Monthly Archives: August 2008
- August 28, 2008
- 16 “Sketchy” Illustrator Brushes
My first set of Illustrator brushes! I was excited to get these together, but not knowing much about Illustrator myself I don’t really have any use for them!
Now, just in case anyone is wondering: I made these using a permanent marker on paper and scanned them in at 600dpi (if you want to [...]
- August 27, 2008
- vi.sualize.us
I recently signed up for an account, and I must say I’m finding vi.sualize.us extremely addictive! It’s just that it’s so easy to bookmark images with the Firefox extension that there’s hardly any work to be done.
Just bookmark beautiful images, or you can find beautiful design inspiration by searching through the site.
If you want to [...]
- August 26, 2008
- “Sketchy” Design Resources
Small list I’ve composed of some helpful grunge/sketchy-style design resources.
Collection of Sketchy Icons (I ended up using Little Red Shoes set).
Sketchy Photoshop Brushes (Perfect addition to your Photoshop arsenal).
Creating a Textured Journal Icon
35 Photoshop Tutorials for Designing Your Own Posters
20 Beautiful Dark Websites to get you Inspired
Free Hi-Res Stone Texture Pack (3)
- August 24, 2008
- Sweet Typewriter Fonts for Designers
From Woork, who recently brought us a similar article, 10 Handwritten fonts you can’t miss comes 10 Awesome Typewriter Fonts for Web Designers.
Really some nice and unique fonts in this roundup, and it would be nice to see them being used more in current web design trends.
Worth a look if you need some more free [...]
- August 23, 2008
- Pixlr: Online Image Editor
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, this new web app looks awesome! I know there have already been a few like this developered recently (including Photoshop express), but this one really seems to stand out of the crowd in the way that it’s extremely lite, free and easy to use considering the [...]
- August 12, 2008
- Website: HighResolutionTextures.com
For you texture fanatics out there I highly recommend you add highresolutiontextures.com to your hitlists
Definitely worth checking out for an array of different textures, including: plant textures, fabric textures, wood textures and more!
I’m a new subscriber that’s for sure!
- August 2, 2008
- New Design Resource Blogs (That You Should be Following)
I’ve been seeing a few design-related resource Blogs popping up lately, and all of them seem to offer a decent level of quality content, so I thought I would compose a little roundup. Here’s 5 new design Blogs that you should subscribe to
1. Design Shard2. Kreativuse
3. My Ink Blog
4. DesignM.ag
5. Designious Times
If you [...]
- August 1, 2008
- Free DeviantART Subscriptions
Hey guys, I just thought I should update the site but I have a lack of ideas, so I thought I would give something away
For the first five people that leave a comment I want to give you a 3-month deviantART subscription for free. No catches! Just leave your deviantART profile as your [...]
