Free Floral Brush Kit for Illustrator

JPEG Pattern Pack for Photoshop

Free Download Elegant Pattern Pack

I’m so excited to announce that Adobe recently posted an article about the work I did for Illustrator CS4.  Check it out.  There’s free orgcharts, symbols and brush sets now available that will blow your mind.

The Joy of Charting

Contributed by Brenda Sutherland, Illustrator Team Rowing Captain

Last Friday Terry talked about some of the exciting new libraries and How To’s that we shipped with Illustrator CS4. I wanted to take time today to focus on some additional new CS4 Sample Art Files that show how Illustrator can be used to create visually intriguing, creative flow charts. Yes, you heard me right, I did say “Visually Intriguing” and “Flow Charts” in the same sentence!

Jennifer Willis is one of those rare designers who doesn’t cringe when taking on information graphics. Instead she has found a way of infusing her creative style into flow charts, while obviously having a great time doing it. Jennifer uses a variety of symbols and arrowheads that she creates. This adds a personal touch that reflects not only the designer but the client as well.

 

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Illustrator CS

Download Free Seamless Diamond Pattern 

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Download Sick Brush Kit 2.zip (1,513 kb)

Now you can do it yourself and create some really funky stuff. I’ve had so much fun with these. I’ve included the entire illustration so you can see how it was done.

“Looks Distorted!” If your result looks really distorted try flipping the brush. To do this:

• Double click the selected brush in the brush pallet

• Check Flip Along (or Flip Across)

• Click OK

• Click Apply to Strokes

Note: If you’ve used the brush already you may want to create a duplicate from the fly out menu and then flip the brush. That way the change does not affect the rest of your work).

Saving as a Brush Library - To save the as a Library:

• Select Save Brush Library from the Fly out menu.

• Save.

If you are looking for the first 4 parts of this set they currently reside at my sister site, www.jlwdesign.com.

This video wasn’t long enough, so we made it double-spaced.

New Royalty Free Vector Graphics from Go Media.

Buy the Entire Set 11 Package

(all 7 individual packs) with one low price and one download. You get 161 high quality and detailed vector pieces. If you buy all at once, you save a ton! You are getting a $105 value for only $52 bucks!

Included in the set are Hand-Drawn Skulls, Doodles, Trees 2, Birds 2, Suits, and Type Explosions, and International City Skylines.

Skateboard Skulls are Back - Sk8 Sk8 Sk8 Sk8 Sk8 Sk8 Sk8 Sk8

Based on the original Sk8 Skulls set, I’m pleased to post that the second set of hand drawn vector skull symbols and skull patterns are available to download.  In case you don’t remember the original set check out this the Ryan Sheckler repeat design to refresh your memory:

Download Now Sk8skulls.zip (5,292kb)

Free High Resolution Wood Textures

Wood Textures for Illustrator

High Resolution Wood Textures

Keep Designing - 90 Free Wood Grain High Resolution Textures

TextureLove

Wood Textures Illustrator Tutorials

I came across these illustrator tutorials by accident, but they are some of the best I’ve seen for creating textures. Kudos. Enjoy.

Vectips is a site for Adobe Illustrator tips, tricks, and tutorials created by Ryan Putnam. Whether you are a seasoned illustrator or just starting out, Vectips can lend you a hand.

iStockdiary Woodgrain Tutorial

This was an interesting post because this tutorial uses Illustrator’s Twirl and Warp tools. It is very easy to do and almost any level of Adobe user could easily finish take a stab and create a great library of simple woodtextures.

Illustrator Techniques - Woodgrain Tutorial Movie

Easy to follow Movie Clip from Illustrator Techniques.com

GoMedia does it again with their new release of Set 10 of their Royalty free vector arsenal. Set 10 includes Lightning, Tattoos, Cute Stuff, Anatomy 2, Hooved, Nautical, and Blood Drips. You can also purchase the individual sets.