I have taken all Vector articles and all User Submitted/Recommended Resources and compiled this list of the Best Illustrator/Vector Resources.
I took into consideration popularity (both from outgoing links and Technoratii ranking), the quality of resources, number of resources and, to be honest, how well there site was designed.

I have split the resources into categories: Free Resources (downloads); Tutorials; Free Illustrator Brushs; Illustrator Symbols; Illustrator Plugin; Free Vector Logos; Free Vector Editors.

Thanks to everyone who helped me with this list.

Top 25 Free Vector Resource Sites

1. I Heart Vector

2. Vecteezy!

3. CoolVectors.com

4. BittBox

5. VectorVault

6. deviantART

7. Blog.SpoonGraphics

8. Quality Free Vector Graphics

9. Dezignus

10.Free Vector Graphics

11. Idee Montabili.

12. freevectors.net.

13. vectorstuff.blogspot.com.

14. Vectorportal.

15. Webchantier Vector Image Portal.

16. Aiga Symbol Signs.

17. CreateSk8- - Freebies.

18. www.keepdesigning.com.

19. Clipart deSIGN.

20. Vectors Workshop.

21. www.localarcade.com.

22. vektorDB.

23. Gravitation

24. Garcya.us.

Top 10 Best Vector Tutorial Sites

2. Blog.SpoonGraphics.

3. Vectorials.

4. BittBox.

5. VECTORTUTS.

6. Illustrator Tutorials on Pixel2Life.

7. Adobe Illustrator on the Web Design Library.

8. Vectips.

9. NDesign Studio - Illustrator Tutorials.

10. Illustrator Tutorials on Good-Tutorials.

Top 10 Premium Vector Resources

2. iStockphoto.com

3. Vectorstock.com.

4. Vector Redraw.

5. Ultimate Symbol/.

6. Mister Retro - Vector Image Collections

7. ArtBitz Stock Illustration.

8. Vector Art.

9. Designious.

10. AI Vault.

Top 10 Free Illustrator Brush Resource Site

2. Vectorportal.

3. BittBox.

4. CreateSk8.

5. Illustrator-Brushes.

6. Illustrator brushes packs for Illustrator.

7. COLORBURNED.

8. Illustrator Brushes on deviantART.

9. MUJKA ILLUSTRATOR BRUSH SETS.

10. Digital Art Corner.

Top 10 Free Illustrator Symbol Resource Sites

2. Vector Portal.

3. Illustrator Symbols on deviantART.

4. Graphic Xtras - Symbols for Illustrator.

5. Code Zebra - Adobe Illustrator.
6. Integration and Application Network - Free Vector Symbols.

7. Creative Curio - Illustrator Symbols Illustrated.

8. CreateSk8 - Free Illustrator Symbols.

9. Brainstorm and Raves - Free Adobe Illustrator Symbols.

10. Cartographic Symbols and Map Symbols Library.

Top 5 Free Illustrator Plugin Resource Sites

2. Illustrator Plugin World.

3. Free Photoshop - Illustrator Plugins.

4. Graffix plugins for Adobe Illustrator.

5. Huge List of Adobe Illustrator Plugins & Filters & Tools.

Top 5 Free Vector Logo Resource Sites

2. LogoZu - Vector Logo Sharing.

3. Free-Logotypes.com.

4. All Free Logo - Vector Logo Database.

5. Logotypes.ru.

Top 5 Free Vector Editors (Illustrator Alternatives)

2. Karbon14.

3. Scribus.

4. Nodebox.

5. Skencil.

33 Comments so far

1. Craig Farrall on September 29, 2008 3:07 am

   Wow, what a list, great work, page has now been bookmarked.

2. Mostaque Ahammed on September 30, 2008 8:00 am

   Thank you very much for such an effort. It’s really nice list.

   Thanks again. Keep up the good things comming up.

3. ericb on September 30, 2008 8:27 am

   Great collection! Thanks for sharing.

4. andrew on September 30, 2008 9:16 am

   Surely you have missed http://www.vectormagic.com - it vectorises images for you.

5. Qydo on September 30, 2008 8:07 pm

   Nicely done. Added to del.icio.us!!

6. Scott Jackson on October 5, 2008 8:49 am

   How jolly nice of you old chap:)

7. BojanP on October 12, 2008 12:53 pm

   Thank you. Very usefull.

8. charly11 on October 21, 2008 9:33 am

   Super cool thank you Los Amo

9. Iris Vargas on October 28, 2008 2:38 pm

   Awesome stuff! Have you checked out http://www.rawclipart.com?

10. greg spradlin on October 28, 2008 4:55 pm

    I really like lists like this….it’s great to have so many cool things to check out all on one page.

    I knew of Gimp but not the other vector alternatives.

11. javier on November 25, 2008 1:04 am

    http://www.vectorjungle.com/ offers a growing gallery free vector art for personal and commercial use.

12. IDEEM - idee montabili on April 2, 2009 3:10 am

    Thank you for the link.
    Three code for your visitors (validez 1-30 April 2009):
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13. katt on April 8, 2009 10:37 pm

    thnx for the great list.. salamat ^^,

14. Andrew Mitnik on May 6, 2009 5:35 am

    You certainly missed Brands of the world, the major vector-drawn logotheque in the world, that BTW is FREE!

    http://www.brandsoftheworld.com

15. Anansi on May 29, 2009 12:01 pm

    Thanks for all the resources! Nice work!

16. Mario on June 17, 2009 8:17 am

    Amazing list.

    http://idesignvectors.com

    They offer over 600 free vectors and update daily.

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