VECTOR ILLUSTRATION
in 2007, I learned to use Freehand and Illustrator to create vector illustrations and sell them on stock websites.
I sold more than 23,000 illustrations on istockphoto.com and I was lucky to find some of my illustrations in action.
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The illustrations below are in vector format, i.e. eps and ai files. The illustrations contain mesh gradients and no transparencies or shadows were used for compatibility issues.
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In order to sell these illustrations, I photographed the objects to own the full copyright for the illustrations, then illustrated them using freehand, CorelDraw or illustrator, this is how I learned photography and lighting basics beside advanced illustrating skills & tools such as mesh gradient for coloring and shading.
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Sample of vector illustration and the original photograph
Below is my favorite collection of illustrations. If you want to view more, please visit my portfolio on istockphoto.com
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