Monday, August 31, 2009
Vector Art Templates: Free Abstract Logo Design Icons
License: you can use this vector file for personal, commercial or non- profit use. If you post this vector file on your graphic site or blog, please make sure to include a link to www.vector-art.blogspot.com The zip contains Illustrator ai, eps, pdf and svg files.Download
Friday, August 28, 2009
Fly cheap between Hawaiian Islands NOW
Sign-Up by 8/31/2009 + get this Hawaii Interisland
Flight Special for 9/1 - 9/30/09
- The $24.99* Interisland fare inclusive of U.S. tax is applicable to one way routing
- You'll get unlimited Interisland trips at this low fare
- Reservations must be booked via HawaiianAirlines.com from 08/24/2009 - 09/30/2009
- Travel must be completed by 09/30/2009
- The $24.99* Interisland fare inclusive of U.S. tax is good for coach class travel booking class 1
- Discount cannot be applied to tickets purchased before sign-up
- Interisland flights booked with this special promotion are eligible for HawaiianMiles Mainland Madness credits.
Fly cheap between Hawaiian Islands NOW
Sign-Up by 8/31/2009 + get this Hawaii Interisland
Flight Special for 9/1 - 9/30/09
- The $24.99* Interisland fare inclusive of U.S. tax is applicable to one way routing
- You'll get unlimited Interisland trips at this low fare
- Reservations must be booked via HawaiianAirlines.com from 08/24/2009 - 09/30/2009
- Travel must be completed by 09/30/2009
- The $24.99* Interisland fare inclusive of U.S. tax is good for coach class travel booking class 1
- Discount cannot be applied to tickets purchased before sign-up
- Interisland flights booked with this special promotion are eligible for HawaiianMiles Mainland Madness credits.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Big Island Places to Visit - City of Refuge
Here is another of those special Big Island adventures, which actually allows you to combine learning more about ancient Hawaiian traditions and culture with having the best Hawaii snorkel experience. It's a visit to the City of Refuge or Pu'uhonua o Honaunau, National Historic Park. The park is located on the southern Kona Coast. Take Hwy 11 to Hwy 160 and continue downhill 4 miles to the entrance of the park.
The visitors Center is open 8am - 5:30pm. A self guiding tour takes you through the grounds: The Royal Grounds and the Place of Refuge. With Honaunau Bay offering an easy canoe landing place + the availability of drinking water, it was the perfect place for the ali'i (Roayals) to build one of their major residences there. The Royal grounds were separated from the pu'uhonua, place of refuge, by a massive stone wall built about 1550 - 10 feet high + 17 feet thick! - and still standing today. Can you believe that?!
So, what's the story behind the City of Refuge? In ancient Hawaiian life, activities were regulated by 'Kapu'. If a 'kapu' was broking, Hawaiians feared that their gods would get mad at them with an earth quake, volcano eruption or tidal wave. To 'prevent' that they tried everything to catch the kapu breaker. A kapu breaker was sentenced to death, unless he/she managed to reach pu'uhonua, which meant absolution by a priest and a safe return home. Tough times, I'd say.
See for yourselves how ancient Hawaiian ali'i lived. When you walk those ancient sacred Hawaiian grounds, you might get transported into the past and feel the spirit of old Hawaii. We did not feel any goose bumps as some visitors report when visiting ancient heiaus in Hawaii. Get back into the presence by swimming and snorkeling in the ocean waters of Honaunau Bay. Don't forget your snorkel gear, as Honaunau Bay is one of the best snorkel spots on the Big Island. It is also a great place to see the Hawaiian green sea turtles.
You want to share your personal City of Refuge experience, we'd love to hear from you. Have a wonderful time on your Big island vacation. Aloha, Pua Hawaii Vacations
Big Island Places to Visit - City of Refuge
Here is another of those special Big Island adventures, which actually allows you to combine learning more about ancient Hawaiian traditions and culture with having the best Hawaii snorkel experience. It's a visit to the City of Refuge or Pu'uhonua o Honaunau, National Historic Park. The park is located on the southern Kona Coast. Take Hwy 11 to Hwy 160 and continue downhill 4 miles to the entrance of the park.
