Archive for July, 2009
4 Free Texture Websites
Textures are a hugely valuable tool for designers, with so many varying applications. They can be used to add texture to backgrounds and all sorts of other elements. Fortunately, there are some incredible texture resources out there. Today, I want to bring you four free texture resource, which you can visit and use to add [...]
Two Useful Design Articles
This article links to two design-related articles that I found very useful – from BittBox and Blog.Spoon Graphics – about Photoshop Brushes and creating vector-based seamless patterns. Both articles discuss fairly simple concepts, but they are invaluable tools for any designer.
Freebie: Imperial Leaf Pattern
Freebie: I’ve created my first seamless Vector Pattern – entitled Imperial Leaf – and made an entire pattern pack available for download as my newest freebie. Feel free to download it and use it in your designs.
Develop Good Photoshop Habits
Try getting into these four Photoshop habits, which will help to improve the flexibility of your documents, your workflow and your overall Photoshop experience. They are tricks that I’ve learned through experience, and they certainly help me.
Freebie: Texture Pack 2 – Woods
Texture Freebie: Another free Texture Pack. This one contains five high resolution wood-related textures that you can use to add some depth or spice to your designs.
9 Rocking CD Covers
In this post I take a detailed look at 9 CD covers that I really like, and explain why I am drawn to each of them. I suppose this will also give you a glimpse into some of my musical tastes!
Quick Tip: Make a Vector Gear in 7 Simple Steps
Today’s Quick Tip is a simple 7 step tutorial on how to create a really basic shape in Illustrator. When I say simple, I really do mean simple. I can run through these steps in about 2 minutes flat! Of course, if you’re reading and following along it will probably take you a bit longer [...]
Freebie: Circles Brush Pack
Illustrator Brushes Freebie: This extremely flexible brush pack features 20 scatter and art brushes for creating awesome circle-based designs in Adobe Illustrator.
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