New! Royalty Free Vectors
Lightning, Blood Drips, Tattoos, Nautical, Cute Vector Charecters, and more
GoMedia does it again with their new release of Set 10 of their Royalty free vector arsenal. Set 10 includes Lightning, Tattoos, Cute Stuff, Anatomy 2, Hooved, Nautical, and Blood Drips. You can also purchase the individual sets.
User Showcase - Send me your stuff.
Send me you Stuff!!
Ok. I know I’ve been quiet lately, but I promise the pay off will be worthwhile. So I’ve started a jlwDesign User Showcase on Flickr.com
Mick & Mu
Meanwhile, checkout Mick and Mu from Moomu in Perth, Australia. They are a power photography and graphic design couple. They used Swirly Curls 4 and sent me their work so I’ve posted it all for you to see. enjoy!
Mu recently started a blog at theroute777.com and you can also catch Mu on Deviant Art and check out some of her other beautiful work.
33 Free Illustrator Symbols - Graffiti Grunge
Free Vectors - Graffiti and Other Art
Ok.. so I know you’ve been waiting and here is a new symbol set for you featuring 33 graffiti and other art related symbols. Enjoy
Illustrator Tutorial - Easy Glass Effects in Two Minutes
Tutorial Gratification in Two Minutes
I am reposting this tutorial because it was originally included with the Free Glass Symbol Set and it was too small. Soon to come - Illustrator Quickie - Brushes. Keep an eye out.
More About the Mesh
Change the color of a mesh point
Method 1 - Use Direct Selection Tool (The white arrow), select the mesh point, then choose your swatch
Method 2 – Drag the swatch to the mesh point
Remove unwanted mesh line segments
Method 1 - Using Mesh Tool holding down the Alt/Option key, click on a mesh line to delete
Free Illustrator Patterns - Japanese Bunnies
Free Japanese Fans and Bunny Patterns for Illustrator
Free Graphic Design Applications
Free Creative Suite CS3 Alternatives
There are so many free open-source applications out there that can save money for new designers and even allow designers who work in one medium to explore other mediums as well.Here’s a list of everything I could think of.
Free Illustration & Vector Art Applications
Free Photo Image Editing Software
Free Illustration, Animation, and Authoring Tools
Free Desktop Publishing Applications
Free Illustration & Vector Art Applications
Inkscape Product Page - Download Site
A free illustration and vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. It is very easy to edit nodes, perform complex path operations, trace bitmaps and much more. Featuring transparency, gradients, node editing, pattern fills, PNG export, and more.
InsightPoint Product Page - Download Site
InsightPoint creates sophisticated illustration and layout for Web and print. When it comes to spell out and share your ideas, in text and in graphics as well, InsightPoint is the fastest and easiest way to get you there. Built on top of XML technologies, comprehensive object-oriented vector design tools, trivial learning curve, and smooth drawing experience. Besides popular bitmap outputs, InsightPoint can also create high-quality, Web-deployable multipage slide shows in the compact, sharp SVG format. Version 3.2.5.2 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
Karbon 14 - Product Page
Karbon is a vector-based drawing application for KOffice. It allows artists to create complex drawings without losing image quality when zooming in on, or resizing the drawing. You can use Karbon to add finishing touches to diagrams created using Kivio or charts created using KChart. Graphic design ideas can be quickly and easily transformed into high quality illustrations with Karbon.
SodiPodi - Product Page - Download
Sodipodi is a vector-based drawing program, like CorelDraw® or Adobe Illustrator® from the proprietary software world, and Sketch or Karbon14 from the free software world. It is free software, distributed under the terms of the Gnu General Public License, Version 2.
Skencil - Product Page
Skencil is a Free Software interactive vector drawing appliction. Known to run on GNU/Linux and other UNIX-compatible systems, it is a flexible and powerful tool for illustrations, diagrams and other purposes. A somewhat unique (for a drawing program) feature of Skencil is that it is implemented almost completely in a very high-level, interpreted language, Python. Python is powerful, object-oriented and yet easy to use.
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Free Seamless Patterns & Illustrator Swatches
Free Elegant Curls Pattern Pack for Illustrator & Photoshop.
Free Vector Graphics From Arsenal
Free Illustrator Swatches & Brushes - Grapes
Seamless Pattern Swatches (or Brushes) for Illustrator & Image pack for Photoshop
Free Patterns for my new scrapbooking friends.
Free Swatches and Seamless Patterns
Victorian Scrapbooking Seamless Pattern Swatches for Illustrator
Also you can download the pattern pack for Photoshop!
Free Illustrator Patterns for my new scrapbooking friends.
Try. Tweak. Rearrange. Delete. Freak. Start again.
Life’s not easy when your mind always wanders. Sugar, caffeine, salt and contemplation beseech you. Internally hypocritical, ruled by aesthetic caprice, you dissect the actual and seduce the imaginary. Your inner turmoil plaguing you as every small (often unnoticed) success is fashioned together by a sequence of countless failures - then instantly antsy upon completion.