The visitors Center is open 8am - 5:30pm. A self guiding tour takes you through the grounds: The Royal Grounds and the Place of Refuge. With Honaunau Bay offering an easy canoe landing place + the availability of drinking water, it was the perfect place for the ali'i (Roayals) to build one of their major residences there. The Royal grounds were separated from the pu'uhonua, place of refuge, by a massive stone wall built about 1550 - 10 feet high + 17 feet thick! - and still standing today. Can you believe that?!
So, what's the story behind the City of Refuge? In ancient Hawaiian life, activities were regulated by 'Kapu'. If a 'kapu' was broking, Hawaiians feared that their gods would get mad at them with an earth quake, volcano eruption or tidal wave. To 'prevent' that they tried everything to catch the kapu breaker. A kapu breaker was sentenced to death, unless he/she managed to reach pu'uhonua, which meant absolution by a priest and a safe return home. Tough times, I'd say.
See for yourselves how ancient Hawaiian ali'i lived. When you walk those ancient sacred Hawaiian grounds, you might get transported into the past and feel the spirit of old Hawaii. We did not feel any goose bumps as some visitors report when visiting ancient heiaus in Hawaii. Get back into the presence by swimming and snorkeling in the ocean waters of Honaunau Bay. Don't forget your snorkel gear, as Honaunau Bay is one of the best snorkel spots on the Big Island. It is also a great place to see the Hawaiian green sea turtles.
You want to share your personal City of Refuge experience, we'd love to hear from you. Have a wonderful time on your Big island vacation. Aloha, Pua Hawaii Vacations
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
The "Live Color" Feature in Adobe Illustrator CS4
"Adobe Illustrator CS4 Tutorial Video on using Live Color. Learn from an expert from the comfort of your own desk, this Adobe Illustrator Tutorial video uses clearly laid out examples to help you follow along..."
"Imperial Leaf" Seamless Pattern Brush for Adobe Illustrator CS4
To use, expand the ZIP file, load the pattern of our choice with Adobe Illustrator, bring up the brushes panel and apply the pattern on an active path. Download
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Best Flight Offers from Seattle to Maui
RT @MCIMaui New Direct Alaska Airlines Flight from Portland to #Maui: Will more competition mean more affordable... http://bit.ly/17sif9
It's pretty amazing how things come and go around through social networks like twitter. Anyways, my Maui Twitter friend had picked up the good Maui travel news from the Maui Real Estate Directory Blog, which wrote on a post 'Will more competition mean more affordable flights to Maui?': "As of July 3rd, a convenient new flight via Alaska Airlines is taking passengers direct from Portland, Oregon to Maui, Hawaii. Alaska offered three flights weekly at first, but as of August 7th, service will expand to daily flights." I definitely recommend Maui visitors to read the entire post New Direct Alaska Airlines Flights from Portland to Maui.
As we all know affordable air fares to Hawaii can and will give the Hawaii Tourism Industry a big boost. That's why we were happy to see our friends from Beat of Hawaii on the same track when they are talking about Hawaii Fall Airfare predictions, referring to Hawaiian Airlines, on one of their recent posts:
"Pacific Northwest will be the hottest market. In just the past week the cost to fly from Seattle to Honolulu has dropped by 25% and is now at $298 round-trip on Hawaiian. I expect to see Seattle and Portland fares continue to drop, especially on service to Honolulu and nonstop flights to the outer islands. Likely we will again see round-trip fares for as little as $200 (plus tax of about $20), from time to time, as we saw last year." Again, we recommend to read the entire article about the best flight offers from the Pacific Northwest to Hawaii.
