I realize that I have been cutting it a little too close to the actual holiday with the free vectors that I have been providing, so here’s a Baby New Year vector a few weeks in advance of the actual event. Use it for whatever you like, just don’t pass it off as your own or redistribute it without my permission. You know the drill; it’s a PDF but editable in your vector program of choice. Happy New Year from palmateerDesign.

I felt bad about not posting anything in a while, and I also had a few extra minutes today so I decided to do this vector of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer for everyone. As always, it’s a PDF so just open it in a vector program. You can use it in all professional and personal projects, just don’t redistribute it or pass it off as your own work. If you like this stuff, click the RSS feed link so that you always know when I release a new piece for y’all.

I don’t know about you, but I have always had a love of the concept of the super-hero. I read comics a little bit growing up, but mostly I drew my own super-heroes. From the age of 11 on up to the time I left for college (age 18) I was conceptualizing and drawing super-heroes, and villains. There are over 300 of them. I plan on scanning them in, but the shear volume of them overwhelms me. Regardless, the reason I am writing this is because I found an awesome site that reminded me of my old hobby of creating super-heroes. It’s called The Superest. 

The Superest is an ongoing project by Kevin Cornell and Matthew Sutter, as well as the occasional guest artist. They go back and forth devising super-heroes that cancel out the previous heroes’ powers, thus making the current hero “The Superest”. According to the site this concept is based on the game My Team, Your Team created by Andy Havens. Some of you out there might think is ridiculous, but give it 5 minutes and I promise you will be hooked. I ended up sitting down and spending the better portion of a twelve pack and last night perusing the site. 

Not only is it a unique source of humor as well as inspiration for concepts (the verbal and visual puns these guys use are phenomenal), but as a graphic designer, I am really intrigued by the hand lettering that is done for each and every new hero. It’s really a nice break from the everyday, corporate type that we see all the time.

After you visit those sites, if you are feeling semi-creative, head on over to HeroMachine and make a super-hero (or villain) of your own! Stay tuned for the super-hero drawings of my youth to surface here soon!

The website for Common Dogs isn’t even officially up and running yet, and already it’s logo is receiving critical acclaim! AskLlora has included the Common Dogs logo in their Extreme Designs of the Week. The other cool thing about this logo is that it uses Candy Script, one of my favorite fonts.

Go check them out and support palmateerDesign at the same time!

Work’s a little slow with all of the sales people out for Thanksgiving, so I put together this Free Santa vector for you all to use in all your personal and commercial projects. As always, it’s a PDF file so that most people can access it. Just open the PDF in your vector program of choice! Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas!

Okay so he’s more of a Dirty Harry-Pilgrim than a just stepped off the Mayflower-Pilgrim, but I thought I would just continue the trend. It’s been a lazy Saturday. Not much to do, so I threw this guy together. Feel free to use him in all your personal and commercial projects, just don’t redistribute him or pass him off as your own. Happy Thanksgiving!

After I posted that free snowman vector, I realized I should have created a turkey in honor of Thanksgiving, so here ya go. Open the PDF in your favorite vector program to use this guy for your personal and commercial jobs. Just don’t repost it as your own. Happy Thanksgiving!