Illustration

14 Sep 2016

Tutorial: How to Make Seamless Pattern Repeats in Adobe Illustrator

Ever wondered how to create seamless patterns in Illustrator? This short video gives you short instructions on how to accomplish this. Video is by TheVectorLab

08 Sep 2016

Drawing a map in Illustrator

I'm currently in the drawing process of a map in Illustrator. In fact, it's a series of maps. The maps need to be in good print quality and also available online in a pdf. I searched for a good solution to cover both needs. Obviously, you go to Google Maps and take a screenshot of your map and location but this results in poor quality as the screenshot has a low resolution. I found some work arounds - i tried "my maps on Google" but the quality for print is not what i was looking for, it was poor quality and poor adjustment options. So i decided to draw them myself in Adobe Illustrator with the Google Map as a template layer as a starting point. I found some good, short video tutorials on how to create roads, rivers and labels in your maps:

25 May 2016

Understanding vector graphics

Short and comprehensive tutorial on vector graphics versus bitmap

18 May 2016

The new Instagram logo

Designer Tobias van Schneider gives his thoughts after many people ventilated their opinion on Twitter on the new icon and Instagram design refinements. This is a quick video about this. Sums up my idea about it.

28 Apr 2016

Bister Brushes

I was experimenting with scanned drawings in Illustrator, and this resulted in a new collection brushes I created. These can be used to add some bister borders to illustrations.
The brushes are made for vector border work, they have a bister, brown ink look. The brushes are great to use for strokes in elements in illustrations. This is a set Bister Brushes and all illustrations come with the brushes applied.

01 Jul 2015

Creating Illustrations with Illustrator Draw

With the new version of Adobe Creative Cloud, it is now possible to create vector designs on the iPad or the iPhone with Adobe Illustrator Draw. You can connect with your content and upload your vectors to the community. Let's watch this video on how to start using Illustrator Draw

30 Mar 2015

18 Scatter Brushes

I was experimenting with scanned scribbles in Illustrator, and this resulted in a new collection brushes, this time these are scatter brushes. These can be used to add some texture in a flat background, like a sky or a sea.
The brushes are made for illustration work, they have a pencil, handmade feeling. The brushes are great to use for strokes in elements in illustrations. In the set are 18 vector Scatter Brushes and 5 illustrations in PNG with the brushes applied.

10 Feb 2015

Handdrawn Ink Brushes

For some time now, I have been working on brushes to give a handdrawn pencil effect on vector drawn illustrations. I have created a bunch of brushes in Illustrator. In case you are looking for a handdrawn, ink brush, check out the brushes i created.

08 Feb 2015

Wasco Brushes

I have been working on Wasco brushes to have an effect on vector drawn illustrations. I have created some wasco brushes in Illustrator. These brushes are meant to have a handdrawn look and feel on your illustrations.

15 May 2014

Stitches, patterns and brushes

Lately i have been working on stitches for fashion design, patterns for summer clothing and pencil style illustrations. I have created a bunch of brush and pattern sets in Illustrator. I made a little shop on Creative Market, it's a super friendly community of people sharing their creative ideas in products for low prices. In case you are looking for a unique brush, action, pattern, label, picture, illustration, font, style, template or anything in particular for your creative production, the answer is probably on this market. I created a short summary of the products i sell on Creative Market, i'm in the middle of building my little shop, so come back regularly to discover more ...