Stock elements are vectors, icons, wiblets, bits and pieces that are sold by graphic designers – to make money and stave off that whole ‘starving artist’ mantle, to other designers and print artists to lighten their work flow.
Some folks don’t understand that it’s perfectly acceptable to slot in some pre-designed buttons (for example) to a website design, if you find the perfect element, and the budget of the client does not allow for time to design new ones from scratch. Finding that perfect button that says click here can help a design that has become stuck, start to flow again.
The same goes for icons, and other vectors that are in popular demand these days. Also highly in demand are elements that improve our work spaces such as Photoshop Actions, textures, custom shapes and brushes which can really help out a designer who is short on time, and facing that major deadline.
A great source for Stock Vectors and a *mountain* of other great stuff can be found at the Envato Marketplaces by clicking below. Their stuff is really well priced and they take Paypal!
Thank you. For explaining. A friend of mine was talking about wanting to get into designing vectors. I just smiled and nodded; said Cooool. Of course, I wasnt *quite* sure what that meant…..and didnt feel like asking in case it meant a *very long wordy explanation*. I dont like those.
This was awesome. Maybe we will be using some of dem in our venture eh?
Hi Mel
Thanks for stopping by! Yeah, stock ‘vectors’ are *big* in the design world – some stock elements can be photoshop files, and other formats, even jpg, but for the most part ‘vectors’ are editable by programmes such as Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, Inkscape (Open Source) etc. I’m going to be doing a post on the difference between Vectors and Bitmaps soon in case you’re interested
Yeah, we can totally look at some stock vectors, maybe for some banner illustration bits and bobs, or maybe just for inspiration. Let me know if you find anything you like okay?