http://www.vectortown.com A community and resource for vector artists Tue, 15 May 2007 00:31:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I came across this vector illustration of a Geisha at Steel Dolphin Art & Design Forums. It was submitted by Gustav Germann (aka Guger) and I found it to be a delightful blend of simplistic illustration and gradient mesh work. I asked him to send me a little info on his ... http://www.vectortown.com/archives/geisha-an-illustration-by-gustav-germann/ Is there a particular vector tutorial or artist/illustrator you would like to see featured on Vectortown? Let us know and we will see if we can accomodate you :) Email us at inquire[at]vectortown.com. http://www.vectortown.com/archives/what-would-you-like-to-see/ Here is a really nifty little tip and trick to make interesting strokes by using the Appearance Palette in Adobe Illustrator. Start off by creating a 4pt stroke with the line tool, and make its color blue or cyan. Once this is done open the Appearance palette by clicking on ... http://www.vectortown.com/archives/adobe-illustrator-tip-using-the-appearance-palette/ For the past few months I've been trying my hand at some logo contests over at SitePoint Forums and was surprised to see contest holders still requesting the .psd as the desired file format. Likewise, there are still a surprising amount of entrants asking contest holders if it's O.K. to ... http://www.vectortown.com/archives/identity-crisis-quality-control/ Jim Gunardson, 32, is a freelance artist who does most of his work for magazines. Jim wears many hats as a creative, as he also works as an interactive web designer, focusing on interface illustration, and icon design. Jim currently lives in New Jersey, right outside Philadelphia. He has lived ... http://www.vectortown.com/archives/feature-artist-jim-gunardson/ A very handy feature introduced in version 9 of Adobe Illustrator is the ability to assign custom keyboard shortcuts through the Keyboard Shortcuts Menu (alt+shift+ctrl+k or Edit Menu > Keyboard Shortcuts). In this menu you can assign new shortcuts to the Tools or Menu Commands. When you click on an item ... http://www.vectortown.com/archives/adobe-illustrator-tip-assigning-keyboard-shortcuts/ Have you ever been working in Adobe Illustrator and had an artboard full of many different objects or a very complex design but wanted to select one type or group of objects, and for example, want to change their color? You could manually try to go in and ungroup objects ... http://www.vectortown.com/archives/weekly-illustrator-tip-selecting-similar-objects-by-attributes/ Vector Art made a breakthrough with the distinctive cell-filled designs hitting the design community. What was a primitive style in the realm of cartooning became a mainstream, attractive, and desirable trend for pieces of artwork. Now history is repeating itself in the realm of Vector Art, shifting towards realism, through ... http://www.vectortown.com/archives/the-solid-cell-form/ Thanks to James Cabrera, one of VT's contributors for this engaging interview with the talented illustrator: Niccolo Balce of www.the-null.com How did you first start getting into illustration? I've been doodling ever since I was a kid. I actually used tracing paper back then 'coz my dad was an architect and ... http://www.vectortown.com/archives/niccolo-balce-interview/ It's finally here! Vectortown interviews John Schwegel, we hope you enjoy the read. Please feel free to post comments! How Long have you been working as an illustrator and designer? Can you tell us a bit about what you do day to day? I graduated from The Hussian School of Art in ... http://www.vectortown.com/archives/john-schwegel-interview/