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Rubens Cantuni aka Tokyo Candies, a 27-year-old art director born in Genoa, Italy, found his passion already in his early days. Instead of roughing it up with the boys or kicking a football around in the fields, you would most probably find Rubens huddled up at home drawing, reading books and comics or listening to music while concocting his next masterpieces.

A little story… Once upon a time in a country far, far away lived an American cartoonist Axtor Disney. Axtor was an amazing magician, illustrator and musician, all in one. Together with his younger brothers Walter E. and Roy O. Disney, he founded The Walt Disney Company in 1923. So far so good...

What do we know about Axtor Espeluzland? That he was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. That he is rather self-taught than a model student. That he always loved to draw and made a career out of his passion in his twenties. As a graphic artist and illustrator, Axtor touches many different disciplines: drawing, graphical design, painting, vector art and installation art. Throughout the years he has worked with all kind of forms, formats, materials and supports in order to create surprising parallel universes. An interview with the grand master of surprise.

1, 2, 3… Hey Ho, Lets Go! VectorNET is a resource and showcase for the best vector logos from all over the world. This week we present our first selection of vector logo designs that will hopefully inspire you. For our selection, we focused on commercial logos that use powerful methods to represent the brands in typography, shapes and use of color. 

French street art heroes 123-Klan started as a graffiti crew in 1992. Today, Scien and Klor run 123-Klan as a creative studio in Montréal, Canada, specialized in vector art, character development, toy design and advertising. With prestigious brands and companies as Lamborghini, Coca Cola, Stussy, Sony, Nike, adidas and even Nasdaq on their client list, it becomes clear how graffiti style and vector illustrations have infiltrated the maintream martket.

TADO is Katie & Mike, a hard working couple with extraordinary vector art skills. Mike and Katie founded TADO back in 2001 whilst they were still at university. Housed up in their ‘little agency’ in Sheffield, UK, TADO’s fire of inspiration will be felt for a long time to come.

As you certainly know, vector art and digital illustration are a big trend within the graphic design world. We see vector artworks everywhere: from fashion illustrations, motion graphics, print media to web design…