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 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

Iconic Poster Design Tutorial (with video)

How To Create a Detailed Vector Sugar Skull Illustration

Craft an original character in Illustrator

Illustrator Tutorial: How to make a realistic film projector icon

Create a Glowing Neon Sign using the Appearance Palette

Tips and Tricks

Gradient rings in Illustrator

When Pixels Snap: Antialiasing in Illustrator CS5

Wrap a Ribbon Around a Sphere, Using 3D Revolve

Work brighter and faster with Live Paint

Quick Tip: Create a Conical Gradient with Adobe Illustrator, in Two Minutes!

Vector Freebies

“Buddycons” – Vector Social Media Icons

30 New Free High-Quality Fonts

Vector Inspiration and Articles

Interview: Illustrator Ray Frenden

How to buy a graphics tablet

Interview with Sanjay Patel

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 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

Iconic Poster Design Tutorial (with video)

How To Create a Detailed Vector Sugar Skull Illustration

Craft an original character in Illustrator

Illustrator Tutorial: How to make a realistic film projector icon

Create a Glowing Neon Sign using the Appearance Palette

Tips and Tricks

Gradient rings in Illustrator

When Pixels Snap: Antialiasing in Illustrator CS5

Wrap a Ribbon Around a Sphere, Using 3D Revolve

Work brighter and faster with Live Paint

Quick Tip: Create a Conical Gradient with Adobe Illustrator, in Two Minutes!

Vector Freebies

“Buddycons” – Vector Social Media Icons

30 New Free High-Quality Fonts

Vector Inspiration and Articles

Interview: Illustrator Ray Frenden

How to buy a graphics tablet

Interview with Sanjay Patel

This post is part of a weekly series showcasing inspirational vector art. Although the series showcases vector art, some work might just be vector inspired, not created completely with vector art. If you have any art suggestions, feel free to comment! For more vector art inspiration, check out the Vectips Flickr Group.

The Big Bang Theory by GUS

Iconic poster – Vector Set 18 by gomedia

dynamic fashion way by mil3n

the boy who never took a bath by DjBisparulz

Phantom City Creative

Mother Nature’s Lonely Laugh by Jared Nickerson

United States Postal Service Re-Branding by Matt Chase

Personal & Unfinished : Work by Christoph Ruprecht

Ruby by selene713 and Marine Bourrat

Doc on Rex by d0cilus

Kepala Kardus by d0cilus

Pirate by Helen Huang

The Siren Song by Archan Nair & Christian San Jose

Steve Santana

Q de Trébol by Frankenstian

Sugar Skull Illustration by Chris Spooner

All These Personal Things by Gerwin Bast

FEAR OF HOLY APE-SHIT by Dathink

-L- Branding & Character Design by TAMER KOSELI

The Eternal Climb by chipzdarsky

Calendar illustration by Lindedesign

The Army by Made in Norway

Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head by Boris Hasabike

Neighbourhood by Bruce Mackay

This post is part of a weekly series showcasing inspirational vector art. Although the series showcases vector art, some work might just be vector inspired, not created completely with vector art. If you have any art suggestions, feel free to comment! For more vector art inspiration, check out the Vectips Flickr Group.

The Big Bang Theory by GUS

Iconic poster – Vector Set 18 by gomedia

dynamic fashion way by mil3n

the boy who never took a bath by DjBisparulz

Phantom City Creative

Mother Nature’s Lonely Laugh by Jared Nickerson

United States Postal Service Re-Branding by Matt Chase

Personal & Unfinished : Work by Christoph Ruprecht

Ruby by selene713 and Marine Bourrat

Doc on Rex by d0cilus

Kepala Kardus by d0cilus

Pirate by Helen Huang

The Siren Song by Archan Nair & Christian San Jose

Steve Santana

Q de Trébol by Frankenstian

Sugar Skull Illustration by Chris Spooner

All These Personal Things by Gerwin Bast

FEAR OF HOLY APE-SHIT by Dathink

-L- Branding & Character Design by TAMER KOSELI

The Eternal Climb by chipzdarsky

Calendar illustration by Lindedesign

The Army by Made in Norway

Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head by Boris Hasabike

Neighbourhood by Bruce Mackay

Last week I posted the Vandelay Premier giveaway and today I am happy to announce the winners. Congrats to the winners and thanks to everyone who participated. Even if you didn’t win, be sure to check out all the resources a Vandelay Premier membership offers! Check below to see if you won.

