Dacosta is an independent artist currently based in Vancouver and is the founder of Chocolate Soop, Inc. He specializes in vector graphics and character design. This self-taught designer has over 10 years of professional experience. He’s influenced by Japanese culture, graffiti and industrial design. He works in a variety of mediums from toys, concept designs, illustrations, character designs, animated projects and more.

Dacosta has numerous playful and bold projects in his portfolio, like his character “KidKat,” a custom chocolaty, vinyl toy. You can learn more about his vector character design process in his tutorial “How to Make the Vector Character “Cactus King” – Vector Plus Tutorial.” In this interview, he talks about his creative growth since childhood, the importance of story in his character design, how he pushes new creative ideas into his work, and his sophisticated approach to developing both personal and client projects.

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Fans of Vectortuts+ are certainly familiar with the vector tutorials of Jonathan Patterson. He’s obviously a talented vector illustrator, there is however a wide variety of work he produces in addition to his vector artwork. Jonathan is a Michigan native working as a Senior Art Director at an advertising agency. Jonathan has over five years of experience as an art director. He shares with us his experience in the creative industry and how you too can succeed.

Learn tips on presenting your portfolio, landing a job, networking, working at a large versus small ad agency, and more. In this interview, you’ll also learn about his range of creative projects, skills needed to be successful in the creative industry, his approach to design, and his inspiration. Let’s get to know Jonathan better.

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David Pache is a branding expert from Switzerland. His work is grounded in design principles, which gives him a strong platform to create unique identities from. He has recently rebranded his studio under the name Helvetic Brands, as that better describes his services.

David prides himself in not overcomplicating identity solutions. He feels a solid brand is easier to remember when delivered simply. While he has a well developed approach to creating client solutions, he consistently experiments with various tools, such as markers, legos, paintings, and photography.

In this interview, David talks about creating custom typographic logo designs for clients. Learn his process for this and how it elevates the solutions he’s able to offer his clients. He also talks about his sketching, conceptual process, presenting solutions to clients, and more.

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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!

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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.

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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 is filled with antique packaging inspiration. If you’re looking for some retro inspiration, then this will have you salivating. Read more to find out just how easy it is to participate!

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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 is about making comic and cartoon facial expressions. Learn how to make compose eyes, mouths, and other features into various emotions. Read more to find out just how easy it is to participate!

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We’ve got another giveaway for our readership, and this time we’re rewarding three random commenter with an awesome subscription. With this subscription, winners will have access to over 10,000 vector illustrations from Vectorious for a six month subscription period. Get this free membership today. Read more to find out just how easy it is to participate!

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Kate McInnes (aka LoungeKat) creates a variety of design and illustration work. She is best known for her sensual vector female characters, though also creates logos by day, and works on various creative projects in the evening. She’s participated in numerous illustration shows, is a practitioner of “Craftism,” and has partnered-up on successful collaborations. She enjoys what she does and it shows! Learn why everyone loves LoungeKat!

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Hey all! We have more enhancements in the works for the site. Our development team will be making more upgrades in 2010. We also want to continue to deliver the highest quality Vector and design content on the web. We could use your feedback on how we can improve the site? We’d like to know both what we’re doing right and how we can improve. Constructive feedback needed!

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