Archive for the ‘Vector’ category

Deity

arkade

A possessed arcade machine sits in a desolate futuristic landscape – populated by tentacles and thorny vines.

Neko

neko

The tragic tsunami in Japan made me think about what Japan means to me. This is something of a reflection of how I felt about Japansese culture as a 14 year old when it had the strongest impact, a heady combination of sakura trees and neko girls.

How to create texture with gradients in Illustrator CS4

A few quick techniques to add texture which I use all the time. I'm not going to describe the set up in detail, so it will help to already know the basics of Illustrator. The colours I'm using for this tutorial are CYMK (55.15,0,23.63,0) and CYMK (55.15,34,23.63,4). For the purposes of this tutorial I'm going to refer to the lighter colour as 'light' and the darker as 'dark'. 1 -…

How to create stylised vector fur in Illustrator CS4

This is the technique I used on No no I'm cute! and Pink monster. It's reaaaaally simple but people seem to like it. 1 – Background Select a background colour, this will be darker than colour of the fur. I've drawn a blue rectangle with the rectangle tool (M). 2 – Fur shape On a new layer (or the same layer it doesn't really matter) with the pen tool (P)…