Vector Art

A collection of vector illustrations designed by Gerd Kollmann aka AnarchyNow including Darth Vader, a girl's face, pop art lips, skulls, a zombie, a rock fist and grunge graphics.

Dai-Dai Tran is a Parisian vector artist with a clear and recognizable no-nonsense style. Taking advantage of the full potential of vector-driven software, Dai-Dai’s illustrations are sharp, smart and cheeky. His portraits of celebrities - dead or alive – as Michael Jackson, Che Guevara, Pharell Williams, Michael Jordan or president Obama show a beautiful synergy of character design and storytelling, merged with original structures, vivid colors and with amazing illustration skills.

Warning: Brazilian illustrator Guilherme Marconi’s images may cause severe reactions to people allergic to glorious bright colors and kaleidoscopic repetitions. For his project “My Schizophrenic Brain”, Marconi created wallpaper-like vector patterns, with a twist. His motto seems to be “Never Enough”. For Marconi, less is not more. More is more!

In this tutorial I will show you how to make semi realistic waving flag. The shading technique we will use later is so simple and can be applied to any object whatever shape it has.

Tutorial Details

• Program: Adobe Illustrator
• Version: CS
• Difficulty: intermediate
• Estimated Completion Time: 45 - 60 minutes

Grzegorz Domaradzki aka GABZ is a Polish illustrator and graphic designer with amazing drawing skills who loves to adapt and push his work into new directions. He is an excellent visual sampler; in his vector artworks and graphic designs he reuses images of music and movie icons, old time heroes and other symbols that are part of popular culture and transforms them into close-to-perfection artworks.

Some people love to work with personal messages or important issues. Andrew Bannecker, an established digital artist who dabbles and professionalizes in vector illustration is such a person. Andrew Bannecker managed to bag reputable clients like Starbucks, Vodafone and Coca-Cola. Being the talent that he is, his work is wildly recognized by Communication Arts, American Illustration, Society of Illustrators, 3x3 Magazine and SILA.

In this vector tutorial I will show you one of quick and easy way to create a tree with very nice highlight and shade.

Tutorial Details

• Program: Adobe Illustrator
• Version: CS
• Difficulty: Easy/ intermediate
• Estimated Completion Time: 60 - 90 minutes