5 Very Useful Free iPad Icon Sets For Designers

January 30, 2010 | Thoughts & Words By | 28 Comments

5 Very Useful Free iPad Icon Sets For Designers

Okay, so we all went a little crazy when Steve Jobs introduced us to the iPad. Despite the mixed responses worldwide, I am actually quite excited about the iPad, but I am going to wait till the next generation devices are released before I buy it. Apart from some of us who snickered about the

Project 365 Vector Characters – Ekola For Day 26

January 29, 2010 | Thoughts & Words By | 6 Comments

Project 365 Vector Characters – Ekola For Day 26

    Day 26 – Ekola Ekola is practicing his mean demeanor in the woods today. That’s because he doesn’t want you to leave your empty cans and plastic bags lying around. He does have big yellow teeth to crush it all and recycle it in his big leafy mouth but today he is over capacity

Project 365 Vector Characters – Vania For Day 25

January 28, 2010 | Thoughts & Words By | 2 Comments

Project 365 Vector Characters – Vania For Day 25

    Day 25 – Vania Vania is the baby of the 5 Babushka sisters who got separated at a carnival. While her 4 older sisters got sold to loving families, she was bought by a doll hunter. 100 year old Olaf takes apart dolls in his dusty old attic and creates ghastly toys with the

48 Brilliantly Creative And Demented Vector Characters

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48 Brilliantly Creative And Demented Vector Characters

Today I have rounded up 48 brilliantly creative and demented vector characters for your inspiration. When I say demented, I mean really mad and quite insane actually. I love the freedom vectors provide, the ease with which one can conjure up creatures and characters that are as weird as they are implausible.  I love how

Project 365 Vector Characters – Karate For Day 24

January 27, 2010 | Thoughts & Words By | 5 Comments

Project 365 Vector Characters – Karate For Day 24

    Day 24 – Karate Remember Mr. Couch Potato, the Mayor of Organic Town? You might also remember that he was in dire trouble. Well, he doesn’t have to worry anymore. I have pulled out Karate, the soba noodle out of Ramenville to come and be Mr. Couch’s security head. Why, you ask? Well, Karate

Project 365 Vector Characters – Dude For Day 23

January 26, 2010 | Thoughts & Words By | 1 Comment

Project 365 Vector Characters – Dude For Day 23

    Day 23 – Dude It’s Australia Day today! Dude is lazing it up at the beach with his mates and some coldies. Just chilling, soaking up the hot Aussie sun, dreaming of big surfs and falling asleep. That is exactly what I did and it felt great! Time Taken : 25 minutes Softwares :

Project 365 Vector Characters – Mr Couch For Day 22

January 25, 2010 | Thoughts & Words By | 6 Comments

Project 365 Vector Characters – Mr Couch For Day 22

    Day 22 – Mr. Couch Mr. Couch looks after the other vegetables and fruits in Organic Town. After all, he is their Mayor. And a good one too! But Forky and Spooney, the metal bandits of Marketville have ganged up with Stripper the onion and his hoodlums to oust the good Mayor and take

Project 365 Vector Characters – Kommenti For Day 21

January 24, 2010 | Thoughts & Words By | 4 Comments

Project 365 Vector Characters – Kommenti For Day 21

    Day 21 – Kommenti "Ciao, io sono Kommenti!". I use Google’s translate service to translate "Hello, I’m Kommenti!" from English to Italian. That is my character for today. I like him very much, maybe because I have a fondness for everything Italian, but more because he came to me in a flash and he

Project 365 Vector Characters – Mercurie For Day 20

January 23, 2010 | Thoughts & Words By | 7 Comments

Project 365 Vector Characters – Mercurie For Day 20

    Day 20 – Mercurie Mercurie has always been a nerd. Even when she was little, all the other little pops were learning to churn and set themselves on sticks in school. But she was already onto temperatures, soaking up every bit of information about temperatures and how to control them. Now she is the

A Complete Logo Design Process For An Eco Green Logo

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A Complete Logo Design Process For An Eco Green Logo

  A couple of months ago, I was approached by Mark Adair of Envision Customworks to design a logo for his environmentally friendly building and construction company. Envision Customworks was launched in March 2009 in Jackson, Mississippi by Mark and his brother. They are a construction company that specializes in higher end remodels. They build

Project 365 Vector Characters – Mt Cretaceous For Day 19

January 22, 2010 | Thoughts & Words By | 1 Comment

Project 365 Vector Characters – Mt Cretaceous For Day 19

    Day 19 – Mt. Cretaceous Mt. Cretaceous is no ordinary anthill. He aspires to be a volcano every single day of his hot and dusty life. He tries all kinds of things and if he keeps it up, he will be a lava-spewing volcano in no time! Watch out you poor little, defenseless ants

Project 365 Vector Characters – Mishka For Day 18

January 21, 2010 | Thoughts & Words By | 5 Comments

Project 365 Vector Characters – Mishka For Day 18

    Day 18 – Mishka I get my driving license today and go for a drive all by myself, a new and heady experience at age 32. I have had a long day and all I want to do is put my feet up. But that would be giving up very easily on my character

Project 365 Vector Characters – Crazy Red For Day 17

January 20, 2010 | Thoughts & Words By | 6 Comments

Project 365 Vector Characters – Crazy Red For Day 17

    Day 17 – Crazy Red I am very excited today. The idea for today’s character has come to me early on in the day and I have been itching to play around in Illustrator all day. Night falls on Sydney and I finally have my chance. I know exactly what I am going to

Heartquake Prevention – A Prepare For Disaster Free Icon Set

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Heartquake Prevention – A Prepare For Disaster Free Icon Set

Today we have an unusual and very unique icon set available for free personal and commercial use. Iconshock, the guys who regularly keep bringing us amazing icons have created this beautiful icon set, acknowledging the horrors of the Haiti earthquake and making us rethink our priorities and prompting us to be prepared. These icons are

Project 365 Vector Characters – Emerily For Day 16

January 19, 2010 | Thoughts & Words By | 1 Comment

Project 365 Vector Characters – Emerily For Day 16

    Day 16 – Emerily I watch The Princess And The Frog, Disney’s tribute to the culturally rich New Orleans today. I quite enjoy it. That gets me thinking about the age old fairy tale of princesses kissing frogs and frogs turning into princes. What is there is a magic place where the frog just