"Eco vector light"


Three real nice eco lights. Perfect vector work.
Author unknown. Only for personal use.
1 AI : 360 KB

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"San Francisco metro map"


The vector map of the San Francisca Metro. A really nice one here. Enjoy.
Author unknown.
1 AI : 1,5 MB

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"Old angel woodcut"


A nice vectorized woodcut. Unfortunately I don't know the artist.
By vectorstuff.
1 AI : 4,8 MB

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"BMW 1 series"


Unbelieveble vector work. A BMW 1.
Author unknown. Only for personal use.
1 AI : 1,9 Mb

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"London Tube map"


Real cool vector map of the London Tube. The London Underground is
the world's oldest underground railway and the oldest rapid transit
system. It was also the first underground railway to operate electric
trains. It is usually referred to as the Underground or the Tube.
Author unknown.
1 AI : 550 KB

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"Chinese design elements"


Some nice chinese style vector design elements.
Author unknown. Only for personal use.
1 AI : 2,4 MB

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"Washington D.C. metro map"


The whole metro vector map of Washington D.C. USA.
By WMATA.
1 AI : 800 KB

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"Electric bulb"


Beautiful vector light bulb.
Author unknown.
1 AI : 3,7 MB

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"Financial vector icons"


Vector set with financial icons.
Author unknown. Only for personal use.
1 AI : 4,4 MB

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"Maschine silhouettes"


Vector silhouettes of some big maschines from the harbour. Enjoy it!
By vectorstuff.
1 AI : 2,2 MB

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"Music elements"


Music vector design elements with notelines and keynotes.
Author unknown. Only for personal use.
1 AI : 800 KB

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"USA vector map"


Perfect vector map ot the US. With state polygons and major cities.
By vectorstuff.
1 AI : 1,3 MB

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"Fly"


Really cool high detailed vector flies.
Author unknown.
1 AI : 330 KB

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"Romantic ornaments"


Arrangement of romantic vector ornaments and design elements.
Author unknown. Only for personal use.
1 AI : 500 KB

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Pet Monster


My daughter Savannah and her pet monster.

This past week I did a presentation at the Adobe MAX Conference called "Working SmARTer." The session focused on the creative process and how you could use smart objects in Ai and Ps.

To help illustrate the use of smart objects I created a project where I used a combination of photography and illustration. My daughter Savannah gave me the idea so I made her part of the project and she did a great job acting the part as you can see in the image above.


Close up of pet monster "Gooblymook."

As my daughter explains pet monsters live in your pockets, they enjoy wearing small hats, piercing their ears and because they dwell in the dark most times their vision tends to be poor and requires corrective lenses.

Every so often they come out and enjoy the fresh lint-free air.


Kanji for "Create."

Pet monsters are part of Asian lore and only speak fluent Japanese. This timid fellow is proclaiming "Create."

My daughter rules! Go Savannah!



"Flying bird sillhouettes"


High detailed victor sillhouettes of some flying birds.
Author unknown. Only for personal use.
1 AI : 110 KB

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"Old angel ornaments"


Beautiful old vectorized ornaments and drawings of angels and objects.
Author unknown.
1 AI : 4,3 MB

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"Khokhloma Set 2"


Author unknown. Only for personal use.
1 AI : 2,1 MB

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"Don't smoke"


More and more needed these times. The don't smoke signs.
By vectorstuff.
1 AI : 2,3 MB

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Tournesol 5th Anniversary @ Headlands

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Chris Ballantyne

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Clare Rojas

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Yoon Lee

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Paul Wackers

headlands center for the arts gives the Tournesol award to one bay area painter with a recent mfa degree each year. the award includes a studio at the headlands, a $10,000 stipend, and a solo show at the end of the residency.

headlands is now hosting its 5th anniversary exhibition for the program with work from the first five winners (Chris Ballantyne, Clare Rojas, Yoon Lee, Leslie Shows, Ana Teresa Fernandez) and the current recipient (Paul Wackers).

the show runs November 9 – December 7, 2008. check it in person.

more photos after the jump.
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Chris Ballantyne

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Clare Rojas

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Leslie Shows

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"Funny vintage heads"


Some old style sketches of funny guys.
Author unknown.
1 AI : 2,3 MB

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"Mixed design elements"


And another fantastic set of mixed design elements.
Author unknown. Only for personal use.
1 AI : 640 KB

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"Turkish football logos"


Glas style logos of the most famous football clubs in Turkey. Enjoy.
By vectorstuff.
1 AI : 250 KB

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"Airplane silhouettes"


Some selected vector airplane silhouettes.
Really don't know what kind of planes these are. Maybe Boeing?
Author unknown.
1 AI : 1,2 MB

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"Vintage bike"


Really really cool vintage vector bike by sabasdesign.
1 AI : 1,2 MB

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"Floral elements"


Nice set of beautiful floral graphic vector elements.
Author unknown. Only for personal use.
1 AI : 2 MB

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"Mixed icons"


A collection of international icons. Always needed.
1 AI : 1,2 MB

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"Stamp template"


Want your own stamp design? This useful template will help. Enjoy.
1 AI : 1,1 MB

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"Fragile signs"


Set of some useful fragile signs from old boxes and cases.
By vectorstuff.
1 AI : 1,5 MB

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"Taj Mahal"


The Taj Mahal is a mausoleum located in Agra, India, that was built under
Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal.
The Taj Mahal (also "the Taj") is considered the finest example of Mughal
architecture, a style that combines elements from Persian, Turkish, Indian,
and Islamic architectural styles.
Author unknown.
1 AI : 1,7 MB

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Recently Spotted - Part 2


"Beat Street" and "Beat Street Inline" font.

The font "Beat Street" shown above I designed about 12 years ago. Like I said in my previous post about this type face, it's been a while since I designed a font. For the past four years however I have slowly been working on a new one called "Nincompoop" which I plan on finishing up and producing in 2009 sometime.

Over the years I've spotted my fonts being used in a variety of ways. You can view some of the "Beat Street" examples here in my previous post.


"Beat Street" spotted in the movie "Freaky Friday."

My youngest daughter was watching the movie "Freaky Friday" in my studio yesterday and I watched along as I worked and something in one of the scenes struck me as familiar. I hit rewind on my TiVo and sure enough there it was, my "Beat Street" font used on some poster in a scene of this movie.


"Beat Street" used in some type of motivational poster?

I never go hunting for this stuff I always stumble upon it and the context it's used in most often is craptacular at best. I can create a cool font but I can't control if and how a bad designer chooses to use it.

If any of you happen to spot this font being used please let me know I'd love to see it and document the usage with a new post.

BTW: You can test drive and purchase the "Beat Street" font here.