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Weekly Vector Inspiration #53

Inspiration | January 15th, 2010 | 12 Comments

This post is part of a weekly series showcasing inspirational vector art. Although the series showcases vector art, some work might just be vector inspired, not created completely with vector art. If you have any art suggestions, feel free to comment! For more vector art inspiration, check out the Vectips Flickr Group.

Create An Editable Metal Type Treatment

Tutorials | January 14th, 2010 | 33 Comments

I am a huge fan of the updated Appearance panel in the Illustrator CS4. I have really found the Appearance panel to be useful when creating type treatments that I constantly need to repeat. One of these styles is a metal type treatment. This tutorial is pretty similar to the Letterpress Font and Sketchy Font tutorials in that it uses the Appearance panel to create a type treatment that is fully editable when it is done.

Weekly Vector Inspiration #52

Inspiration | January 8th, 2010 | 12 Comments

This post is part of a weekly series showcasing inspirational vector art. Although the series showcases vector art, some work might just be vector inspired, not created completely with vector art. If you have any art suggestions, feel free to comment! For more vector art inspiration, check out the Vectips Flickr Group.

Select Effects Plugin

Tips and Tricks | January 5th, 2010 | 5 Comments

I love coming across a plugin or script I haven’t used before that really solves a problem for me. I figure if I get frustrated with something in Illustrator, there is probably someone else out there that has the same problem. A recent frustration of mine was selecting Effects in Illustrator. Luckily I stumbled across the Select Effects Plugin from Worker 72a.

Weekly Vector Inspiration #51

Inspiration | January 1st, 2010 | 8 Comments

This post is part of a weekly series showcasing inspirational vector art. Although the series showcases vector art, some work might just be vector inspired, not created completely with vector art. If you have any art suggestions, feel free to comment! For more vector art inspiration, check out the Vectips Flickr Group.

Vectips Best of 2009

Inspiration | December 31st, 2009 | 13 Comments

Wow, I can’t belive it is almost 2010. This year flew by! I think it has been a great year for vector art and Illustrator tips, tricks, and tutorials. Listed below are some of Vectips favorites. There was many tutorials and articles to pick from so if we missed something, leave a comment letting us know what we missed.

Create a Google Phone Styled Background in 6 Easy Steps

Tutorials | December 29th, 2009 | 21 Comments

The new rumored “Nexus One” Google Phone has a pretty cool (and probably animated) background image. Today I’ll show you how to create that style with a few simple steps that powerfully integrate transparency modes to create cool lighting effects.