Free Vector Man and Woman Silhouettes

Free Vector Man and Woman Silhouettes

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Free Vector & Transparent Web Icon Set

Free Vector & Transparent Web Icon Set

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30 Free Swirl,Curly and Floral Vectors for Designers

30 Free Swirl,Curly and Floral Vectors for Designers

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13 Free Sets of Vector Templates

13 Free Sets of Vector Templates

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Free Vectors Business package

Free Vectors Business package

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Frank Warren: Half a Million Secrets

Just because you missed that awesome conference, doesn’t mean that you can’t still watch the lectures! This weekend we’re sharing an inspiring talk by the creator of the PostSecret Project, Frank Warren at TED2012. In this talk, Frank shares the different kinds of secrets we have and shows some inspirational… read more

Community Project: Vectortuts+ Creative T-shirt Project

Vectortuts+ loves Illustration and discovering new talent, so today we are proud to be launching a new community project that combines both, the Vectortuts+ Creative T-shirt Project. The best thing is, you can be a part of it! Find out how to get involved, at the jump.

Create Your Own… read more

WDL Premium: Grunge Drips Vector Pack

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Here’s another good high-quality vector pack for our WDL Premium Members. These grunge drips vectors from GoMedia’s Arsenal will give your designs a stylish look. The drops are perfect to help you getting started on a white canvas. Enjoy!

Be sure to check out Go Media’s… read more

Vectortuts+ Workshop #11

Vectortuts+ is all about helping people turbo charge their skills, and today we have another special community post that will help our readers take their images to the next level. The best thing is, you can be part of it too! Find out more at the jump.

How to Participate:

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Free download: Exclusive Stylish User Interface Kit (PSD)

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Colourful Squared Abstract Seamless Photoshop And Illustrator Pattern

Colourful Squared Abstract Seamless Photoshop And Illustrator Pattern

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Free Vector Bumper Pack of Grungy Textures & Brushes

Free Vector Bumper Pack of Grungy Textures & Brushes

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Quick Tip: Start a Sketch in Adobe Ideas and Finish it in Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator isn’t the only vector game in town. In fact, you have the power of vector art on the go with Adobe Ideas, the free app for Apple’s iPad. In this video Ryan shows us how to take a quick little doodle in Ideas, and add a little more… read more

Tuts+ Premium Pack – Outdoor Icons

Today we have a unique Tuts+ Premium Pack, which is created in Illustrator by Anastasiia Kucherenko. It’s filled with 10 illustrated outdoor icons. Each is completely vector, available in AI and EPS formats. Log in or Join Now to get this exclusive download. Learn more at the jump!

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Free Downloadable Amazing & Useful Vectors Graphics

Free Downloadable Amazing & Useful Vectors Graphics

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Daily Inspiration #1106

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, You can submit your images and inspiration to RAWZ via http://raw.abduzeedo.com and don’t forget to… read more

Fab Pad – Digital Graphic Tablets Mock-ups

fab Pad is a product destined to all
who care to showcase with style. Are you a digital artist looking for a great way to display your work.
This unique pack of digital 12” graphic tablets is the perfect one for you.

Description:

Well organized layers and… read more

The Art of Vectoring Hair

We’ve previously looked in detail of the theory work and techniques used in skin shading, now we’re going to look into vectoring hair.

Rendering hair in vector is one of the more challenging areas when learning to vector portraits, yet rendering is not the only thing you need to consider. Assuming… read more

30 Groovy Gig Posters

When you’ve got 100+ bands in one city, chances are you’re going to miss a couple of gigs that you would have really enjoyed (had you known about them, at least). There are a billion places a poster might occupy, after all, but around 80% of the time those particular… read more

30 Great Open Source Mac Apps

An open source application is a piece of software for which the source code is available and in the public domain. Developers are able to download the code and modify, contribute and change it to suit their needs. This means businesses can ‘tweak’ software according to their needs and individuals… read more

Quick Tip: How to Create a Projector Screen Illustration

In this new quick tip you will learn how to create a simple Projector Screen illustration using some basic shapes and the Appearance Panel. Let’s begin!

