35 Fantastic Vector Illustrations That Tell A Story
When you browse through vector inspiration galleries or are experimenting with vectors yourself, it is very easy to get stuck in the chunky borders-retro-cute kawaii style of illustrations which are not only immensely popular but fun to do and everyone from MTV to Computer Arts Magazine are comissioning artists to make. Recently though, I have been coming across more and more “grown up” vectors that have a conscience, that tell a compelling story.
The artistic expression in these vectors is amazing, the detailing in some and the impact of the artist’s thought process is awe-inspiring. A lot of them touch base with what is wrong with the society, the medium today. Many of these vectors try to express inner conflicts and many of them hint at global issues more magnanimous than one can imagine. All expressed beautifully within a single illustration. I have rounded up a collection of 35 vector illustrations for you to mull over and feast your eyes on for inspiration that goes deeper than pure aesthetic design.
1. Pseudo’s Daughter Rerub ↓
2. Eclipse ↓
3. Madam Nature ↓
4. Communion ↓
5. Under My Bed ↓
6. Boy Flag Poster ↓
7. Naturemorfosis ↓
8. I Hate My Friends ↓
9. Opposite Worlds ↓
10. Time ↓
11. The Great Recycler ↓
12. The Face Of Chaos ↓
13. Black Market ↓
14. Kidnapping Of Europe ↓
15. Failed ↓
16. Green Thumb ↓
17. Crazy World ↓
18. Petrified ↓
19. Fashion Victim ↓
20. I’m The Real Designer ↓
21. Your Time Machine ↓
22. The Only Apple ↓
23. The Three Of Us ↓
24. Idle Hands ↓
25. Colorful Monster ↓
26. Silent Control ↓
27. These Diamond Days Of Oblivion ↓
28. Let It Out ↓
29. The Foot Of God ↓
30. Conserve Energy ↓
31. I Thirst ↓
32. Rebirth ↓
33. Make Art Not War ↓
34. Where Am I? ↓
35. Blinder ↓
Your Turn To Talk
I hope you enjoyed this post! Please take a minute to chime in and tell us which ones are your favorites :)
About the author:
Sneh is a designer from Sydney, Australia. She runs the Little Box Of Ideas Blog. You can also find Sneh on Twitter
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January 5th, 2010
I will quickly pick 3,4,5,9,16,30,32, but all are beautiful!!
January 5th, 2010
Wow! Fantastic illustrations
January 5th, 2010
very nice and motivation for inspiration 31, 17, 5 are my favorite. and once again the ROY done a good article here. i love her post always ;)
January 5th, 2010
Wow… amazing collection.
January 5th, 2010
Cool collection, Sneh! I love vector art, and you have some truly impressive examples in this roundup. Makes me want to rock out a cool vector illustration – just for kicks.
January 5th, 2010
Thanks for your comments guys! The “Time”, “The Only Apple”, “Black Market” and “Under My Bed” pieces are my favs :)
January 5th, 2010
Brilliant collection! love the great recycler, I’m the real designer and idle hands. Thanks for sharing.
January 5th, 2010
Impressive. The last one is brilliant.
January 6th, 2010
This is really inspiring.. You must have worked hard to prepare this article.. Good job! Thanks :)
January 8th, 2010
genius..!.the last one is maestro..
January 10th, 2010
Nice post. Thanks for sharing.
January 10th, 2010
Very inspiring!
January 11th, 2010
Very nice and colorful collection!
January 11th, 2010
Wow, some fantastic work here, a great collection you have put together and so varied. I particularly like “Your Time Machine ” and “Blinder”. Great blog.
January 15th, 2010
Wow, this is a great collection, I read an article once about Photoshop Vs. Illustrator, this would add points to “team illustrator” lol.
January 17th, 2010
Excellent post. I definitely agree that art is not just eye candy and should go beyond visual aesthetics. Effective storytelling is a fine and beautiful art, and vice-versa, an outstanding artwork tells its own story effectively.
January 18th, 2010
Very inspiring!
February 7th, 2010
Very inspiring collection! I like this illustrations. My favorite style is “Crazy World”! Useful post, thanks
February 22nd, 2010
amazing illustrations and very well written
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