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Here we have a set of ten scatter and five art water splash brushes for Adobe Illustrator from r2010. You can use them for decorating your artwork or designing abstract background elements...

To use expand the ZIP archive, load the .AI file in Adobe Illustrator and open the brushes palette (Window>Brushes / F5). Download

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Now you have new brushes for your web design, it's time to look for web hosting plans that will fit your budget.

Here we have a great video tutorial for Adobe Illustrator explaining how to use the Free Transform, Shear, Skew and Reflect tools to create vector logo types and icons in perspective

Important shortcuts to remember:
*Mac OS
Cmd + Opt + Shift + Drag with the Free Transform Tool = Shear
Cmd + Shif + Drag with Free Transform Tool = Skew

*Windows
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Drag with the Free Transform Tool = Shear
Ctrl + Shif + Drag with Free Transform Tool = Skew

More about using the "Free Transform Tool" here.

An eye-opening material on issues with spot colors while using royalty free vectors from iStockphoto. "Picture this: You need an image for a project, and the deadline is looming. You download a cool illustration from iStock, place it in your layout and send it off to the printer. An hour later, the printer phones you back.

“Excellent,” you think, “my print job is done!” But nooo, the printer is calling to let you know that your file contains 15 spot colors, and if you really want 15 different plates made and run through the press, it’s going to cost you at least ten times more and take a whole week to finish. There goes your budget and your deadline.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?!? Spot colors? How did those get there? And what are they, anyway?" Continue to full article.

Here we have a free vector pack that you can use for your design projects or inspiration. Inside you will find 15 random design elements some of which you might use as logo templates...

The set is saved in AI (Adobe Illustrator), EPS, PDF and SVG file formats, you can use any vector compatible editor to modify or customize it.

Free for personal and commercial use. If you post this vector art pack on your site, please make sure to include a link to www.vector-art.blogspot.com Download
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A free vector set for Adobe Illustrator from Click Pop Media. Inside the pack you will find vector illustrations of A Cassette Tape, A Vintage Microphone, Two reel-to-reel recorders and speakers...

This resource is free for personal and commercial use. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License.

The artwork is available in AI (Adobe Illustrator) and EPS file formats. Download

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Here we have a free set of eight vector icons for logo design inspiration. You can use them for designing a twitter avatar, web icon, or maybe you might come up with an idea for creating an abstract pattern...

License: you can use this vector file for personal, commercial or non- profit use. If you post this vector file on your graphic site or blog, please make sure to include a link to www.vector-art.blogspot.com The zip contains Illustrator ai, eps, pdf and svg files.Download

Learn how to use the "Live Color" feature in Adobe Illustrator. Video tutorial by Colin Boyd.

"Adobe Illustrator CS4 Tutorial Video on using Live Color. Learn from an expert from the comfort of your own desk, this Adobe Illustrator Tutorial video uses clearly laid out examples to help you follow along..."

A free seamless floral pattern resource from the talented digital artist - Matt Ward. "It is inspired by a lot of the great floral type patterns that are available out there might now." Inside the pack you will find four color palette variations in AI (vector) and PNG file formats...

To use, expand the ZIP file, load the pattern of our choice with Adobe Illustrator, bring up the brushes panel and apply the pattern on an active path. Download

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

A free Calligraphic, Splatter and Art Leaves Brush Set for Adobe Illustrator from SacroDesign. You can use it to draw vector leaves and branches. To do so, load the PDF file with Adobe Illustrator, open the brushes panel and apply a brush of your choice to an active path...

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Download

Note:In case the brushes don't appear in your panel, try to use the "File>Open" method when loading the PDF.

Free vector art illustration to celebrate Olympic champion Usain Bolt setting a 100-meter world record in a blistering 9.58 seconds. It was the biggest increase in the 100m world record since electronic time was introduced in 1968...

Usain Bolt showed that - yes!!! - he can keep breaking that world record. Vector art image traced from http://bit.ly/Bolt-WR. All Rights Reserved. Graphic designed under a Creative Commons Attribution / Non-commercial Use. Download

Free vector art pack you can freely use to design your own club flyer or website template, containing design party elements, music and nightlife graphics, cool dancing girls, DJ, turntable, headphones, sexy females, tribal elements, stars and stripes and background structures...

