The Logo Design Process. Layers Magazine Tutorial

In this tutorial Jacob Cass takes us through the different stages of the logo design process: researching, composing a design brief, sketching, reflecting, developing, color brainstorming and presentation...

"Logo design in today’s world is totally underrated. People don’t understand how important a good logo is and how valuable it is to their business. Let me guide you through the basics of what makes a good logo, while also walking you through the process of creating the identity and logo design for one of my recent clients, Vero, a limited liability company based in Miami, Florida. Hopefully, this will give you an understanding of what actually goes on behind the scenes while creating a professionally designed logo..." Proceed to tutorial page

From Sketch To Vector Art

Vector Art Blog is always watching. And we never miss the chance to spread the word about online publications that we love."Locus Of Control" Blog just posted a great digital illustration tutorial that explains the process of creating sharp vector artwork from a sketch using a scanner and the Live Trace feature in Illustrator...

"When you scan a sketch into your computer, the lines are often light and have fuzzy edges. Resizing the scan blurs or pixelates the image. You can use Photoshop to darken the lines, but they’re still not going to be as clean and sharp as if you vectored the sketch.Vectoring your scanned sketches is great for comics or other artwork, and is especially handy in the process of logo design." Full Tutorial

10 More Free Vector Resources That You Might Have Missed

We are back with another nice collection of vector resources for digital illustrators. You can use them for brainstorming, inspiration or a starting point for your projects. You can see a tiny preview of each pack below. Please consider visitng the authors links and posting a comment if you have any problems using them...

European Art Deco Floral Pattern
A set of 2 seamless floral patterns for Adobe Illustrator 8 and above from Keep Designing.com. You can use this resource for creating a high resolution wallpaper or decorate an object in your composition. Free for personal and commercial use. Download

Pop Art Laurel Leaves
A popular symbol in a minimalistic / pop art style from ClickPop Media. Available in *.AI and *.EPS file formats. Free for personal and commercial use. Download


Soccer Player Vectors
A huge silhouette stock by Parka Design. Free for personal and commercial use. Download


Random Pattern Swatches for Adobe Illustrator
A collection of random seamless pattern swatches for Adobe Illustrator from Mmolai.com. To use, load the PDF file in Illustrator and open the swatches palette (Window>Swatches). The pack contains: "Polka dots, chain link fence, houndstooth, canvas, checkers 2.0, mario bricks and more.To alter any of the swatches (except the canvas) just drag them out of the swatch palette and scale them to the size you like or use the magic wand to change the color, then drag them back in." Download

Japanese Dragon Vector
A vector illustratoin of a Japanese dragon from www.vector-clipart-eps.com. It could be used for T-Shirt Design or a tattoo concept. "God Dragon & kanji Symbol (Japanese Pronunciation : Ryujin) Ryujin is a spiritual dragon from Japanese mythology that controls wind and rain." Free for personal and commercial use. Download

Ocean Creatures Vector Pack
A collection of ocean creature silhouettes by Jessica Romero, found at Vector Stuff Blog. Download

iPod Family Template
A free vector template from Designinator. The resource is in Adobe Freehand file format (.*FH11), but you can still use, customize or convert it to EPS or AI by opening it with Adobe Illustrator. Could be useful if you are working on iPhone skin project. Download


Vector Shopping Bags
A free vector stock from VectorJungle. The stock contains five cute vector illustrations of shopping bags. The resource is available in EPS and PDF file formats.Free for personal and commercial use. Download


Sketchy Vectors
A free vector stock from ragingcephalopod. "The pack includes a fist, 2 guns, a bird skull, a human skull, a ribcage and a crab claw. Download

Urabn Grunge Textures
A collection of vector textures in EPS from Cmicak. The resource is editable with most major vector editors. Download

Over One Hundred Twitter "Follow Me" Icons

Here is a great resourse for bloggers, website owners, web designers etc. that are already using Twitter...

A link to a huge pack (over 100 different concepts) of customizable vector "follow me" icons, iluustration and buttons. Useful for brainstorming on your micro-blogging identity.

For preview and download follow this link.

Trends in Logo Design for 2008

Since it is almost the end of the year (2008), I thought that posting a summarizing logo trend link is not a bad idea. The article is from LogoOrange.com - a great source of inspiration and identity design tips...

"Logos are the ultimate mark of distinction and everyone loves them. We see logos everyday - on the highways, on consumer goods, on the Web and in the institutions and organizations we support.

Read about the different types of logo designs here and learn what principles and techniques are used to create them. Discover what the future holds for logo design! " Article & Gallery

'Vector Art' on Twitter

This blog has launched a new Twitter feed, which is mostly used for posting new blog posting notifications and other digital illustration related links as well. If you don't feel shy and already have a Twitter account, feel free to follow the link below.

http://twitter.com/vectorart
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20 Exceptional Websites for Learning Adobe Illustrator

"Adobe Illustrator is the industry-standard when it comes to scalable vector artwork. As a designer, Illustrator is the right tool for graphics that need to be scaled. A prime example are logos which often need to be adapted for small mediums such as business cards, larger mediums like billboard signs, and converted to grayscale or black and white for mediums such as newspapers." Link

Drawing Vector Characters with Adobe Illustrator Tutorial

"Characters can add a recognisable face to your work. But how do you go from a sketch to the finished product? Peskimo talk through their process.

Character design is such a wide and varied subject that the specifics of each character’s process and gestation are unlikely to be the same for everyone...
However, some of the core principals, especially in the early stages of development, are key to creating a well-executed and memorable character." Full tutorial and support files Computer Arts Magazine

20 Websites for learning Adobe Illustrator online

A collection of useful website links that I found @ Digg.com. " In this collection, you ’ll find 20 excellent websites and blogs that provide high-quality tutorials and information on vector illustration and Adobe Illustrator." Link

50 Adobe Illustrator Tutorials

A comprehensive collection of Adobe Illustrator tutorials for pros and beginners. Some of the tutorials are focused on explaining the concept of drawing vectors, others are emphasizing on using specific tools like :Paintbrush Tool, Brush Panel, Mesh Tool, Patterns, 3D Extrude, Bevel Tool, Live Tracing ... etc. Enjoy ! Link

Creative Online Magazines

Another great collection of inspirational links, that I just found @ smashingapps.com. Have a look at 20 Creative and inspirational free design magazines here. Enjoy, I know the content is too exciting, but get some sleep from time to time, please ;) .

Vector Art Facebook Page

Vector-Art Blog just launched its Facebook Page. Feel free to share some feedback and suggestions. There you can also links to your artwork, ask for reviews and meet other creative people.

If you already have a Facebook account follow this link and join us.

10 Digital Illustration & Design Spots

A list of digital illustration and design links you should visit:

Design @ Digg.com - Digg's design directory

Colourlovers' Blog - Inspirational color articles on trends, color palettes, patterns, etc.

The Blog section @ Digital Arts - Reviews, Tutorials and Articles on Digital Design

Computer Arts Magazine - A design magazine.

Vector Tuts - A great website with a big variety vector tutorials.

How about Orange ? - Tutorials, Free downloads and useful resources.

Design M - Articles & Resources for designers.

Net Mag - The design section of Net Magazine.

Etstetica - A Graphic Design Forum.

Deviant Art - Where Art meets application.

Free Vectors

I found a great website for free vectors, you can also submit your own work and recieve feedback from other vector artists. "Vecteezy is an index of Free Vector Graphics available for download by some of the best artists around the world."