10 great Adobe Illustrator tuts

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This is a list of some really cool tutorials for Illustrator. Hope you like them. How to create a stamp Chinese bamboo Blueprint-Style Text in Adobe Illustrator Obama logo Dramatic vector landscape environment 3D Vector Vintage Stars Blissful Vector Scene Create a Glowing Abstract Light Vector Graphic Create Sketchy-Style Vectors Spice up Pie Charts

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Why use vector packs to design?

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Every designer should have a library of vector elements that he can use to design. Vector packs are a group of elements that make your “designer life” much easier because they are already made and you just need a bit of talent and imagination to fit them in your designs. What are vector packs? Vector [...]

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A laptop or a PC for design?

The choice is really depends on your needs. I will present a few pros and cons of using a laptop or a PC for design. The PC Pros: – More powerful then a laptop for the same money – You can configure more components – Easier to upgrade The PC cons: – weight, to heavy [...]

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5 steps for drawing complex vector sun rays

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This tutorial shows you how you can make sun rays in Adobe Illustrator, I’m using the CS3 version. Before you start make sure you set your Fill color to None and Stroke color to Black or whatever color you prefer. Step 1 Your draw a circle. The one I drew was 100 px in diameter. [...]

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Top 10 websites to submit your design portfolio

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It is very important to promote yourself and your work and you need to know where to do that. The list bellow is very useful as it shows you where to submit your designs so people can notice your art work. By submitting to these websites you will gain exposure and if people like your [...]

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Top 10 websites to submit vector art work

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This is a list where you can submit your vector art work and promote yourself as an artist. All the websites require the admin approval before the design appears into the gallery so submit only the best work you have. Good luck! 1) DeviantArt.com 2) Vecteezy.com 3) Qvectors.com 4) Vectorvault.com 5) Vectorportal.com 6) Vectorart.org 7) [...]

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Free t-shirt designs for download

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Free t-shirt designs created with the Designious Vector Packs. To download the designs click on the image or the link and you will redirected to the design download page on Designious.com. You are free to use these both for commercial and personal use. If you print these please send us a picture. Free t-shirt design [...]

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Photoshop versus…

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This is a list of articles with pros and cons of using Photoshop in different situations. Photoshop vs. Painter People always ask me, “Should I use Photoshop or Painter?” This is never an easy answer, and the one that comes to mind is usually, “get both!” – more here Photoshop vs. Gimp If you’ve pirated [...]

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10 cool websites for designers

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Bellow is a list of very useful websites for every designer. logopond.com – for your logo inspiration aiburn.com – illustrator tips, resources and tutorials PSDtuts.com – famous website for Photoshop tutorials blog.spoongraphics.co.uk – useful tutorials and design tips tutorialblog.org – awesome resource of free tutorials and the possibility to download the files webappers.com – collection [...]

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Mega and Giga Vector Packs added

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10 new Discount Vector Packs added in the Mega Packs category. – GIGA VECTOR PACK 1 – Contains the Vintage Mega Packs 1, Vintage Mega Pack 2, Vintage Mega Pack 3 plus the Floral Mega Pack 1. You get 45 vector packs, that’s 880 high quality vector elements for a very small amount. GIGA VECTOR PACK 2 [...]

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