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.
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.
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.
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