License: this free vector artwork is available under the Creative Commons Attribution. If you post this vector art pack on your site, please make sure to include a link to www.vector-art.blogspot.com Download

A set of nine seamless pattern swatches for Adobe Illustrator by SergeyPoluse. You can use them for background design brainstorming or for creating pop-art design elements...

To use, load the PDF file with Adobe Illustrator (use the "File>Open" method, not Click+Drag), bring up the swatches palette (Window>Swatches), select an object with the Direct selection tool and choose a pattern for your Fill color.
This resource has been released under CC Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 License. Download

A great comprehensive video tutorial from TutCandy. Click the play button and learn how to convert a sketch into digital artwork using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. If you pay attention you may also learn some useful shortcuts.

"In this tutorial we will show you how to go from sketch to vector and maintain that hand-drawn look. We start off cleaning the image in Photoshop, don't freak if you haven't got it, all photo editing software should have very similar functions.
Then take it into illustrator and use the automated live trace tool, which I normally think auto anything does a pretty terrible job but for rough hand-drawn linework it will work just perfectly."

Sketch to vector Illustrator Tutorial from che mcpherson on Vimeo.

A collection of six 3d paint brushes for Adobe Illustrator from HumanNature84. You can use them to apply a 3d effects on vector strokes. Might be useful for designing a logo or drawing liquid objects...

To use, load the PDF file with Adobe Illustrator and bring up the Brushes Palette (Windo>Brushes or F5). This resource has been released under CC Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 License. Download

Vector art glossy buttons available for free download: breakdance, dj, radio, headphone & mobile phone icons in Illustrator ai, eps and svg format. Vector set also includes record player, music symbols, equalizer, go-go girls, ipod and sound signals, among others.

License: this free vector artwork is available under the Creative Commons Attribution. If you post the vector on your site, please make sure to include a link to www.vector-art.blogspot.com. Download

Here we have a collection of ten seamless floral art patterns for from r2010. You can use them for artistic brainstorming or decorating design elements in baroque style. Inside the pack you will find .ai .pat .pdf .jpg .png and .svg file format versions of the patterns. The the tiling of the photoshop patterns is set to 200px but if you have Adobe Illustrator you can scale them to any size you want...

This resource has been released under CC Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 License. For a detailed preview, click on the image below.Download

A free vector resource from Jilbert. This pack contains a seamless floral pattern in large and small tiles in EPS and Adobe Illustrator file formats...

To use, expand the ZIP archive, load the AI file in Illustrator and bring up the swatches panel (Window>Swatches). This resource has been released under CC Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 License. Download

Every major vector program has the ability to create files with layers. Some artists use layers copiously, others not at all. Layers help organize a file, and provide some pretty nifty editing options. A well-organized file benefits the contributor as well as the designer...

In the example below, the three layers contain the three major elements of the file. It is logically organized, and therefore easier for the buyer to edit. If the designer just needed the dart, for example, she could simply delete the other two layers and use the dart by itself. Continue to full article.

Download this thrilling action scene vector file for free! Collection of various vector design elements which includes silhouettes, rainbows, waves, splashes, nature and abstract elements and a colorful background...

License: you can use this vector file for personal, commercial or non- profit use. If you post this vector file on your graphic site or blog, please make sure to include a link to www.vector-art.blogspot.com Download

"You’ve probably heard of a Clipping Path in Photoshop. Well, a Clipping Mask in Illustrator is pretty much the same thing (Corel Draw calls it a “Powerclip,” and in Freehand, “Paste Inside”). It’s a vector path that masks, or “clips” out part of the image. Clipping Masks provides vector artists with more flexibility when building and organizing files. For designers, they can be scary at first, but are easy to de-mystify... Here we go:

In Photoshop and InDesign, Clipping Paths are often used to isolate an irregular shape in a photo to create a “cutout”. Since irregular vector shapes can be easily made, why would you need to use a Clipping Mask in Illustrator? Most of the time, they’re used to crop a set of irregular shapes into a neat, simple shape. In this regard, it can be helpful to think of them as “cropping masks.” Except with one benefit: the cropped or excluded part of the image doesn’t really go away, it’s just hidden. Let’s have a look. Full Article (via iStockPhoto)