Beginners Tutorial for vector masks..?

I have PS CS2 and Illustrator CS 2 as well as corel. Is there a link someone can give me for a good tutorial on vector masks adn how to do them? I am making designs to be cut out with a plotter and such and need to know how to make vectors but, I just havent learned this yet. can ya help? Thanks this is a great site!!

Dont tell me 17 people have no idea of what Im talkin about. Im tryin to lay out graphics for a bike, that I will use for stencils on it. I will cut them out with a plotter. but first I need to know how the heck I can do this.

any sort of vector shapes you draw in illustrator should work just fine, nothing really special about it that i can think of. if you don't know how to use the pen tool yet mihai's tutorial is a good place to start.

btw, the pen tool is ESSENTIAL to know for any artist/designer. learn it.

chris

[QUOTE=skullsmasher]Dont tell me 17 people have no idea of what Im talkin about. Im tryin to lay out graphics for a bike, that I will use for stencils on it. I will cut them out with a plotter. but first I need to know how the heck I can do this.[/QUOTE]

What kind of bike btw?