free vectors, textures, etc 88 Responses

Last post: 4 months, 2 weeks ago | Thread started: Jul 18, 08, 6:25 a.m.

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• epigraph

  how do you feel about designers that offer free vectors, and textures and stuff? Who uses them?

  For the most part, I find the vectors to be too personal/recognizable to use. Textures are cool, but after a while, if you've seen one, you've seen em all.

  Jul 18, 08, 6:25 a.m. – Permalink

• Jimbo82

  I like to get free vectors just as something to start from, I generally change them so they don't look much like the original.

  

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  Dog-earJul 18, 08, 6:30 a.m. – Permalink

• MSL

  I don't use free vectors - I prefer to start from scratch. But I have let Juniors use them as a starting point.

  

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  Dog-earJul 18, 08, 6:34 a.m. – Permalink

• harlequino

  Sure come in handy when a client wants something snazzy looking on a rush job.

  • yeah I usually use them for something tedious like skylines and such.– epigraph

  

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  Dog-earJul 18, 08, 6:35 a.m. – Permalink

• Jimbo82

  Most of them are shit to be honest. Anyone got any links to some good ones?

  

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  Dog-earJul 18, 08, 6:38 a.m. – Permalink

• harlequino

  You gotta hunt around, but there are some very useful things in here:
  http://www.vecteezy.com/

  

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  Dog-earJul 18, 08, 6:41 a.m. – Permalink

• JG_LB

  The same way I feel about free stock photos...

  Thanks, sharing is caring!

  

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  Dog-earJul 18, 08, 6:43 a.m. – Permalink

• Jimbo82

  I'm not a fan of people who what them on a page, change the colour, put the club night information underneath, put it in their portfolio and call it design, it's facking sloppy is that.

  I know someone who does it and people love him for it.

  

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  Dog-earJul 18, 08, 6:47 a.m. – Permalink

• Iggyboo

  I do think their should be a place where designers can upload their own vectors as small and stupid as they are and give away all their rights to them for a little publicity about themselves * and linking to their work * so in essence advertising rights for their work. something like that could really work for vectors. I also think that vectors can be closely related to artists. But thats the job of the artist to be original.

  • I also don't think something like this could apply to the various things that do take alot of time and work like drawing cars or silo's. It's a case by case basis really.– Iggyboo1/3

    people. I think it would need to be thought about on a case by case basis.– Iggyboo2/3

    most people just do this on their sites...vectoreezy is kinda like you are suggesting though– epigraph3/3

  

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  Dog-earJul 18, 08, 6:56 a.m. – Permalink