Step 1

Create a 600 by 600px, RGB document. First, enable the Grid (View > Show Grid) and the Snap to Grid (View >… read more

Create a Plastic ID Badge in Illustrator

In the following tutorial you will learn how to create a plastic ID badge in Adobe Illustrator CS5. We’ll use pixel perfect vector build methods, multiple highlights, and effects to create the plastic and lanyard texture, then add your own image to the badge.

Step 1

Hit Command + N to create… read more

Adobe Illustrator Tutorial: Create a Simple Map Illustration

In the following Adobe Illustrator tutorial you will learn how to create your very own simple vector map illustration. First, we’ll build the starting shapes using pixel perfect alignment, some basic vector shape building techniques along with a bunch of warp effects. Then we will put on the finishing touches…. read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.127)

This is our weekly column were we share our favorite design related articles, resources and cool tidbits from the past week. Enjoy :)
If you would like to receive our daily updates and keep up to date with the latest and greatest articles and resources from the… read more

Daily Inspiration #1104

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, You can submit your images and inspiration to RAWZ via http://raw.abduzeedo.com and don’t forget to… read more

Free Vectors Easter chicks

Free Vectors Easter chicks

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Lord Pheonix Heraldry

Lord Pheonix Heraldry

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Quick Tip: How to Create an Abstract Curly Banner

Follow this quick tip and learn how to create an abstract curly banner. We will use multiple appearances and many Art brushes along with the Transform effect. Also, if you like curls this is good opportunity to practice drawing so let’s begin!

Step 1

First open a new web document. Take the… read more

Photoshop CS6 Beta: What Makes This Update Great

Since Adobe announced the beta for Photoshop CS6 a little over a week ago, it has been downloaded more than half a million times. Even if you’ve managed to miss the onslaught of tweets and reviews, the magnitude of eager testers should indicate how anxious photographers and designers were for… read more

How to Illustrate a Button Sewed into a Cloth

While reading this tutorial and creating your own artwork, you will learn the important techniques of Adobe Illustrator. It will undoubtedly lead you to improving your skills in making illustrations and designs. Here you’ll learn how to create a button sewed into a piece of cloth. Let’s get started!

Step 1

First… read more

How to Make a Bright Sun Vector Logo in Illustrator

How to Make a Bright Sun Vector Logo in Illustrator

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Create a Stylized Election Poster Using Illustrator

It’s election season! Time for graphic designers to start helping clients design posters for their upcoming campaigns. It’s a great time to be a designer as each and every city has candidates making their run for spots.

Using Live Trace and Live Paint in Illustrator makes stylized posters an… read more

Impressionist Icons – Vector Icons Pack

Impressionist Icons – Vector Icons Pack

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Chip Kidd: Designing Books is no Laughing Matter. OK, it is.

Just because you missed that awesome conference, doesn’t mean that you can’t still watch the lectures! This weekend we’re sharing an interesting talk by designer, Chip Kidd at TED2012. In this talk, Chip he shows the art and deep thought of his cover designs and how a book can be… read more

Deluxe Design Resources – 10 Free Gold Vector Illustrations

Deluxe Design Resources – 10 Free Gold Vector Illustrations

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WG Funny Swirls

WG Funny Swirls

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30 Free And Fresh Photoshop Brush Sets

Here is yet another exciting round up of some high quality Photoshop brush sets that you can download for free. There are thousands of incredible and high quality Adobe Photoshop brush sets that are available on the net today. Since there is such a phenomenal amount of Photoshop brushes available,… read more

How to Create Funky 3D Springs in Illustrator

Many of us have done this before in Auto CAD, 3D Max or Maya. In this tutorial, we will learn how to create 3D springs in Illustrator. We’ll be using the 3D Revolve Tool and some manual effort to obtain this quality vector result. Hope you find it interesting!

