Julian Dorado is a talented illustrator and graphic designer from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He started a character design project that merges typefaces into unique monsters, cute animals, and various other font inspired character creations. Let’s learn more about Julian and the Typefaces project in this interview!
How to Make the Vector Character “Cactus King” - Vector Plus Tutorial
Jul 1st in News by Dacosta!We have another great Vector Plus tutorial available exclusively for Plus members today. If you want to learn how to create dimensional vector characters, then we have an awesome tutorial for you. Learn more about this tutorial at the jump!
Best of the Web – June 2009
Jun 30th 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. This month we had a lot of fun identifying the best vector tutorials, freebies, and articles. Please take a moment and review some of the best vector content from around the web for the month of June.
Seamless Vector Patterns Plus Pack - Botanical Pop
Jun 27th in News by Sean HodgeWe have a new set of seamless vector patterns available exclusively for Vector Plus members. These are great for using in your work, adding to your blog background design, or twitter page. There are numerous plants, flowers, and pop elements making up each design of this set. You can use them in your next project to add a bit of happy, organic, vector goodness! Learn more at the jump!
Interview with Giulia Balladore
Jun 26th in Interviews by Sonali VoraGiulia Balladore is an illustrator based in Italy. She has a extraordinary and hyper-realistic style of illustration which possesses the rare talent of breathing personality and life into her vector drawings. Her illustrations are beautiful, alive and captures the spirit of modern women.
Giulia’s work has the ability to grab your attention and her choice of software to create the vector illustration is Flash. She eloquently uses Flash’s vector capabilities to create amazing still images. This stands as proof that the software is indeed more than an animation tool. So, let’s move on to this interview with Giulia Balladore.
Who Should Win $3,500? Vote Now!
Jun 25th in Contests by SkellieDuring our very awesome Graphic Design Week we offered a $3,500 USD prize to the person who could create the best and most original collection of Envato marketplace files. Literally thousands of entries poured in, and now we have chosen the top 10. Cast your vote to determine who will win an incredible $3,500 to spend on the ultimate graphic design setup!
How to Make the Most Out of Your Vector Illustrations - Vector Plus Tutorial
Jun 17th in News by OksanciaWe have another great Vector Plus tutorial available exclusively for Plus members today. If you want to learn how to create numerous versions of your vector artwork, for multiple purposes, then we have an awesome tutorial for you. Learn more about this tutorial at the jump!
The Top 10 Vector Plus Tutorials of All Time
Jun 17th in Inspiration by SkellieVector Plus launched in late September 2008. Since then we’ve added dozens of tutorials for Plus members and hundreds of Illustrator and InDesign source files. Over 6,000 members have formed our unique Plus community.
Vector Plus tutorials have been some of the best on the site, and in this post, we highlight the 10 most popular Vector Plus tutorials of all time, based on traffic, number of downloads, and comments. There may be a few here you’ve never seen before!
Interview with Nick La
Jun 13th in Interviews by Sonali VoraContinuing with our designer interview series, I took the opportunity and am very excited to present today’s interview with Nick La. Nick is a well known freelance illustrator and web designer based in Toronto. He is the founder of N.Design Studio, and popular blog Web Designer Wall, Design Jobs on the Wall, and Best Web Gallery. He also recently launched his new site Icondock exclusively dedicated to icons.
Nick says, he always wanted to be a visual artist and was fascinated with drawings, paintings, and art in general since he was a kid. His main focus is on illustrations, CSS websites, and designing stock icons. Nick’s work has been featured in many online portals and design publications. So let’s have a chat with this well-rounded design guy!
Interview with Nathan Jurevicius, Touch My Pixel and Renmotion
Jun 11th in Interviews by LoungeKatBest known for creating the quirky world of Scarygirl, Nathan Jurevicius is one of the industry’s hardest working illustrators. Not only is he the creative force behind a swag of collectible figures, various mini comics, solo exhibitions in both Australia and overseas, a graphic novel (due to be released October ‘09) and a proposed feature film. He is also responsible for the lavish styling of the newly released Scarygirl online game.
This was not achieved by one person alone. With the help of Sophie Byrne (Passion Pictures Australia) and financial assistance from the Film Victoria Digital Media Fund - Nathan, and a team of dedicated professionals have brought the world of Scarygirl to life.
In this interview, developers Tony Polinelli and Tarwin Stroh-Spijer from Touch My Pixel, ‘in game’ Flash animator Suren Perera from Renmotion and Nathan Jurevicius share their professional viewpoints on the production of this ground breaking project.
