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About the Mega Design Bundle 2:

Grunge Brushes are design elements which are needed by each and every designer. This is why we, at VectorPack.net, have decided to help designers, artists and creatives around the world get their hands on these amazing 210 Grunge Brushes which is a part of the VectorPack.net Mega Bundle 2.

Who is VectorPack.net?

VectorPack.net is a design studio which specializes in creating high-quality vector art and design elements. VectorPack.net surprises designers and artists around the world with very detailed, professional stock vector art, Photoshop brushes, fonts, seamless patterns, backgrounds, textures, and WordPress themes. All in all, each and every type of vector art and design elements designers need for their work.

By offering a large variety of products, VectorPack.net is the suitable resource for all type of clients, from designers to advertising agencies and apparel creators, who are able to find here the coolest products for their artwork.

What is the Mega Bundle 2?

The Mega Bundle 2 is a collection of over 650 design elements which VectorPack.net puts at the disposal of designers for only $29 instead of $545. This incredible offer is available till the 13th of October, meaning 10 days from now on. This great Mega Bundle contains high-quality design elements which reunite all the resources needed by creative people at a bargain price.

As VectorPack.net awards its clients with this type of Mega Bundles at a discount price once every several months, you should subscribe to their newsletter as not to miss these great offers.

This amazing Mega Bundle contains the following design elements:

- 319 vector elements
- 278 PS brushes
- 66 abstract backgrounds
- 58 seamless patterns
- 30 textures
- 1 WordPress theme

Illustrator: How to Make Vector Grunge from Jay Hilgert on Vimeo.

Ok, take a close look at the screenshot above. You’ll notice that the line I circled is not perfectly horizontal. You can tell by the steps in the path. Sometimes you can adjust your keyboard nudge increment in the preferences, select one of the points, and nudge it to where it needs to be. But another way to make a perfect alignment between 2 points is using the Align palette and the direct select tool, just like you would for 2 objects. Here’s how:

1. Open the “Align” palette and make sure you have “Align to Selection” checked.

2. Using the Direct Select tool (White Arrow) select both of the points you want to align, the hit the “Vertical Align Center” button in the Align palette. Now both points will be perfectly aligned, thus, your path will be perfectly strait.

This can come in pretty handy on those paths that you need to be perfect, like designing fonts or cutting out stickers for example. Hope some of you find it useful :)

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Contest Rules:

• All you have to do to enter is leave a comment. (tweeting is appreciated)
• Only comment once.
• 10 winners will be randomly chosen from the comments.
• You must leave an email address in order to win.
• Comments will remain open until Sunday, September 12th.

Contest Rules:

• All you have to do to enter is leave a comment. (tweeting is appreciated)
• Only comment once.
• 3 winners will be randomly chosen from the comments.
• You must leave an email address in order to win.
• Comments will remain open until Tuesday, February 23rd.

One of the things in Vectoraster 3 that stands out is the new option to make a “Line” halftone. I can see this being very useful in certain situations.

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• 3 winners will be randomly chosen and will receive a downloadable version of Swift3D V5.
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• Comments will remain open until Friday, January 30th.

About Swift3D V5:

If you haven’t ever used Swift3D, or you’ve never heard of it before, here’s the low-down. Swift3D is a 3D modeling and animation environment that makes professional animations that can be exported and integrated very easily into Flash. Not only does it make 3D animations a snap, but the interface is easy to use and even a beginner can start animating in minutes. The thing I like the most about Swift is the fact that you can create things in a 3D environment, and export them in vector format, yes vector. I like to design intricate 3D scenes and export them as an AI file to use in Illustrator, but you might be more interested in the Flash side of the program, I don’t know. In fact, I wrote a tutorial a long time ago about using Swift3D as a powerful 3D Illustration tool, if you’re interested in reading that.

Key Features:

• Import 3DS and DXF files.
• Export Vector OR Raster animations
• The only 3D animation software that directly integrates with Flash.
• Drag and Drop preset animations (rotate left, right, up, down, etc.)
• New to V5, Export to Papervision
• Save as AI, EPS, or SVG vector formats
• Export to Silverlight (If you’re into that)

DrawBerry from Jay Hilgert on Vimeo.

I really liked the simplicity of the Gradient Palette:

Here are the vectors if you’d like to grab them:

Here’s a peek at what’s in the file: