A Gold Mine of Adobe Illustrator Resources
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By Melissa Scroggins
What could be better than striking gold? How about a huge list of Adobe Illustrator resources? For many designers, a list of resources to help finish those design projects in a quick and easy fashion is like finding gold on the Web.
In this article, there are over 200 (mostly) free resources for Adobe Illustrator. Since many designers have made these resources free for others, please take the time to check out the license agreements before using any resources for projects.
Finally, have fun stockpiling all the brushes, patterns,, symbols, vectors, swatches, and fun additions to the Adobe Illustrator presets. After all, among these resources, there’s sure to be a few gold nuggets just waiting to be found.
1. Brushes
There are a multitude of brush sets that can add volumes of creativity to design projects. So many effects can be achieved by stylizing the appearance of paths with brushes. Check out the following brush sets which offer a variety of styles ranging from sketchy to abstract and everything in between.
28 Free Illustrator Brushes for making Swooshes and Swirls
33 More Paint Brush Style Illustrator Brushes
20 Free Illustrator Art Brushes: Ink Sketch Lines
57 Exclusive Illustrator Multi-Colored Paint Brushes
Free-Dot Dash Illustrator Pattern Brushes
10 Arrowhead Brushes for Illustrator
Free Illustrator Brushes: Ink/Watercolor
Free Illustrator Brushes and Vectors: Foliage
35 Free Abstract Illustrator Brushes
Sketchy Illustrator brushes pack (16 brushes)
Vector Art: “Imperial Leaf” Seamless Pattern Brush for Adobe Illustrator CS4
Feather Brushes by ~HumanNature84
30 Illustrator Pattern Brushes for Making Flowers and Circular Designs
Thorny vine brushes by *Shurakai-Zero
vector 3D paint brushes by ~HumanNature84
illustrator brush set 1 by ~nrmb
HN vector brushes by ~HumanNature84
57 Multi-Colored Illustrator Paint Brushes
Natural brushes by ~HumanNature84
AI Custom Drawing Brushes 1 by ~maniacresources
illustrator brush set 3 by ~nrmb
Crosshatch brushes by *Shurakai-Zero
Celtic Border brush v2 by *Shurakai-Zero
Exclusive Illustrator Watercolor Brushes
illustrator brush set 2 by ~nrmb
Autorama Brush Illustrator by ~lucasribeiro
Victorian vector brush pack by ~sergeypoluse
Illustrator Light Banner Brush by ~lucasribeiro
Candy Cane Brush by *pica-stock
Hydronix — vector splash pack by =r2010
100 Wonderful Water Color Illustrator Brushes
smoke – illustrator brush pack by =r2010
Retro Circle AI Brushes by ~debh945
Chalk Illustrator brushes by ~melemel
Beads and Gems by ~Korat-Nibelan
illustrator brush pack01 by ~joyologo
Starwalt Fun Art AI Brushes by *gigistar
Further Resources For Brushes:
30+ High Quality Adobe Illustrator Brush Sets
45 Excellent Sets of Adobe Illustrator Brushes
30 Sets of High-Quality Adobe Illustrator Brushes
45 Excellent Sets of Adobe Illustrator Brushes
Adobe Illustrator Brushes downloads section
A Huge Compilation of 60 Free Illustrator Brushes – Vectortuts+
2. Gradients, Swatches, and Patterns
Gradients
Gradients allow a designer to apply a graduated blend of colors. In doing so, the artwork can change dramatically with even a subtle color change. Here are just a few samples of gradient resources.
Illustrator Metal Gradients by ~TrabzonSport
Adobe Gradient Pack by ~magnet14
130 gradients for Adobe Illustrator
Swatches
12 Most Cute & adorable color & pattern swatches – What little boys are made of!
55 Seamless Line & Crosshatch Swatches
Patterns
Patterns are a great resource for a designer. Whether applied to a background or as an added detail on a character, the addition of just the right style pattern can make all the difference.
Vector Art: 10 Amazing Baroque Style Patterns for Adobe Illustrator
Paisley Seamless Pattern by ~jilbert
textures_poluse by ~sergeypoluse
Free Seamless Vector Pattern Set 2
pop art vector texture by ~sergeypoluse
Batik is Beautiful – Free Vector Swatches UPDATED « ClickPopMedia
Kaleidoscope Dreams by ~jilbert
15 Seamless Animal Print Patterns
5 Free Seamless Vector Patterns
High-Resolution Photoshop Brushes, Vectors, Illustrator Swatch Patterns and Vinyl Decals
Free Seamless Patterns – Paisley
Free Textures and Vector Pattern Set
20 Seamless Plaid Patterns for Illustrator
Further Resources For Patterns:
450+ Abobe Illustrator Patterns
Huge Collection of High Quality Patterns
Kaliber10000 { The Pixel Patterns Collection }
Vector Art – A Digital Illustration Blog
3. Symbols
The use of symbols in a project can save time and file size. Check out some samples of quality symbol sets which are sure to be useful resources for a variety of design projects.