Here is a copy of part of my comment in case you missed that:
However, I noticed with Maui, that travelers might want to leave a little more time between now and their departing flights to Maui in September. As the direct flights to Maui leave only once a day, the planes get filled up fast and then Hawaiian asks more money for their seats, whether Wednesday or weekend flying, it does not matter."
p.s.
We chose beautiful Hawaiian girl Sara from WahineStyle.com as our Hawaii post girl today.
Best Flight Offers from Seattle to Maui
RT @MCIMaui New Direct Alaska Airlines Flight from Portland to #Maui: Will more competition mean more affordable... http://bit.ly/17sif9
It's pretty amazing how things come and go around through social networks like twitter. Anyways, my Maui Twitter friend had picked up the good Maui travel news from the Maui Real Estate Directory Blog, which wrote on a post 'Will more competition mean more affordable flights to Maui?': "As of July 3rd, a convenient new flight via Alaska Airlines is taking passengers direct from Portland, Oregon to Maui, Hawaii. Alaska offered three flights weekly at first, but as of August 7th, service will expand to daily flights." I definitely recommend Maui visitors to read the entire post New Direct Alaska Airlines Flights from Portland to Maui.
As we all know affordable air fares to Hawaii can and will give the Hawaii Tourism Industry a big boost. That's why we were happy to see our friends from Beat of Hawaii on the same track when they are talking about Hawaii Fall Airfare predictions, referring to Hawaiian Airlines, on one of their recent posts:
"Pacific Northwest will be the hottest market. In just the past week the cost to fly from Seattle to Honolulu has dropped by 25% and is now at $298 round-trip on Hawaiian. I expect to see Seattle and Portland fares continue to drop, especially on service to Honolulu and nonstop flights to the outer islands. Likely we will again see round-trip fares for as little as $200 (plus tax of about $20), from time to time, as we saw last year." Again, we recommend to read the entire article about the best flight offers from the Pacific Northwest to Hawaii.
Here is a copy of part of my comment in case you missed that:
However, I noticed with Maui, that travelers might want to leave a little more time between now and their departing flights to Maui in September. As the direct flights to Maui leave only once a day, the planes get filled up fast and then Hawaiian asks more money for their seats, whether Wednesday or weekend flying, it does not matter."
p.s.
We chose beautiful Hawaiian girl Sara from WahineStyle.com as our Hawaii post girl today.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
The Four Elements Wallpapers by Brazilian Illustrator CrisVector
In Cristiano's works, you can see a big impact of his favorite artist, Salvador Dali. CrisVector seems to have inherited the surrealistic mood and irreverent humor of the imaginative genius. Other artists that influenced Cristiano are Toulouse Lautrec, Audrey Beardsley, Kandinsky, Dave McKean and H.R. Giger. You can find more works by this superbly talented graphic design & illustration artist on his website.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Strawberry Cheesecake - Kak Zura
Strawberry Cheesecake with Fresh Strawberries (Love Shape - Size 8 )
My fren merangkap opismet lama, Kak Zura order Strawberry Cheesecake sempena anniversary perkahwinannya yang ke-2. Strawberry Cheesecake ni dihiasi dengan fresh strawberries dan strawberry filling di tengah2nya. Keliling cake saya hiaskan dengan coklat putih cair. Masa ni dah terlambat, so hanya sempat ambil gambar kek masa dalam box, x sempat nak posing macam biasa.
To Kak Zura & Mirul, Happy 2nd Anniversary to both of you...moga perkahwinan kalian kekal hingga akhir hayat..AMIN...