May of… read more

Daily Inspiration #1101

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, You can submit your images and inspiration to RAWZ via http://raw.abduzeedo.com and don’t forget to… read more

WDL Premium: Web Forms PSDs

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This week for our WDL Premium Members, we have a set of PSD files with 2 different types of forms, each in 8 different color schemes. The set is from Vandelay Premier and it includes a sign up or registration form as well as a small… read more

Quick Tip: How to Easily Outline Curly Letters

Making smooth looking curves and curls in vector can be tricky, especially if you’re working with hand drawn forms. In today’s Quick Tip I will show the process of outlining some extremely curly letterforms that have been hand drawn and scanned into the computer. The process can be made a… read more

Interview with Kevin Blanchard aka Annihilist

Today our guest is a real master with Gradient Mesh. He creates high quality artowrk. “Don’t be afraid to jump in and swim. Programs like Illustrator and Photoshop are playgrounds” – says Kevin. Today he is going to share some secrets of his craftsmanship with us. Learn after more about… read more

30 Inspiring Spring Desktop Wallpapers

Spring has finally arrived! Bringing with it the idea of renewal and regrowth. The sun, the flowers, the cool flowing rivers, the green grass and the chirping birds. There really is no better season for stimulating inspiration.

Today I have collected 20 colorful and graphical spring wallpapers that will… read more

Dog Vector

Dog Vector

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Free vector iPhone UI Kit

Free vector iPhone UI Kit

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Quick Tip: How to Create a Simple Set of Switch Buttons

In the following tutorial you will learn how to create a simple set of switch buttons. First, we’ll use the Rectangle Tool along with the Rounded Corners and the Drop Shadow effects to create the shapes behind the button. For the button we’ll use a mesh, some Pathfinder options and… read more

Create a Casino Slot Machine in Illustrator

In this tutorial we’ll be creating a slot machine in Adobe Illustrator. We’ll build it from simple vector shapes, then color it, use the Appearance panel to add effects, use symbols, and apply the symbol tools. We’ll end up with a nice vector slot machine. Let’s get started!

Step 1

Now, before… read more

30 inspiring calligraphy works

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Enigmatic Black and White Flyer Design Tutorial with Photoshop

With this tutorial I wanted to create a club flyer design that was not your typical “scantily clad” affair that appeals to the more discerning club goers. So, with a few easy Photoshop and Illustrator effects, and my preference for black and white elegance, I created this enigmatic… read more

Fab Pad #2 – Digital Tablet Computers Mock-ups

fab Pad is a product destined to all
who care to showcase with style. Want to tease your clients with a sneak preview and you didn’t find the right mock-up yet.
Stop looking because now you can do this with this amazing pack.

Kindle… read more

17 Awesomely Creative Bokeh Textures For Your Designs

Bokeh textures are getting quit popular in the web designing as well as digital art fields. Basically Bokeh is a term which is associated with the field of photography and it refers to the areas of light in the photograph that are out of focus. For web designs, the same… read more

Vectortuts+ Celebrates 30,000 Facebook Fans – Comment to Win!

In 2009 we launched our Facebook fan page, four years and lots of posts and comments later we’re proud to announce that we now have over 30,000 fans! To celebrate this milestone Vectortuts+ is giving away some fantastic prizes, including a grand prize of a 1-year membership to Tuts+… read more

Create a Vector Tape Measure in Illustrator CS5

In the following tutorial you will learn how to create a vector tape measure. Learn to use professional pixel perfect vector shape building techniques, break shapes apart as needed with Pathfinder tools, and color your graphic elements with highlights and gradients, resulting in a metallic tape measure illustration.

Step 1

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Working With Vectors is Easy in Photoshop CS6

Designers who work with both Photoshop and Illustrator are often frustrated with how Photoshop deals with vector graphics. In this episode of our Introduction to Photoshop CS6 series we will discuss the new vector editing capabilities of Photoshop CS6. Let’s take a look!

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50 Mac Apps That Will Teach You Something

With the recent release of iBooks Author from Apple, I started to think more about using Apple products as learning tools. The iBooks Author announcement and accompanying video certainly generate some excitement at the possibilities using the iPad in classrooms and that is great, but I became curious as to… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.126)

This is our weekly column were we share our favorite design related articles, resources and cool tidbits from the past week. Enjoy :)
If you would like to receive our daily updates and keep up to date with the latest and greatest articles and resources from the… read more

Easy Steps to Creating your Vector Nuke Icon

Easy Steps to Creating your Vector Nuke Icon

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Draw Design Inspiration from Free Japanese Vector Illustrations

Draw Design Inspiration from Free Japanese Vector Illustrations

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Astute Graphics acquires PointExp IP

Astute Graphics acquires PointExp IP

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Best of Tuts+ in March 2012

Each month, we bring together a selection of the best tutorials and articles from across the whole Tuts+ network. Whether you’d like to read the top posts from your favourite site, or would like to start learning something completely new, this is the best place to start!

