Free fonts are a beautiful thing. For those with a love of typography, I’ve compiled a list of 25 typeface released in 2011. Some of the font authors have been busy little bees. There are quite a few by Måns Grebäck of Mawns Typography. If you like his work, hop on over to his blog and leave a […]
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Quick Tip: Working with Swatches
Many of us collect resources for graphic design, but I’ve not seen much mentioned about Adobe Swatch Exchage (ASE) or Adobe Color Files (ACO). I’d like to offer a quick tip, in case you were not aware of this preset format. Teapot Pattern Credits: Ransie3 I adore colourlovers, even though I’m a bit slower than […]
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Color Palette Favorites of the Week – 2
If there was a way to tell what type of personality or mood one has from the types of colors they are attracted too, I’d be interested. It’s amazing what color therapy does for one’s mood. That may be a fun research project. Here’s a list of my faves for the week, just in time for the […]
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Photoshop Gimp Brushes – 40 Free Hootie Owls
Today’s freebie: 40 super high res owl brushes for photo shop and gimp lovingly crafted & packaged just for you! A few of the images are sourced from fromoldbooks.org. The rest I found on various free unrestricted clipart sites. Some sourced from a couple of teacher’s educational reference material blogs containing public domain craft work […]
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Vintage Graphic Design – Beautiful Lace Brushes
I’ve been working on another project resource hunt that was just calling for a blog post to share the digs with everyone. These vintage lace brushes are great for personal and commercial design projects. The brush selection range from gimp gbr, photoshop .abr, one in adobe illustrator brush format, and even a paint shop pro […]
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Free Vintage Hobby Girl Scans
I’ve had these kickin’ around for some time now and finally got around to scanning & uploading. They were a gift from my friend Heather, and I thought I would share them as a digital download. The sewing girl image is my fave, as I’ve always wanted a small black vintage singer sewing machine. I […]
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Awesome Gimp Tutorials
I’ve never really been a fan of video tutorials whatsoever. Today I was looking around for some tuts for making gimp resources and stumbled on these videos. They are definitely worthy of sharing. A couple of these vids move pretty fast, so grab a cup of coffee and get ready, lol! Vintage Old Photo Effect Gimp […]
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Free Vintage Grunge Textures Patterns & Items Collection 3
Colors, textures and resources are like therapy for me. I love to browse the web and saturate my senses with all of the wonderful work that is out there for the hunting. “Free Vintage & Grunge Textures Collection III” consists of some items ranging from colors of black and white, to ornate yet earthy browns […]
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Retro, Vintage and Western Website Designs from Around the Web
I’ve always had an affinity for vintage/retro/western stuff. The western love may have risen from me helping my mom stuff hand-made frostline “Billy Bob” jackets with goose down we plucked from geese my dad hunted. You know, the kind of shirts that have the glassy covered pearly snaps? I never really liked country music that […]
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