Winners

The winner’s contact info will be sent to Vandelay and they will be contacting you soon about your membership.

• Matthew Hanna
• Steve Robillard
• Stephanie Thompson

Last week I posted the Vandelay Premier giveaway and today I am happy to announce the winners. Congrats to the winners and thanks to everyone who participated. Even if you didn’t win, be sure to check out all the resources a Vandelay Premier membership offers! Check below to see if you won.

Winners

The winner’s contact info will be sent to Vandelay and they will be contacting you soon about your membership.

• Matthew Hanna
• Steve Robillard
• Stephanie Thompson

The Perspective Grid Feature is a nice addition to Illustrator CS5. With any new feature, it’s a good idea to get familiar with keyboard shortcuts so you can use the new feature more efficiently and cut down the learning curve. One tip that is helpful when using a perspective grid is to quickly toggle a perspective grid’s visibility.

Toggle a Perspective Grid’s Visibility

When using the Perspective Grid Tool (Shift +P) or the Perspective Selection Tool (Shift +V), hold down the Alt / Option key, and click the one of the any of grid plane widgets to toggle between line, solid, and invisible. Take a look at the images below to get an idea of where the grid planes are and the difference between line, solid, and invisible.

Grid Planes

Line, Solid, Invisible

The Perspective Grid Feature is a nice addition to Illustrator CS5. With any new feature, it’s a good idea to get familiar with keyboard shortcuts so you can use the new feature more efficiently and cut down the learning curve. One tip that is helpful when using a perspective grid is to quickly toggle a perspective grid’s visibility.

Toggle a Perspective Grid’s Visibility

When using the Perspective Grid Tool (Shift +P) or the Perspective Selection Tool (Shift +V), hold down the Alt / Option key, and click the one of the any of grid plane widgets to toggle between line, solid, and invisible. Take a look at the images below to get an idea of where the grid planes are and the difference between line, solid, and invisible.

Grid Planes

Line, Solid, Invisible

This post is part of a weekly series showcasing inspirational vector art. Although the series showcases vector art, some work might just be vector inspired, not created completely with vector art. If you have any art suggestions, feel free to comment! For more vector art inspiration, check out the Vectips Flickr Group.

Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World Poster by Martin Ansin

Exposición Networked Cats. (Ibiza) by Daniel Tur

Sanjay Patel

Space 1 by netoplasma

wolfswing by (((sam)))

Exit Man and Alesk by Tsuna Me

Jonathan Calugi

Jonathan Calugi

Mecha Shark by Ape74

Helios e Luna by JrDragao

The Keeper by K-A-D-L

Jackson Armstrong

Jackson Armstrong

The Power and Glory by Sam Fout

King Kong-1933 by 4gottenlore

Julia Tarasenko

Demons & Diamonds by Jared Nickerson, Cuypi, ZombieCorp, and Niark

Tiger Chief DBH by Zadok44

Timba Smits

Noise by helenesse

Meow Remix by Kat S. Moon

Lindedesign

This post is part of a weekly series showcasing inspirational vector art. Although the series showcases vector art, some work might just be vector inspired, not created completely with vector art. If you have any art suggestions, feel free to comment! For more vector art inspiration, check out the Vectips Flickr Group.

Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World Poster by Martin Ansin

Exposición Networked Cats. (Ibiza) by Daniel Tur

Sanjay Patel

Space 1 by netoplasma

wolfswing by (((sam)))

Exit Man and Alesk by Tsuna Me

Jonathan Calugi

Jonathan Calugi

Mecha Shark by Ape74

Helios e Luna by JrDragao

The Keeper by K-A-D-L

Jackson Armstrong

Jackson Armstrong

The Power and Glory by Sam Fout

King Kong-1933 by 4gottenlore

Julia Tarasenko

Demons & Diamonds by Jared Nickerson, Cuypi, ZombieCorp, and Niark

Tiger Chief DBH by Zadok44

Timba Smits

Noise by helenesse

Meow Remix by Kat S. Moon

Lindedesign