Psdtuts+ — Photoshop Tutorials

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Create a 3D Newspaper, Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator

Follow this tutorial and learn how to create a 3D newspaper text effect using the Extrude & Bevel effect and the Map Art option. We will create all the pieces of newspaper with the help of the Area Type Tool and save them as symbols. We’ll then give this effect… read more

Sunset Showdown

Photo manipulation done using images downloaded off of Shutterstock along with custom vector patterns and drawings. For a series of backgrounds I designed for the website Wonderopolis.com. To see what else I can do go to jstolzlightafire.com

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Shock Bundle Giveaway – The Winners

Last Sunday we published the competition giving away 10 Shock Bundles (valued at $129 each). With just under 200 comments it proved to be very popular. The competition has now ended and it is time to announce the randomnly chosen winners of this fantastic bundle.

Congratulations to our winners,… read more

Wallpaper of the Week 197 by François Leroy

The wallpaper of this week is an image created by François Leroy. The image is entitled ‘Come to life’ and it’s from the last Slashthree exhibition entitled ‘Fairy Tales’

François Leroy began his journey into graphic design as a student, before eventually teaching himself the art of digital composition. Today, he… read more

Colorful Abstract Free Vector

Colorful Abstract Free Vector

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20+ Beautiful Paisley Patterns, Vectors & Brushes for Download

20+ Beautiful Paisley Patterns, Vectors & Brushes for Download

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Free Easter Eggs Vectors

Free Easter Eggs Vectors

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Free Car Services Vector Icons

Free Car Services Vector Icons

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Jer Thorp: Make Data More Human

Just because you missed that awesome conference, doesn’t mean that you can’t still watch the lectures! This weekend we’re sharing an interesting talk by data artist, Jer Thorp at TEDxVancouver. In this talk, Jer shares his moving projects, from graphing an entire year’s news cycle, to mapping the way people… read more

50 Fresh Icon Sets For Developers And Designers

Icon sets although are very small design elements but hold great importance when it comes to overall design. Having a high quality collection of icon sets come in handy at the time of need. This is the reason why designers believe that having a freebie collection of icon sets is… read more

Selling Digital Goods Online: E-Commerce Services Compared

There’s a realization that every freelance designer must go through at some point: client work isn’t enough to ensure your long-term financial security. What if you get sick? What if you can’t find clients? What if you want to take a vacation?

One possible answer to this problem is earning passive… read more

Tuts+ Premium Pack – Vegetables & Fruit

Today we have a unique Tuts+ Premium Pack, which is created in Illustrator by Anastasiia Kucherenko. It’s filled with 16 illustrated vegetables and fruit. Each is completely vector, available in AI and EPS formats. Log in or Join Now to get this exclusive download. Learn more at the jump!

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10 tools to analyze your website

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Free Vector Sticker Collection

Free Vector Sticker Collection

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Elegant Set of Smiley Face Icons Vector

Elegant Set of Smiley Face Icons Vector

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Angry Birds Icons free vectors

Angry Birds Icons free vectors

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WDL Premium: Dark Mobile UI Kit

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For our WDL Premium members, here’s a UI kit containing over 30 user interface elements from WeGraphics. The theme is a dark blue, almost black. It’s incredibly handy to have all of these elements in a single file already designed.

Be sure to check out WeGraphics… read more

15+ InDesign Tutorials for Magazine and Layout Design

Do you want to learn to how to design a magazine in InDesign? Discover industry standard workflows for print design professionals, magazine layout design tips, and follow how to design a magazine cover layout that attracts attention. These are just a few of the topics you’ll find in this roundup… read more

WordPress Wallpapers: Show Your Love for Design & WordPress

At Envato, we love WordPress. In fact, we love it so much that the entire Tuts+ network and the majority of our blogs run on heavily customized WordPress installations. We want to share that love with the wider WordPress community by creating a gallery site full of beautiful and free… read more

Adobe Illustrator Tutorial: Create a Detailed Restaurant Chalkboard

In the following new Adobe Illustrator tutorial you will learn how to create a detailed restaurant specials style chalkboard. We’ll start with the Rectangle Tool and some simple vector shape building techniques. Once you have your starting shapes you can continue and add the colors. We’ll use multiple fills and… read more

Daily Freebie #50: Vector Label

Daily Freebie #50: Vector Label

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Quick Tip: Creating a Tri-fold template in InDesign CS5

In today’s quick tip we are going to set up a template for a Tri-fold leaflet, which will be roll folded. Once completed the template will serve as a base to design onto and can saved as a master template for future use. Let’s begin!

