Archive for February, 2007
In a previous post, I described in detail how to make these shapes on your own. Because so many of you responded to my “Fancy Headers” post with questions about how I made those designs, I’m going to give you my source files that inspired those designs. Not only is this an example of what you can do by reading my tutorial on custom swooshes, It also answers your questions about how my fancy vector headers were born. And if this is your first time to visit BittBox, after reading this and the 2 posts mentioned above, you should be well on your way to customizing and/or creating your own one-of-a-kind decorative swoosh and curl designs in no time, in 100% vector format.
This is a free set of vector icons designed by BittBox for you to use in your webpage or blog (or anything else including commercial apps). The files are in AI, EPS, and SVG format, so they can be scaled to any size without having to worry about pixelation.
I’ve gotten a lot of responses to this post about how I made the intricate designs in those headers. Swirls, and swooshes, or whatever you want to call them, are pretty hard to come by as a freebie (except here on BittBox), and they are even more rare in vector format. Part of the reason is that most people, even avid Illustrator users, don’t realize how easy it is to create these shapes. All it takes is a few simple, yet not highly utilized Illustrator tips. This tutorial will show you how to create your own curlies, and swooshes easily, in Illustrator. It’s not nearly as difficult as you might think. . .
In a previous post, I stressed on how you can find some very valuable information in comments, especially on big social media sites. Well, If you know what to look for, reading comments can give you free access to advice from actual working professionals. I consider this priceless information, don’t you?
If you are a regular BittBox reader, this is the post you’ve been waiting for! Not only will this tutorial help you make your own vector glass buttons, bars and who knows what else; it will help you to understand the structure of my free files a little better, and how to customize them easier. This tutorial covers how to create a basic vector glass style button in illustrator CS. Basic knowledge of Illustrator is required, but I tried to make it as strait-forward as possible.
Here are 10 free fancy vector glass header designs I came up with to share with everyone. Files are in AI, EPS, and SVG format. To customize, you will need a graphics editor such as Adobe Illustrator, or InkScape (free).
I Googled my site’s name the other day, and found something very interesting. On the 1st page, the 4th result was a URL from Flickr?! Someone liked my Free Glass RSS icons, took a screenshot, and uploaded it to Flickr with a link to my site in the description. View it Here >(Thank you, whoever you are!) Granted, this site hasn’t been around all that long, but I was truly amazed that this page was ranked higher than a lot of my own, but hey, I’m not gonna try to understand it. How bout we just roll with it and try to see the bright side here?
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