There are a number of great tutorials, freebies, and articles related to vectors coming out on the web daily. Each month, I 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
Character Illustration
A great character tutorial from sketch to finished vector.
How to Turn a Sketch into a Fat Cat Vector Illustration
Another great character tutorial.
Illustrator Tutorial: Snowflakes
A simple tutorial with some great results.
The Top Ten Icon Design Tutorials on VECTORTUTS
A nice roundup of some Vectortuts icon tutorials, including some of mine.
How to Create Your Own Color Separations in Adobe Illustrator
A handy tutorial for creating separations in Illustrator.
Other Tutorial Links For October
Draw A Realistic Vector Guitar in Inkscape
Turn a Boring Bar Graph into a 3D Masterpiece
Adobe Illustrator Tutorial Create Vector Metal Icons Buttons
Create a Checkered 3D Chess Figure Scene
Using Adobe Illustrator to Draw in Perspective
Vectips Tutorials on Vectortuts
Create a Swirly Type Treatment
Tips and Tricks
3 Ways to Apply a Line Pattern Effect on Text in Illustrator
Some great Line Pattern tricks.
Scripts Make Multiple Artboards in Illustrator CS4 Even Better
I talked about these scripts in a previous post, but if you have Illustrator CS4, these scripts are essential.
Illustrator’s Type Tool: A Comprehensive Introduction
A very comprehensive Type Tool article.
Offset Path on text in Illustrator
I use offsets all the time, if you don’t, read this post.
10 Adobe Illustrator CS3 Video Tutorials for Designers Who Missed the Basics
Even if you are an advanced Illustrator user, you can always find something useful in these videos.
Other Tutorial Links For October
Mordy Golding Review: Adobe Illustrator CS4
Illustrator Trick #7: Aligning to objects
Illustrator Trick #8: Scaling Strokes & Effects
20 Exceptional Websites for Learning Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Illustrator Tutorial – Offset Path tool
Illustrator Tip :: The Tools You Need Where You Need Them
Vector Freebies
Feed Me Animals: A Free RSS Feed Icon Set
Cute icons set from Smashing Magazine.
50 Astonishing Argyle Pattern Swatches for Illustrator
Again, ColorBurned comes out with an awesome brush set. One of many this month, but this one is my favorite
Mixing Console
Nice illustration of a mixing console with many great individual elements to use.
Star Wars Character Adobe Illustrator Vector
Yoda and Bobba Fett vectorized!
Free Font: Quicksand
This was my favorite free font that I ran into this month.
Other Vector Freebie Links For October
17 Free Water Color Blob Brushes for Photoshop & Illustrator
VECTORTUTS Freebie: Exclusive Illustrator Watercolor Brushes
Free Vector Icons Pack, 85 Icons Set
Vector Inspiration
The Office – Vectorized
I’m a fan of The Office and love this illustration! ASTRODEVIL has some other great illustrations in his portfolio.
Incredible Vector Illustrations by Mel Marcelo
Some great portrait illustrations.
Jared Nickerson
Some real nice vectors from Jared.
30 Cool Vector Illustrated Skateboard Decks
Inspirational vectors on skateboards.
Realistic Vectors: These Are Not Photos
Some photo realistic vector illustrations.
Other Inspiration Links For October
25 Powerful Non-profit Logos, Deconstructed
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