Here is a visual of how… read more

HTML5 Best Practices for Designers

HTML5 has also removed, changed or depreciated over 50 attributes. The following attributes are allowed but it is best to use an alternative solution:

border attribute on <img> is required to have the value "0" when present.  This is another form of inline styling, so use CSS instead.
language attribute on <script>… read more

Create a Psychedelic, Funky Line Art Portrait

In today’s Illustrator tutorial, I’m going to show you how I created a retro, psychedelic, funky, 70s inspired portrait using link art, bold colors and the handy Swirl Tool.

I’ve always admired the bright colors, delicate line art and psychedelic patterns of the work of Marleen Weijman aka WomanWithAGun. Although I’ve… read more

Preparing for Earth Hour: Vectors, Icons, Stock Photos, and Inspiration

This 2012, Earth Hour is happening on Saturday, March 31st from 8:30 to 9:30 PM. Aside from the tools and downloads available on the official website, we thought we’d give you more comprehensive resources if you’d like to contribute with a more design-savvy flair!

For those of you who need some… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.125)

This is our weekly column were we share our favorite design related articles, resources and cool tidbits from the past week. Enjoy :)
If you would like to receive our daily updates and keep up to date with the latest and greatest articles and resources from the… read more

Handy Roundup of Free Vector Ornaments & Flourishes

Handy Roundup of Free Vector Ornaments & Flourishes

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Simple Striped Seamless Vector Pattern

Simple Striped Seamless Vector Pattern

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Daily Inspiration #1092

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, You can submit your images and inspiration to RAWZ via http://raw.abduzeedo.com and don’t forget to… read more

Cowboy Free Vectors

Cowboy Free Vectors

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Quick Tip: How to Create a Simple Set of Ribbon Icons

In the following tutorial you will learn how to create a simple set of ribbon icons. First, we’ll build the starting shapes using several basic tools along with some simple effects and vector shape building techniques. Next, we’ll add extra details and colors using Pathfinder options, dashed strokes, a built-in… read more

More Outstanding Vector Art from Creattica

It’s almost been a year since I did my first Outstanding Vector Art from Creattica roundup. Since that time, a whole heap of awesome work has been posted to Creattica – Envato’s gallery website of great design and inspirational imagery.

Here’s a quick rundown of some of the awesome work… read more

Review: Photoshop CS6 Beta

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Vector Circle Brushes are Pretty useful for Photoshop Professionals

Vector Circle Brushes are Pretty useful for Photoshop Professionals

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We have 10 Shock Bundles (value $129 each) to giveaway – Comment to Enter

For this weeks giveaway we have 10 Premium Shock Bundles, courtesy of the guys behind Theme Nation.

All you have to do for a chance of winning one of these books is leave a comment below telling us why you would like to win this bundle.

The Shock Bundle

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Kirby Ferguson: Everything is a Remix

Just because you missed that awesome conference, doesn’t mean that you can’t still watch the lectures! This weekend we’re sharing an interesting talk by designer Kirby Ferguson at Gel 2011. In this talk, Kirby reveals the underpinnings of much of popular culture and how many creations that we thought were… read more

A Quantity of Vector circle Brushes for Beginners

A Quantity of Vector circle Brushes for Beginners

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Daily Inspiration #1090

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, You can submit your images and inspiration to RAWZ via http://raw.abduzeedo.com and don’t forget to… read more

Vectortuts+ Workshop #10

Vectortuts+ is all about helping people turbo charge their skills, and today we have another special community post that will help our readers take their images to the next level. The best thing is, you can be part of it too! Find out more at the jump.

How to Participate:

This workshop… read more

Vector glossy and metallic ninja stars in Illustrator

Vector glossy and metallic ninja stars in Illustrator

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