industry. First we will talk a little about the creative process of logo design. Where do the ideas come from? How do you decide what style is most appropriate? How much input does the client get?

Afterwords, we talk about how to market yourself as a logo designer. How do you get your first clients? How do you figure out what to charge? What is a logo designers best marketing tool? We have some great discussions with guests Von Glitcha and Dickie Adams, both regulars of our popular Freelance Switch podcast: Freelance Radio.

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We commonly think of vector graphics as super clean lines made up of simple geometric shapes. This is far from the limit to what you can do with vectors though. There are lots of inspirational artists creating sketchy vector work made up of high energy vibrant lines. If you like your vectors rough, then check this post out!

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We have a new set of seamless vector patterns available exclusively for Vector Plus members. These are great for using in your creative projects, adding some texture to your designs, or to give your artwork a grungy feel. There are numerous seamless patterns in this set. Learn more at the jump!

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GoMedia Arsenal has launched another high quality set of unique vector graphics. One random commenter will be chosen to win a free set. We’ve also got a couple ape graphics from the set that everyone can download for free. To enter, all you’ve gotta do is comment! Too easy!

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To get in the Halloween evil spirit we’ve looked at loads of creepy vector illustrations. In the last two parts of this series we looked at over 100 vector illustrations of both Brain-Sucking Zombies and Bone-Crunching Skulls. If you need some quick inspiration for some super-evil, vector Halloween work, then don’t worry because we’ve got you covered!

Today we’ve let the evil, vector hoards loose. Now it’s time to burn your eyes with this assortment of vector Halloween horrors! Whoooahaha!

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Pasquale is an illustrator and animator raised in Australia and currently residing in Vancouver, Canada. He has training in animation and loads of experience illustrating. His work is often humorous and super-fun. He talks about his workflow, background, current creative projects, and more in this interview. Let’s have a chat with Pasquale D’Silva!

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Last week we released 50+ Brain-Sucking, Walking the Earth Dead, Vector Zombies to help get you in the spirit of Halloween. The holiday is fast approaching and you may need to bang out a skeletal illustration or just want to get your vector creep on. Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered!

Next week we’ll cap this series off with a big bag of vector Halloween horrors. Today let’s browse through a deadly mix of vector skulls and skeletal illustrations!

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Daniel Swartz is a vector illustrator from Indiana, USA. He’s a thoughtful creative professional with a passion for drawing and painting. He has a well established and thorough creative process, a good mix of formal focus and creative experimentation, and well-seasoned experience as an illustrator. He shares his hard-worked knowledge by teaching at the collegiate level, and gives us a great mix of creative and business advice in this interview!

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