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  • Vectips Monthly Roundup: August 2010

    • Wednesday, 1 Sep 2010, 12:40 PDT (2 days ago)
    • By: Rype, Vectips

    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…

  • Weekly Vector Inspiration #85

    • Friday, 27 Aug 2010, 06:17 PDT (1 week ago)
    • By: Rype, Vectips

    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…

  • Vandelay Premier Winners

    • Wednesday, 25 Aug 2010, 07:28 PDT (2 weeks ago)
    • By: Rype, Vectips

    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…

  • Quickly Toggle a Perspective Grid’s Visibility

    • Tuesday, 24 Aug 2010, 10:05 PDT (2 weeks ago)
    • By: Rype, Vectips

    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…

  • Weekly Vector Inspiration #84

    • Friday, 20 Aug 2010, 06:10 PDT (2 weeks ago)
    • By: Rype, Vectips

    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…

  • Distort Linear Gradients in Envelope Distorts

    • Wednesday, 18 Aug 2010, 12:20 PDT (3 weeks ago)
    • By: Rype, Vectips

    I came across this trick randomly and decided to post about to get your opinion. It seems like a pretty cool little trick, but honestly, I haven’t found a great use for it. It is fun to play around…

  • Win a One-Year Vandelay Premier Account

    • Tuesday, 17 Aug 2010, 10:26 PDT (3 weeks ago)
    • By: Rype, Vectips

    Vandelay Design is giving 3 lucky Vectips readers a one-year Vandelay Premier account! Vandelay Premier provides tons of design resources, career resources, reports, e-books, discounts on products and services and more. All to help designers with the business and…

  • Weekly Vector Inspiration #83

    • Friday, 13 Aug 2010, 07:31 PDT (3 weeks ago)
    • By: Rype, Vectips

    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…

  • Create a Polished Raised Type Treatment

    • Thursday, 12 Aug 2010, 07:39 PDT (4 weeks ago)
    • By: Rype, Vectips

    If you have read some of my other type tutorials, you know I love the Appearance panel. This tutorial is no different. Using the Appearance panel, some gradients, and transforms, you can create a polished lifted type treatment. Using…

  • Winners of the 100 Postcards From UPrinting.com

    • Thursday, 12 Aug 2010, 07:05 PDT (4 weeks ago)
    • By: Rype, Vectips

    Last week I posted the “Win 100 Postcards From UPrinting.com” giveaway and today I’m happy to announce the winners! Congratulation to the winners and thanks to everyone that participated! Check to see if you won below. If you didn’t win,…

  • Weekly Vector Inspiration #82

    • Friday, 6 Aug 2010, 08:48 PDT (4 weeks ago)
    • By: Rype, Vectips

    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…

  • Win 100 Postcards From UPrinting.com

    • Wednesday, 4 Aug 2010, 10:13 PDT (5 weeks ago)
    • By: Rype, Vectips

    UPrinting.com is giving two lucky Vectips readers 100 postcards! It’s easy to participate, all you have to do is leave a comment below telling us how you will use the postcards if you win. You can get pretty creative…

  • Vectips Monthly Roundup: July 2010

    • Tuesday, 3 Aug 2010, 05:01 PDT (3 August 2010)
    • By: Rype, Vectips

    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…

  • Weekly Vector Inspiration #81

    • Friday, 30 Jul 2010, 06:51 PDT (30 July 2010)
    • By: Rype, Vectips

    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…

  • Weekly Vector Inspiration #80

    • Friday, 23 Jul 2010, 09:12 PDT (23 July 2010)
    • By: Rype, Vectips

    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…

  • Weekly Vector Inspiration #79

    • Friday, 16 Jul 2010, 08:25 PDT (16 July 2010)
    • By: Rype, Vectips

    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…

  • Weekly Vector Inspiration #78

    • Friday, 9 Jul 2010, 07:01 PDT (9 July 2010)
    • By: Rype, Vectips

    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…

  • Quick Tip: Quickly Switch Between Open Tabbed Documents

    • Wednesday, 7 Jul 2010, 08:52 PDT (7 July 2010)
    • By: Rype, Vectips

    I’m sure some of you already know about this, but if you don’t, you can save some time while working tabbed documents in Illustrator CS4 and CS5. Press Command (Control on Windows) and the ~ (the tilde key) to…

  • Weekly Vector Inspiration #77

    • Friday, 2 Jul 2010, 07:41 PDT (2 July 2010)
    • By: Rype, Vectips

    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…

  • Vectips Monthly Roundup: June 2010

    • Thursday, 1 Jul 2010, 13:06 PDT (1 July 2010)
    • By: Rype, Vectips

    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…

  • Weekly Vector Inspiration #76

    • Friday, 25 Jun 2010, 07:07 PDT (25 June 2010)
    • By: Rype, Vectips

    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…

  • Weekly Vector Inspiration #75

    • Friday, 18 Jun 2010, 09:13 PDT (18 June 2010)
    • By: Rype, Vectips

    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…

  • Amazing Free Seamless Pattern Generator Templates for Illustrator

    • Thursday, 17 Jun 2010, 09:37 PDT (17 June 2010)
    • By: Rype, Vectips

    After I posted the latest tutorial, Create a Trendy Type Pattern Treatment, I received an email from Matt from Mad Pattern pointing out his free seamless pattern generator templates for Illustrator. After I download and played around with the…

  • Weekly Vector Inspiration #74

    • Friday, 11 Jun 2010, 07:16 PDT (11 June 2010)
    • By: Rype, Vectips

    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…

  • Weekly Vector Inspiration #73

    • Friday, 4 Jun 2010, 08:01 PDT (4 June 2010)
    • By: Rype, Vectips

    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…

  • Vectips Monthly Roundup: May 2010

    • Thursday, 3 Jun 2010, 06:43 PDT (3 June 2010)
    • By: Rype, Vectips

    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…

  • Weekly Vector Inspiration #72

    • Friday, 28 May 2010, 07:10 PDT (28 May 2010)
    • By: Rype, Vectips

    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…

  • Create a Trendy Seamless Type Pattern

    • Thursday, 27 May 2010, 08:00 PDT (27 May 2010)
    • By: Rype, Vectips

    In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a trendy seamless type pattern in Illustrator using some text and icons. Although I won’t go in-depth about creating the icons, we will take a close look at creating…

  • Weekly Vector Inspiration #71

    • Friday, 21 May 2010, 09:17 PDT (21 May 2010)
    • By: Rype, Vectips

    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…

  • Winner of the TrendyPacks Contest

    • Friday, 21 May 2010, 07:08 PDT (21 May 2010)
    • By: Rype, Vectips

    Last week I posted the “Win 3000 Vector and Design Elements from TrendyPack”s giveaway and today I’m happy to announce the winner! Congratulation to the winner and thanks to everyone that participated! Check to see if you won below.…