5 Sources for Free Awesome Vector Graphics
Let’s face it, not all of us are artists. Many of us are designers, who create inspiring works using great source materials created by talented artists. The web is filled with a plethora of amazing stock art, but sometimes it’s hard to find sources at a size large enough to incorporate into a new finished design. This is especially true when it comes to print work.
Vector art, or art created using programs that use mathematical equations to represent lines, shapes, color and so on can be scaled to any size without any concern of resolution. In other words, you can make it as big as you need it, and it won’t break it up and get pixelated. It takes a lot of skill to create vector imagery, and the learning curve is high, but the good news is that a lot of artists want to give their stuff away for free.
Here are 5 sources for great vector art:
www.brandsoftheworld.com (Be sure to read how these images can be used)
all-silhouettes.com (Warning: some of the silhouettes on this site are bit risque)
osborn4 said,
Wrote on July 7, 2010 @ 12:33 pm
This is great. What is the best way to use these in Photoshop? I do not have Illustrator. Whenever I import any of my other .ai files, it asks me for a size and rasterized it.
Is there any way to use an .ai to create a custom shape or brush w/o having Illustrator?
Thanks.
osborn4 said,
Wrote on July 7, 2010 @ 12:36 pm
BTW, the link to multimedia-stock.com is broken.
The MO Guys said,
Wrote on July 7, 2010 @ 5:24 pm
Joel,
You want to choose FILE>PLACE to add it to an image you’re working with in Photoshop. THis lets you make it any size you want.
You can make vector files into brushes, but I don’t have that process down pat. I’ll look into it.
sempei13 (Paul Clifford) said,
Wrote on July 7, 2010 @ 5:36 pm
RT @midnightoilprod: 5 Sites for Free Vector graphics: http://www.midnightoilproductions.com/2010/07/free_vector_graphics/
dljordaneku (Darrell Jordan) said,
Wrote on July 7, 2010 @ 5:41 pm
RT @midnightoilprod: 5 Sites for Free Vector graphics: http://www.midnightoilproductions.com/2010/07/free_vector_graphics/
osborn4 said,
Wrote on July 8, 2010 @ 7:15 am
Thanks. I’ll give that a shot.
And I see you’ve fixed the link.