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
Use Adobe Illustrator to Create a Clean Website Layout
Great tutorial for creating a website with Illustrator.
Patch Illustration 2
Another great tutorial from Von. R. Glitschka.
Gradient flower icon in Illustrator
A simple tutorial with some great results.
Creating vector characters in Illustrator
A character tutorial from sketch to Illustrator.
llustrator Tutorial – Eve of “Wall-e” vector
A fun tutorial for creating the Eve character from the movie “Wall-e”.
Other Tutorial Links For November
Create a Burberry Style Plaid with Illustrator in 4 Steps
Create a Pulsing Poster with a Vinyl Record and Grunge Type
How to Create a Seamless pattern in 10 steps
Illustrator’s Blend Tool: Little but effective
Tutorial: Twitterlove Bird, from sketch to vector in Photoshop and Illustrator
Create a Sweet Pair of Glossy Vector Lips
Vectips Tutorials on Vectortuts
How to Create a Magic Wand Icon
How to Create a Cute Bunny Vector Character
Tips and Tricks
CS4: Be Smart – Give Smart Guides a Chance
I was never a huge fan of Smart Guides until I read this article.
Illustrator tutorial – editable gradient filled text
A simple but good tip for adding gradients to text in Illustrator.
Illustrator Trick #9: Colorful Waves
A simple but powerful trick.
TECHNIQUE: Unembedding Images
Sometimes using image in Illustrator can be confusing, but this article explains how to unembed images in Illustrator.
Vector Freebies
VECTORTUTS Freebie Vector Pack: Browser Screens and Website Elements
Very handy set of browsers screens and website elements.
81 Amazing Argyle Illustrator Brushes
Again, ColorBurned comes out with an awesome brush set.
Free Wicked Skull
A grungy detailed skull illustration.
Free character pack for all!
Free characters are always fun, especially when they are done well.
Swirls Vector Illustrations Set
A couple of nice vectors with various elements for different projects.
Other Vector Freebie Links For November
50 Krazy Kaleidoscope Doodad Vectors
Summer Floral Wallpaper Vector- free
60 Free Vector Icon Packs for Design Professionals
230 Marker Illustrator Brushes
Vector Inspiration
BloodSweatVector
Most of the inspirations links I posted on Twitter were from the new site BloodSweatVector. It is a great site for inspiration and the learning about the process of some of the best vector artist around today.
Other Inspiration Links For October
Meet Sean Hodge, Editor of PSDTUTS & VECTORTUTS
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Wow! Thanks for adding my Gradient Text tutorial, much appreciated. I’m pretty happy that you’ve linked me as I’ve been following your tutorials and tips for Illustrator for quite a while now. Nice One!
Cool roundup! I had missed some of these! Very cool resources. Thanks very much for including one of my post!
Hi,
Thanks for adding vectorjungle in November’s freebie links.
Great thanks man.
@ Jeffster83
Thanks for catching that! All fixed.
Thanks for all these great links! I think the link to Tackle Twill is incorrect, though. It jumps to a 404 page for Twitter Love Bird.
Fantastic roundup, some that I missed. And thanks for including one from MyInkBlog!
Thanks for adding my “Wall-e” tutorial too 😀
Great list. Thanks
P.S. thanks for adding my post too =)