tutorialblog.org— As a designer its always handy to have a collection of pre-made vector objects available to use in your designs, whether its illustrator files or photoshop shapes - here we have dugg out the very best for you.
Feb 20, 2007View in Crawl 4
If one were to argue that stock is bad because it's not using personal work, then it can be said that anyone who doesn't create his or her own fonts is stealing work from others as well. Sometimes using stock is the only option because you were given something that had to be done yesterday. Toiling in Illustrator for 5 hours creating what you need can be rewarding, but in the real world there just isn't time. Plus, aesthetics are stolen all the time. What's the difference making a vector of some old English-looking lion or some ornate swoosh or using a stock vector of one? Same product, you just wasted an hour of time (or more) making one.That said, if you ever want to *gasp* pay for some stock vectors, <a class="user" href="http://www.youworkforthem.com">http://www.youworkforthem.com</a> has some amazing sets that have been expanding lots lately.
it must be the programmer part of me that tells the designer in me to reuse and not recreate.Stock is an excellent resource to have on hand since time can be a factor in A LOT of design cases.and especially stock vector images since they can be modified much easier.And don't let jack-of-all-trade designers delude you into thinking stock raster images and stock vector images are the same.Sure, you can take a stock raster image and crop it, greyscale it, whatever, but its still essentially the same image.On the other hand, stock vectors are easier to edit. You can say "Hey, that's kind of the image i want but i don't want this element and this path can move here" and so forth, making it into a completely different image and only using the stock vector as a starting point.Then again, what do I know.
lokithefirstFeb 21, 2007
I posted an article that may be of assistance also...<a class="user" href="http://digg.com/design/An_Adventure_in_Vector_Extraction">http://digg.com/design/An_Adventure_in_Vector_Extraction</a>
Closed AccountFeb 21, 2007
vector rules, especially the SVG kind, see the overview on <a class="user" href="http://svg.startpagina.nl">http://svg.startpagina.nl</a>
imamessy1Feb 21, 2007
If one were to argue that stock is bad because it's not using personal work, then it can be said that anyone who doesn't create his or her own fonts is stealing work from others as well. Sometimes using stock is the only option because you were given something that had to be done yesterday. Toiling in Illustrator for 5 hours creating what you need can be rewarding, but in the real world there just isn't time. Plus, aesthetics are stolen all the time. What's the difference making a vector of some old English-looking lion or some ornate swoosh or using a stock vector of one? Same product, you just wasted an hour of time (or more) making one.That said, if you ever want to *gasp* pay for some stock vectors, <a class="user" href="http://www.youworkforthem.com">http://www.youworkforthem.com</a> has some amazing sets that have been expanding lots lately.
continuumFeb 22, 2007
it must be the programmer part of me that tells the designer in me to reuse and not recreate.Stock is an excellent resource to have on hand since time can be a factor in A LOT of design cases.and especially stock vector images since they can be modified much easier.And don't let jack-of-all-trade designers delude you into thinking stock raster images and stock vector images are the same.Sure, you can take a stock raster image and crop it, greyscale it, whatever, but its still essentially the same image.On the other hand, stock vectors are easier to edit. You can say "Hey, that's kind of the image i want but i don't want this element and this path can move here" and so forth, making it into a completely different image and only using the stock vector as a starting point.Then again, what do I know.
thankthecheeseFeb 22, 2007
@TNhitokiri vector graphics are graphics created using mathematically defined shapes, as opposed to pixels. You create a vector graphic by connecting a series of nodes together, as well as defining the curve angle between each node:EG: <a class="user" href="http://www.webopedia.com/FIG/BEZIER.gif">http://www.webopedia.com/FIG/BEZIER.gif</a>EG: <a class="user" href="http://www.euclidraw.com/Eng_fls/EUC_htmls/Bezier_fls/cubcl.gif">http://www.euclidraw.com/Eng_fls/EUC_htmls/Bezier_fls/cubcl.gif</a>Because they are created mathematically, you can scale them to a any size; the computer will just redraw the shape as it needs to, keeping the edges clean and crisp always. You might create a vetor button in illustrator, for example. but you would need to export it as a raster image (jpg, gif etc) in order to place it on a webpage, unless you're using Flash.
abstractegoFeb 22, 2007
Very Nice Finds.. Thanks For Sharing! :)
animeruntMay 3, 2007
Very helpful! Thanks!
difegioMay 22, 2007
Great Links - Thanks :)
peterobMay 22, 2007
Nice site men. Many Thanks!!!!Another great free resource site <a class="user" href="http://designtemplate.blogspot.com">http://designtemplate.blogspot.com</a>See u around.
orsolyaJun 5, 2007
I love this ressource. It's super helpful:)
netadeDec 4, 2007
Another site as well with free vectors...<a class="user" href="http://www.stockvectorart.com">http://www.stockvectorart.com</a>
vectormanJun 17, 2008
Another site as well with free vectors..<a class="user" href="http://www.uberpiglet.com">http://www.uberpiglet.com</a>
truonganhduongJan 13, 2012
http://xuonginoffset.com/