The style of a character design often depends on the software it was created with. Raster based applications like Photoshop lead to digitally painted artwork with realistic texturing and shading; 3D modelling programs like Maya allow artists to produce easily animated characters with realistic surface materials; while vector software like Adobe Illustrator typically lends itself to more stylised and abstract designs made from basic shapes, hard outlines and bright colours. In today’s inspiration showcase I present a variety of fun vector character designs from a range of artists. See how they all adopt a different illustration style, but they all feature the recognisable aesthetics of vector artwork.
Girl Skateboarding by Anton Fritsler
Mad Alchemist by Jona Dingles
Hard Day’s Night by RADIO
Butter Stick by Nick Slater
Hades and Poseidon by Gregory Hartman
Tats by Vic
Adventures of Ripley by Chi Birmingham
Astro Dog by Rabricio Rosa Marques
RPG Player and his Character by July Pluto
Nebacetin by Patswerk
King of Hearts by Filipe SJ
Character for Curse App by Evgeny Polukhin
Amy by Virginia Garrido Millan
Google Accelerator by Abigail Goh
Simpletons Strange Creatures by Dan Gartman
Benefits Illustrations by Arek Kajda
Me and my Wife by Malik Douar
Character Collection by Jones & Co
Subtle Textured Fox by Yulia Sokolova
Condorito by Rubens Scarelli
Character Designs by Dermot Reddan
The Accountant by Fonzy Nils
Mercenaries by Evgeny Polukhin
Alebrines by Alexander Vidal
People by Diana Dementeva
Character Designs by Dermot Reddan
Character Design by Sam Peet
Skullbot by Cronobreaker
Brave Viking by Enrique Figueroa
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So where are the ones created in PS and Maya?
“In today’s inspiration showcase I present a variety of fun vector character designs from a range of artists.”
Should have read the description.
Some really nice artwork. Really like the Viking well thought out.
Glad you like the selection Riaan
Fantastic artwork! You always provided highly skilled, dedicated, reliable, sophisticated and pleasant work with us. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for your kind words!
really cool collection. Thanks Chris for compiling them.
Thanks for your comment, Ron!
Cool list. Thanks for compiling good ones. Hats off to those who made it.
Glad you like the collection
My God. I am jealous to all of the artists.
These are fantastic, beautiful colours