Swirls Vector Illustrations Set
Today we are glad to release Swirls Illustrations Set, a sets of 10 high-quality vector illustrations, created with Adobe Illustrator and available as .eps source files. These illustrations were created by Designious.com and released exclusively for Smashing Magazine and its readers.
Download the set for free!
You can use the set for all of your projects for free and without any restrictions. You can freely use it for both your private and commercial projects, including software, online services, templates and themes. The set may not be resold, sublicensed, rented, transferred or otherwise made available for use. Please link to this article if you would like to spread the word.
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Last But Not Least
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hristo
November 12th, 2008 4:35 amThe download link is not working :(
ilu
July 28th, 2010 10:36 pmR u using net for d 1st time!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I thnk u r ltle nincompoop!!!
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I had not faced ny prblm….
If u wnt u may mail me, I’ll crack ur prblm****
Ken
November 12th, 2008 4:39 amSame. link not working
Shuuun
November 12th, 2008 4:39 amis this the girl from Bioshock? =D
Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz
November 12th, 2008 4:48 amSorry for inconvenience, the link should be working now.
Paul
November 12th, 2008 4:48 amHQ stuff… Just what I need right now :-)
Kichigai-san
November 12th, 2008 4:51 amIt’s working now, but i have 403 Forbidden error…
Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz
November 12th, 2008 4:52 am@Kichigai-san (#6): please try to download the file directly, without download-managers.
Paul
November 12th, 2008 4:59 amIt works for me now
rajaraman
November 12th, 2008 5:14 amits fine, good work
Dottie
November 12th, 2008 5:19 amlooks great, tnx!
Taowie
November 12th, 2008 5:36 amOh man, this is something I have been looking for a while. I will be sure to put these to good use! Thanks.
ptamaro
November 12th, 2008 5:37 amCool, thanks as always. Designious is awesome for spreading the vector love…
Andris
November 12th, 2008 5:48 amNice one. Thanx a lot for sharing.
Laura
November 12th, 2008 6:20 amThey are lovely – it’s a shame they’re only compatible with CS3 :(
angeloff
November 12th, 2008 6:23 amamazing. tnx for sharing this cool vector set.
Tom
November 12th, 2008 6:25 amhow is it possible to use and work with these files without having adobe tools?
not all are in the luck of having such great tools…
Dietmar
November 12th, 2008 6:59 amThanks for that helpful freebie!
CT
November 12th, 2008 7:24 amThanks, I’m new to CS3-where would one usually unzip these files to in Illustrator?
Ihsanrama
November 12th, 2008 9:47 amThe Link work for me, dude …
Thanks Very Nice.
Jeffster93
November 12th, 2008 9:52 amThese are beautiful! Thanks!
CT: I used to put them all in the c:/Program Files/AdobeAdobe Illustrator CS3/Presets/Brushes folder, but then that got jammed full of things that aren’t always really brushes. Just this past week I took the time to look carefully at all the great stuff I have downloaded from this and other sites. It turns out that some really are brushes, some are vector artwork to cut and paste, some are symbol packs, and some are JPG or PNG. Adobe Bridge is really helpful for viewing all the different types of files, especially those that the operating system doesn’t display as a thumbnail.
Once I had the files all sorted out, I put the ones that really are brush packs into the Brushes folder, and the symbol packs into the Symbols folder. The cut-and-paste vector artworks I moved to a higher-level folder, side-by-side with my projects folder, instead of keeping them buried six layers deep below the Program Files directory. That saves a lot of time.
I haven’t quite figured out what to do with the PNG and JPG files. Some of them are just thumbnails or sample usages of the brushes, but others (usually full backgrounds) are the finished product, which I have to convert somehow to a vector format.
I have a PC, so if you have a Mac, I don’t know where stuff is supposed to reside, but I hope you find my comments helpful.
Roxanne
November 12th, 2008 11:05 amThanks these are great!
@ Tom: I would download a free version of Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator until you can actually acquire the full program. That way you can use them and possibly save them as something other then the Adobe file format and then you’ll be able to use them anytime!
sporadic visitor
November 12th, 2008 11:13 amSmashing is going down to the alphabet city.
Rubbish content lately no matter what anyone says.
Sylvia
November 12th, 2008 11:49 amthese are what I have been waiting for….now I need some inspiration hwo to use them, but they are quite amazing :)
Alec
November 12th, 2008 12:56 pmThanks for taking my input a couple of months ago! I hope to see more like these! Thank you very much!
Tom Ross - PSDFAN
November 12th, 2008 1:25 pmBookmarked :)
Angie Bowen
November 12th, 2008 2:27 pmAmazing set, thank you so much!
xepik
November 12th, 2008 4:56 pmgorgeous brushes 8D
thanks
JasonCC
November 12th, 2008 5:45 pmGreat set, Thanks so much.
I can use it to creat my rainforests-plant illustrations.
hadie saputra
November 12th, 2008 6:31 pmthx alot
Andrea
November 12th, 2008 7:17 pmthey cancelled my post because i said that the link “W3 MARKUP” was not working.
It’s fixed now, i thought they thank me, instead thay cancelled it.
Andrea
November 12th, 2008 7:23 pmdisregard previous post (little cousin messed it up)
lise
November 12th, 2008 8:44 pmIt looks great but ..is it possible to load those in CS2 or are they only CS3-compatible?