Drips and splatters Vector Symbols Library
33 Free Illustrator Symbols by =namespace
Vector Garden Symbol Set by =namespace
Bugs Vector Pack by ~formatdelete
Illustrator Christmas Symbols by ~bcre80v
Further Resources For Symbols:
Top 10 Free Adobe Illustrator Symbols Resource Sites
Symbols for Illustrator ® CS4 CS3 CS2 CS1 10, royalty-free: 1000s of stunning designs
4. Vectors
The range of styles in the following vector resources are just a sample of the huge amount of free vectors a designer can find on the internet. Not only is the artwork superb, but imagine the time saved by not having to create each design element.
21 Amazing Splats for Illustrator
Tattered Banners « ClickPopMedia
Exclusive Freebie: VectorLab Sample Pack
Silhouettes of business people
Geometric Abstract Vectors Pack 2
Free Vector Doodles – Women’s Clothing & Fashion
Free Keep Fit Vectors – Give Your Designs a Workout!
Vector Illustration for Musical Theme
Colorful Pattern Background Vector
Further Resources For Vectors:
46 Excellent Free Vectors by vectorvaco
49 Amazing Resources for Free Vector Graphics
The Ultimate Collection Of Free Vector Packs
Vector Art: 10 Stunning Vector Pattern Sets for Adobe Illustrator
Conclusion
There are always more Adobe Illustrator resources popping up every week. Keep an eye out at the sites for their weekly freebies, giveaways, and “free” sections. In doing so, one might just find pure vector-based gold!
Further Resources
- Great Adobe Illustrator Resources
A Good Selection of vectors and other resources. - 80 Best-Of Adobe Illustrator Tutorials, Brushes, .EPSs and Resources – Noupe
Collection of Patterns, Brushes, Vector Packs, and Vector Sources. - 50 Best-Of Designer’s (NEW) Download Picks and Resources – Noupe
Collection of vector packs, brushes, patterns, fonts, and icon sets. - Adobe Illustrator Toolbox
Articles, Brushes, Vectors, and other resources. - Free Downloads for Adobe Illustrator – brushes actions clip art more
Free Illustrator downloads of brushes, actions, symbols, etc.. - 80 of the Best Vector and Illustrator Free Resources
Collection of brushes, symbols, plug-ins, vectors, and more.
About the author
Melissa Scroggins, of PeachPoPs, is a freelance graphic designer who loves designing icons, creating vector illustrations, and playing survival horror video games. You can follow her on Twitter.
Tags: Illustrator
Definitely bookmarking this huge gold mind of adobe illustrator :) excellent post
Its awesome collections. Its difficult to collect such a huge collection.
Thanks for including my dot dash brush set :) Such a huge collection, my head is spinning! Loads of good stuff
Thanks guys! It is like an early x-mas gift.
Well this post was certainly the end of the rainbow! Thanks for taking the time to put this list together. Always on the lookout for new tools to give website designs that extra little something special. Definitely bookmarking this page.
Wow, what an collection.. “thumbs up”
Really appriciate you shared, and this will help alot of people with their search of improving their skills in mostly everything..
A giant golden star for you!!
Regards
M.T
Great resources. Thanks share!
WOW! Awesome collection. I’m still barely getting the hang of Illustrator so this list will be very helpful.
excellent list of illustration resources and really like to share with my mates for better inspirations. thanks
Amazing collection, thanks a lot! :)
Wow~~ These are really helpful resources. Thank you!!
Wow, this is sweet collection – great future resource for our designer!
-phew- I never thought I’d reach the end! Great list!
Wow! These are awesome. Thank you, thank you, thank you :)
Excelent! Great Post!
Superb!
Thank you very much.
This is awesome! Thank you.
awesome collection. it is definitely a gold mine…
Great! Awesome collection
Awesome Collection. -Thanks!
Wow marvellous collection. Thx for sharing
Thank-you for all the positive feedback! :-)
Wow. Thanks for sharing.
Good list, but too big
Fantastic collection! Much needed in the time of the PSD
Really is a gold mine of Illustrator resources! Thanks for putting all of them together. Definitely enough to be keeping me busy.
Gooooooooooood Collection…………
great collection, thanks a lot… ;)
Woooooooow, no words!
wow is great for working
Fantástico. Una gran recopilación. Muy buen trabajo.
Muchas gracias.
Possibly the best resource of all time!!!
A big thanks for that big collection from Hamburg
You are a Star! Great content and worth adding to Favourites ;)
Muchas gracias por la recopilación de recursos para illustrator !!!!
Great collection !!! Big thanks for your work in this post !!
——these are the catalyst to get me back to
—projects …..
very nice :-)
I love Illustrator and when I stumbled upon this I was so excited. Thanks for the resources!
Thank you for including some of my vector patterns …
~jilbert
You Rock, period. Thanks again for all the great resources.
Mil gracias ta muy bueno esto!!!!:)
Ta muy bueno esto!!!!1Mil gracias
hyped!
Very helpful post
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