Paul Brown (Roctopus) is a talented illustrator. He has a passion for creating vector illustrations in multiple styles – some of which are simple, quirky, and quaint, and others full of energy, detail, and depth. He’s transformed his involvement in Hip-Hop and graffiti into a wider appreciation of illustration and the arts. He’s also tackling motion design and taking his vector characters into Flash. Let’s get to know Roctopus!

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Meet Ben the Illustrator, a veteran illustrator from South East of England who has a super-happy, colorful, vector style. If you’re a vector lover, then you’ve likely heard of Ben, or gone through one of his tutorials. If you’re a fan, like me, then you’ve got one of his prints up in your office, or his work on your laptop screen.

Ben has loads of useful information to share with us in this interview. He covers creative topics, and gives lots of clear business advice, which is like gold to aspiring illustrators. Get Ben’s take on issues like choosing an agency to represent your work and what makes a good character design!

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Enter the wonderful world of Yupyland and the mind of Meni Tzima. Learn all about this illustrator form Athens, Greece. Along side numerous hand worked projects, Meni is a talented vectorista. She creates numerous vector characters and illustrations bound for an array of end product destinations. Let’s get to know Meni and the inspirational artwork she creates!

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Brad Colbow is a web designer, illustrator, and comic creator from Cleveland, Ohio. He’s known for creating vector style illustrations and working this style into his web design. He talks about information style comics, networking, and numerous other awesome topics in this interview. Let’s take a step into Brad’s brain!

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I’m sure everyone knows Ryan Putnam (Rype). He’s written over 25 vector tutorials for us here on Vectortuts+. He’s contributed to other blogs and books as well. He runs an excellent vector dedicated blog called Vectips, and is an all around great illustrative designer. Let’s grab some insider advice from Rype while he takes a moment to chat with us!

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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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Meet Draco, a fantastic illustrator from Brazil. He works as a full time designer in a web agency. Draco has a unique and distinctive style of illustration and he designs some awesome T-shirts which are printed by the most famous online T-shirt websites. Read on this interview to learn more about him and his work!

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Helen 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.

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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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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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