Thanks -
srinivas
November 12th, 2008 10:19 pmawesome means i think this is .. thanks
Komil
November 12th, 2008 10:31 pmWhat software is best to draw ornament? I tryed in photoshop but I could not beacause to draw perfect symmetric shapes in photoshop is impossible IMHO. Thanks in advance
Pedro
November 12th, 2008 10:46 pmMe encanta esta página y todas las cosas que aporta.
Juavenita
November 12th, 2008 11:44 pmAwesome stuff just what i needed
Stef
November 13th, 2008 12:43 amThanks, but have you think about CS2 or CS users ? the file is only for CS3 users !
Adel
November 13th, 2008 3:40 amThanks for sharing, great and helpfull!
Morgan Grimshaw
November 13th, 2008 8:23 amNice vectors! Thanks so much.
fatma demir
November 13th, 2008 1:57 pmteşekkürlerrrrrr…….
Jumping Dog Design
November 13th, 2008 4:32 pmThanks for the contribution.
Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz
November 15th, 2008 7:34 amThe release package was updated. All illustrations are now saved in the EPS 8 forma,t so everyone can open them.
Alex
November 17th, 2008 3:45 pmThanks for the artwork, it’s great!!!!!!!!!!!
Rajesh Dcruz
November 17th, 2008 9:15 pmThese are really nice… thanks for these stuffs…..
Daniel Campos
November 25th, 2008 9:25 amSimply awesome!
web design company
November 26th, 2008 9:21 amAwesome Vector set..free for download.
Christopher Ross (thisismyurl.com)
November 28th, 2008 6:14 amAs usual, you guys have blown me away. Thanks for offering this for free.
In return, I’ve incorporated it into a basic WordPress theme for people to download for free. Free WordPress theme.
Dx
November 29th, 2008 12:33 amI’ve tried using Gimp and Adobe Photoshop to open the .eps files but I can’t get the layers. I’d download a trial version of Illustrator, only it’s a huge download for my slow connection.
Is there a way for GIMP and Photoshop to import the layers properly?
inggars
January 18th, 2009 10:24 pmTHANKS….GOD BLESS U….SEMOGA ALLAH SWT TURUNKAH HIDAYAHNYA KEPADA SMASHING MAGAZINE CREW
Gregor
January 30th, 2009 7:22 amHello, I tried to download using IE7 and Firefox but It only downloads about 300kb than stops. On opening swirls-vector-illustrations archive with winrar/winzip it tells me file the is corrupted :( :(
Teboho
February 5th, 2009 11:54 pmwow
u guys just made my day this swirls are beautiful!
just what i was looking for….
thanx a mil
hahahahahah
March 16th, 2009 12:11 pmhehehehheehheshehjhjkjhjhk
KD
March 24th, 2009 3:03 amNice Job…
Binod Jayadevan
March 29th, 2009 9:37 pmIt’s wonderful and quite useful. Thanks.
Milky
April 3rd, 2009 10:07 pmReally good
feli
June 9th, 2009 2:51 pmnot working for me! :(
feli
June 9th, 2009 2:52 pmwait nevermind! yay!
Jongheum
July 1st, 2009 11:38 pmwow,…. Thanks a lot
Akmal
July 6th, 2009 12:12 amThanks. Great stuff =)
ronak
July 6th, 2009 9:08 pmthaks a lot.
Mahendra Jain
July 17th, 2009 8:23 pmThese graphics are very beautiful and helpful to me in Graphic Designing and also time saving.
Thanks a lot,
Klaus Kanh
July 31st, 2009 6:57 amHi guys,
Great work. I also use the service from http://www.yougraph.com
Imad Rajab
August 24th, 2009 7:50 pmthx alot guys I think they will be very useful.
Carito
August 25th, 2009 2:31 pmMuchisimas gracias !!!
vandana
December 16th, 2009 11:20 pmlovely… thanks a lot..
acebomoza
January 5th, 2010 10:39 pmThank you for your share ^^
GDMORENS
February 28th, 2010 3:12 pmDO NOT WRITE VERY WELL ENGLISH BUT THESE VECTORS ARE EASY TO DOWNLOAD GOOD GREETINGS FROM MEXICO
mal
May 10th, 2010 6:40 amare these commercial licence free please
peperamonangel
June 6th, 2010 11:14 amThanks So Much :D Is Very Well ^^
mohamma
June 30th, 2010 7:32 amvery good. my ferand
Christy
July 8th, 2010 2:58 amThanx
Dee
August 25th, 2010 6:46 amThe file won’t open for me, says it is damaged
Chosone
September 2nd, 2010 11:48 pmThanks alot for sharing – great stuff!
Can i use it in Tshirt designs on my zazzle store?
sumit
October 15th, 2010 1:33 ambakvas hai sab
samina
October 24th, 2010 11:12 amIt’s wonderful and quite useful. Thanks… cheer from submitlinks.biz
yuka
January 28th, 2011 2:28 amThey are very beautiful!!
I like them very much. Thak you for offering for free. (゜▽゜*)
sardar kashi
July 24th, 2011 9:56 pmThey are very beautiful!!
It’s wonderful and quite useful Thanks alot for sharing.
sardar kashi
July 24th, 2011 10:03 pmI use photoshop cs3 they r great nice awesome helpful nice art work thanks alot for sharing
sardar kashi
July 24th, 2011 10:08 pmi use photoshop cs3 thy r great to work helpful art work great job plz share more Swirls vector.
Gabriel
November 3rd, 2011 1:58 pmThnk U so much 4 share this work.
Greetings from Greece
mami
November 7th, 2011 12:52 pmThis is great and beautiful work. Thanx a lot. ARIGATO from JPN.