We have a new exclusive Vectortuts+ Social Cubes Pack available for free download. There are numerous high quality icons for you to use in your work. You may also want to review the process behind this style of icon design in the tutorial series: Create a Fun Icon of Frozen People on Ice – Part I and Part II. Learn more at the jump!
Exclusive Vectortuts+ Social Cubes Pack – Available for Free Download
Nov 6th in News by Oindrila Mukherjee
Grab Some Inspiration with Over 25 Yummy Vector Characters!
Nov 5th in Inspiration by Amanda LinderGraphicRiver hosts a truckload of vector characters. In this post we’ve rounded up some of the most inspiring of them. They are all available for a reasonable price. Let’s check out some characters that have been created recently by numerous artists from GraphicRiver! Maybe one day you’ll see one of your characters featured on Vectortuts+.
Professional Workflow for Creating Photorealistic Portraits in Illustrator – Vector Plus Tutorial
Nov 4th in News by Saurabh SharmaWe have another great Vector Plus tutorial available exclusively for Plus members today. If you want to learn how to create professional photorealistic portraits in Illustrator, then we have an awesome tutorial for you. Learn proper workflow for working with Gradient Meshes on large projects. Learn more about this tutorial at the jump!
Best of the Web – October 2009
Nov 2nd in Web Roundups by Grant FriedmanEach month we round up some of the best vector content on the web and post it here for everyone to enjoy. Three is quite alot of awesome vector content this month. Take a moment and review some of the best vector content from around the web for the month of October.
Seamless Vector Patterns Plus Pack – Dark Grunge
Oct 31st in News, Plus by Sean HodgeWe 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!
Interview with Helen Huang
Oct 30th in Interviews by Sonali VoraHelen Huang, a.k.a. CQcat is an illustrator from the US, who is originally born and raised in China. She is a full time designer at an interactive ad agency and has the passion for illustrations. Through her beautiful illustrations, she tries to capture every inspiration she has and shares her vision with the world.
Helen says, her heart always desired to be in a creative field which motivated her to change her career choice from being a lawyer to a designer. Read on this interview to know about her work, her future goals and how she enjoys creating art, learning new things and pushing her style forward.
Top 40 Tuts+ Tutorials in September
Oct 29th in Inspiration by SkellieIn this Best of Tuts+ roundup you’ll learn how to simulate a sniper scope, design and code a flexible website, create an intense movie poster, create a golden vector compass, build a minigolf game with ActionScript 3.0, take sports photos like a pro, create a rocky video game terrain in Blender and get a useful introduction to home recording–among many other things! Let’s take a look.
GoMedia Arsenal is Going Ape – Comment to Win One Complete Vector Set
Oct 28th in Contests by Sean HodgeGoMedia 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!
Halloween Horror Fest of Over 50 Scary Vector Illustrations
Oct 28th in Inspiration by Sean HodgeTo 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!
Interview with Pasquale D’Silva
Oct 24th in Interviews by Sean HodgePasquale 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!


















