Over the last three days we’ve been steadily rolling out a new Tuts+ theme across all 8 sites. The new design is a refinement more than a big change, with lots of little improvements in usability and more suited to big screens. Read on to learn more about the redesign and lots of news about Plus!

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We have another great Vector Premium tutorial available exclusively for Plus members today. If you want to learn how to take your retro character illustration to the next level, learn how to shade your characters, compose scenes, and other tips, then we have an awesome tutorial for you.

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Over the weekend and into Monday we unfortunately experienced some pretty severe downtime on all Envato WordPress blogs. The downtime was due to problems in the data centre of our current hosting company which was out of our control.

It seems to all be resolved now, but I just wanted to make a quick apology for the inconvenience and interruptions. We’re going to be re-examining our hosting setup to make sure we avoid this situation in the future and to generally try to pull up the quality of service across the board.

In the meantime there may be some further minor interruptions as we shore up the setup. Thank you for your patience!

We have a new set of vector illustrations available exclusively for Vector Premium members. These are great for using in your work. Crafted by the group over at Designious, there are numerous vector hand illustrations in this set. You can use them in your next project where a realistic hand gesture is needed. Learn more at the jump!

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We have another great Vector Premium tutorial available exclusively for Premium members today. If you want to learn how to create high flying vector illustration, filled with planes and arial paths above the earth, then we have an awesome tutorial for you.

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Envato (the company behind Tuts+) will be sponsoring the 2010 Annual Design Awards‘ ‘Designer of the Year’ category.

The awards present a wonderful opportunity for graphic designers to have their work seen by luminaries in the industry like David Carson, Chuck Anderson, James Verdesoto (designer of the Pulp Fiction movie poster), Nik Ainley and Laura Smith. These people and more will be judging entries.

The awards exist to discover and celebrate outstanding talents in the design world and to reward creativity with a meaningful honour. Entry fees are low and a portion of the profits will be donated to Cancer Research UK. Every entrant will feature in the new Designers Directory, have the chance to feature in the yearly book that will be published to showcase the best designs, and have access to the website notice board where designers can promote their business, special offers, job vacancies and more.

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We have another great Vector Plus tutorial available exclusively for Plus members today. If you want to learn numerous techniques in Illustrator to create a layered vector fish, then we have an awesome tutorial for you. Learn how to use transparency, blends and effects to create vector artwork with great depth. Take the plunge into these vector artwork enhancing techniques!

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We have another great Vector Premium tutorial available exclusively for Premium members today. If you want to learn how to create retro typographic illustrations, then we have an awesome tutorial for you. This one will teach you to control color and add subtle effects, after tracing your custom lettering sketches.

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We have another great Vector Premium tutorial available exclusively for Premium members today. If you want to learn how to create rockin’ vector electronics in Illustrator, then we have an awesome tutorial for you. For all you Premium members, pull up a chair and get comfy, because this is a fairly long and very detailed tutorial!

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We have another great Vector Premium tutorial available exclusively for Premium members today. If you want to learn how to create retro illustrative designs, then we have an awesome tutorial for you. This one will have you adding those subtle touches that will take your work to the next level!

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