Vector Leaves Brush Pack for Adobe Illustrator
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Download
Note:In case the brushes don't appear in your panel, try to use the "File>Open" method when loading the PDF.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Usain Bolt New World Record 9.58 Vector Art
Usain Bolt showed that - yes!!! - he can keep breaking that world record. Vector art image traced from http://bit.ly/Bolt-WR. All Rights Reserved. Graphic designed under a Creative Commons Attribution / Non-commercial Use. Download
"We Love The Nightlife" Club Flyer Vector Art Pack
License: this free vector artwork is available under the Creative Commons Attribution. If you post this vector art pack on your site, please make sure to include a link to www.vector-art.blogspot.com Download
Hantaran Cupcakes - Ishah
Wedding Cake - Nurul
Simple Chocolate Cupcakes
Saturday, August 15, 2009
40 Years Woodstock Music Festival Vector Art Tribute
This vector artwork of the Woodstock movie poster created by CaosCC for VectorArtBlog, is a tribute to one of the greatest moments in music and art history. Always remember: "We are stardust, we are golden, and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden." - Joni Mitchell ("Woodstock"). Creative Commons Attribution / Non-commercial Use. Download
Vector Art Pack: 35 Vector Design Elements in EPS
The vector elements are free to download and use under the Creative Commons Attribution. The artwork is saved in EPS file format, you can use any vector compatible editor to modify or customize it. Download
Vector Art Techniques: Fashion Illustrations by Svetlana Makarova
Her illustrations are a mix between the catwalk and a fantasy world: fresh, vibrant and most of all fun. Here is a glimpse of her latest artworks. You can see more of Lanitta's art on her website.
After Party
Shopping Time
Chloe
Pretty Good Evening
Forget Me Not
Sexy Boy
Lily
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Nine Pop Art Pattern Swatches for Adobe Illustrator
To use, load the PDF file with Adobe Illustrator (use the "File>Open" method, not Click+Drag), bring up the swatches palette (Window>Swatches), select an object with the Direct selection tool and choose a pattern for your Fill color.
This resource has been released under CC Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 License. Download
From Sketch To Digital Art. Adobe Illustrator And Photoshop Tutorial
"In this tutorial we will show you how to go from sketch to vector and maintain that hand-drawn look. We start off cleaning the image in Photoshop, don't freak if you haven't got it, all photo editing software should have very similar functions.
Then take it into illustrator and use the automated live trace tool, which I normally think auto anything does a pretty terrible job but for rough hand-drawn linework it will work just perfectly."
Sketch to vector Illustrator Tutorial from che mcpherson on Vimeo.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
3D Paint Brushes for Vector Drawing with Adobe Illustrator
To use, load the PDF file with Adobe Illustrator and bring up the Brushes Palette (Windo>Brushes or F5). This resource has been released under CC Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 License. Download
20 Marvellous Free 3D Vector Icons
License: this free vector artwork is available under the Creative Commons Attribution. If you post the vector on your site, please make sure to include a link to www.vector-art.blogspot.com. Download
Monday, August 10, 2009
Uche Uwaezeapu finds Horn of Valour; wins Gulder’s Ultimate search VI!
Over 15, 000 people registered to audition for GUS VI across the country. 8, 304 qualified for the regional selection, however, only 108 were successful. After the regional auditions, 36 contestants were qualified for the screening at the Sea School in Lagos. After that stage, 10 young men and women were chosen to embark on the Gulder Ultimate Search VI adventure.
Melvin Oduah, Adaeze Nwogu, Chisom Egemasi, Debra Omekhigien, Vivian Okafor, Elvis Abogu, Olawale Akanbi, Uche Nwaezeakpu, Chuks Okorji and Oseyiomon Okoh emerged as the final 10 – they then proceeded to the fabled Omodo Forest in search of The Horn of Valour.
They were eliminuated one by one and finally only 3 remained in contention – Chisom Eluma, Melvin Oduah and Uche Uwaezeapu. It was a tough battle but Uche won! Congrats. Looking forward to the future, we hope that a women finally clinched the horn in season VII.
Source: bellanaija.com
10 Amazing Baroque Style Patterns for Adobe Illustrator
This resource has been released under CC Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 License. For a detailed preview, click on the image below.Download