There are a number of great tutorials, freebies, and articles related to vectors coming out on the web daily. Starting each month, I’m is going to roundup some of the best posts that I have found useful. I can’t include everything I’ve seen throughout the month, but you can follow my Twitter feed to get all the daily links. Post comments with links that I have missed so everyone can see them!
Tutorials
Learn Illustrator CS3 in 30 Days
A series of tutorials from iStockdiary, great for beginners or for brushing up on your Illustrator skills.
Create a Sketchy Hand-Drawn Camera Illustration in Illustrator
If you like my Create Sketchy-Style Vectors tutorial, you will love this one by Katie Marcus from Vectortuts.
How to Create a Vector Safari Compass in Illustrator
I easy to follow tutorial with great results from Blog.SpoonGraphics.
Craft a Dramatic Vector Landscape Environment
This is an intermediate tutorial from Vectortuts, but if you are a beginner don’t hesitate, try it out.
Create an Envelpe Icon With a Satin Feel
A nice tutorial using some basic Illustrator functions from AiVault.
Other Tutorial Links For July
How to Draw Your Own Vector Wings
Create a Stylized Gradient Mesh Soccer Ball Illustration
Make a Fairy-Tale Inspired Magical Hand Shaped Vine
Create a Can of Beans by Mapping Vectors to a 3D Object
Vectips Tutorials on Vectortuts
Create a Vector Lock Icon Design
Creating an Environmentally Friendly Green Type Treatment
Illustrate a Grunge Style Talking Skull in Vector
Vector Freebies
Vector Freebie & Micro Tutorial: Seamless Swirls
A free and tutorial for a seamless pattern from the always wonderful GoMedia.
Swirly Curls
The Swirly Curls artwork is broken up into mainly elements, making it easy to use individual elements in other artwork.
8-bit Vector Freebies
Nice set of 8-bit characters created by Adam Law from GoMedia. Check out the tutorial for creating these vectors.
Free Vector African Animals Set
A selection of some African animals. The artwork is free to use it in personal or commercial projects.
40 Image Editing Vector Icons
A nice big set of icons designed by GoSquared.
Other Vector Freebie Links For July
Free Mixed Silhouettes Vectors
Free Blogging Related Logos In High Resolution
Articles
Vector Illustration: 60+ Illustrator Tutorials, Tips and Best Practices
A big list of tutorials, tips, and inspiration.
Adobe Illustrator Shortcuts
A good list of common Illustrator shortcuts.
Logo Design Project Step by Step Walkthrough
A great article on the process of designing a logo. I’m happy the article included the crucial step of sketching before any work is done on the computer.
Maintaining Rhythm and Flow in Vector Character Design
An informative article on character design by Pasquale D’Silva on Vectortuts.
Top 10 Sites for Illustrator Tutorials
A list of some of the top Illustrator sites.
Other Article Links For July
13 Amazing Sites to Find All The Vector Tutorials You Could Ever Need
The Best Illustrator Books & Videos For Learning
Illustrated Vector Landscape Web Design Trend
10 Amazing Examples of Vector Speed Drawing
58 Wonderfully Cute Illustrated Monster Characters
Inspiration
Interview With Vector Illustrator Charlene Chua
An interview with Charlene Chua with some insight to her creative process.
Some Vector Magic Ahead
Some amazing vector illustrations.
Inspiration: Cool Vector Cars
Some photo realistic vector car illustrations.
It’s nice to read a quality article. I really enjoy many of the blog posts on your web site.
This is a really great resource. I’m going to be getting Illustrator in a few weeks and I’ve bookmarked this to come back to it.
Another great post! Thank you.
Thanks for the link!
Thank you for adding my website to your article.
Thanks for mentioning my website. =)
Thanks a lot for the mention much appreciate this 🙂
Great post, lots of resources, how could you not bookmark this? Thanks!
Hi there – a very nice collection. And thanks for adding our work to this list:). Cheers