Here are the top 10 Vector Art tutorials of all time!
Ian Yates teaches some wonderful lessons on drawing illustrated maps in perspective. He goes into minute detail on all aspects of creating this very popular map format (I know I have seen them in the streets around the Envato HQ office in Melbourne!)
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Beauty speaks in all languages – with this post I wanted to show these words speak truth. You never can get enough inspiration and fresh wallpaper on your desktop is the best thing to do, if you want to cheer yourself up! Again I tried to select only high quality wallpapers excluding low resolution like 1024 and less. This list is just for this time – summer – a lot of warm colors, sunsets, skies, nature!
Just scroll through the list and pick Your favorite ones! Which is Your favorite desktop background? Mine is the first one ?Elements? and ?The other side?!
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Lettering design is probably the area in which artists have most noticeable pushed Photoshop to the limits. Designers such as Tony Ariawan, Alex Beltechi, or Nik Ainley have been contributing lately to the Photoshop community with tutorials explaining how they create their excellent work of art.
This is a compilation of the best of lettering design tutorials created using Photoshop with the assistance, in some cases, of other illustration and 3d software.
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Many websites are going green and by this I mean green in their color, imagery and overall style. Many of the sites deal directly with the environment or nature in some way, but others simply enjoy the emotion green color and imagery inspire in a viewer. People often find green colors and imagery relaxing and refreshing and if wielded properly can add a lot to a website design. So I thought I would showcase some cool websites that thrive off of the color green or nature related imagery and themes. Enjoy and feel free to link to any cool ?green? sites you know of.
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This is a fun way to turn a photograph into an interesting vector portrait. Get sophisticated results with just a few easy steps, then modify it using a wide range of Illustrator’s live effects. Let’s get started!
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We recently needed an icon designer for a quick job and it was far more time consuming that we thought to find a good freelancer portfolio for this kind of work. So we spent a few more hours and came up with this awesome list of icon designers and UI professionals.
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30 Illustrator Videos To turn You Into An Expert. A collection of great video tutorials which you can learn the basics and also advanced illustrator techniques. If you want to learn the necessary skills to becoming an expert then this is perfect post for you. The post contains range of video tutorials covering the best aspects of illustrator.
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It’s over fifty years old, it’s the most widely used font ever, and it has recently become the subject of its own movie.
We’re talking about the world’s most recognizable font: Helvetica. Its relevance in design through the years and even today seems unbeatable.
The appeal for a distinctive, professional and timeless typeface has never dwindled and it keeps gaining more followers day by day. Love it or hate it, with its multitude of styles and versions, Helvetica is here to stay.
From airlines, to car companies to the largest software company, Helvetica’s use in logos throughout the world remains as strong as ever. In this article we’ll take a look at 40 excellent logos created using Helvetica.
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On this list You’ll find all available WordPress video tutorials on Internet with a lot of links for every level of knowledge. Video screencasts in my opinion teach You skills a lot faster than the best book You can find. In future You should check for updates on those sites, because WordPress is rapidly growing, but sites offering such great video screencasts stay and update. Get Yourself busy and good luck, I really hope these links will help Your development process!
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I am always browsing graphic artwork galleries for exciting new artwork to inspire me, so I thought I would link to some of my favorite new graphic artwork from several design inspiration websites. The designs below vary in style and media greatly, some are photo manipulations, a few are more typography focused, several have 3d elements, but they are all great pieces of graphic art and I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. Any suggestions for future inspiration posts?
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