My second Vectortuts tutorial “How to Make the Most Out of Your Vector Illustrations“ has been published.
In this tutorial I share with you my method of creating three different styles of vector illustration
based on one concept and sketch.
To read this tutorial you should become a subscriber of Vectortuts.
Vectortuts website published my tutorial
“How to Create a Vector Illustration and Prepare it for Micro-Stock Sale”.
If you are starting your career as vector illustrator on micro-stock websites and want to learn some techniques then this tutorial is for you!

It is always great to save some time and this script truely helps to save you time for more creative things than saving your vector illustrations in different formats. “Save for stocks” script for Adobe Illustrator manages saving a file package (EPS 8 and two JPEGS, bigger and smaller) for micro-stock websites. Now it is for you to download.
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Exciting news, everyone!
Today I got a little crown next to my name on my Istockphoto profile! It means that I became an exclusive contributor and, starting from today, my vector illustrations can only be bought there. I hope it will be a nice boost for my sales and creative plans! Read more on my blog.

My first interview on the web!!! It was made by nice folks at Vector Goodness blog. It goes mostly about my vector experience, but also about my work process. It features a couple of my illustrations.
Nice winter holidays early present for me
You can read it on Vector Goodness Blog!

I’ve made a free printable coloring calendar 2009 for everybody’s enjoyment!
You can download it from my blog, print it on some nice paper and color it the way you want! There is also a little giveaway! Read all the info on my blog. Happy holidays!

Visit my winter holidays shop at zazzle were you can find a selection of greeting cards, postcards, stamps and various gifts with my artwork! There are a lot of different options and sales for you to prepare to the holiday season!
I’ll be updating my winter holidays shop very soon so stay tuned!

Made a couple of calendars with my vector artwork for the next year… They are available at my redbubble and zazzle shops. My first calendars! Yay!!! =)
Full layout of these calendars with all links is in my blog.

My “Hungry Cat” keds shoes designed with my vector illustration “Hungry Cat” have been bought by my friend Eva at my zazzle shop and came afer some time of waiting in the hands of their happy owner
Read more and see photoreview of these keds in my blog.

I’m happy to announce the opening of my artistic website “Optimistic Art by Oksancia”!This is only the first “draft” just to get my works and information about me online and all in one place. I hope to continue working on this website and make it full of interesting and useful information about my art and life.
Thank you very much for visiting me here! =) Hope to see you soon!
Cheers! Oksancia