Great online vectorization tool, Vector Magic!
As we know, vector art is very useful and I love vector arts because we can scale it without making it blurry like pixel images. Some of my reader emailed me asking how to make original vectors, so I post this with a hope to help my readers.
Since Adobe Streamline in the early 1990’s we can auto-trace bitmap images into vector graphics with smart technologies. For example Adobe Illustrator live trace function, Coreldraw, Cocoaportrait..etc. Obviously they are not as good as doing it by hand, so ultimately hand tracing is the best way to make precise vector arts.
However excellent geeks at Stanford developed a fantastic online Flash-powerd tool designed to convert bitmaps to vectors, Vector Magic, and the quality is just amazing!
Great free texture library site - Urban Dirty
I like the use of distressed elements in design sometime and when the design needs a grassroots or urban feel, especially distressed or rusted texture can save the day. Even distressed textured websites are not new but are still very popular.
Urban Dirty is a delarge project by Paul Burgess. It is a great free texture stock photography site and it allows us to download gritty and grimy images for free. You can combine these excellent textures and play around with the layer styles in Photoshop so that you can create grate textures!
Cheers!
Free vector foliage ornaments pack
This is for free vector fans! Foliage ornaments are often useful for little jazz up illustrations.
Thanks for the great sources,BenBlogged.com and Bittbox.com.
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