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Stockphoto sites to check out

Jesper — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:24:11 +0000

If you’re looking to buy some stock photo’s cheap, or to make a bit of extra money on the side - check out these links.

http://www.dreamstime.com/
http://eu.fotolia.com/
http://www.BigStockPhoto.com/
http://www.stockxpert.com/
http://www.shutterstock.com/

You can actually make a decent supplemental income, just in your spare time, and several talented artists have been known to quit their day jobs, and do stock photography/images for a living. So check it out and who knows, you might find out that this is where you can make some extra money with a minimal effort.

Smashing Magazines Retro Icon Set

Jesper — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:05:27 +0000

More good stuff from Smashing Magazine. They’ve made available, for FREE, a really cool - albeit a small one - retro icon set. That is just too good to pass up.

Smashing Retro Icon Set

Lots Of Free Photoshop Patterns

Jesper — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 07:58:16 +0000

Smashing Magazine has put up a bunch of links to some great looking textures and patterns - free to download. Head on over there and check it out.

The Ultimate Collection Of Free Photoshop Patterns

25 Most Popular Texture Colletions - Part 2

Jesper — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:33:57 +0000

I hope you liked the first part, because it’s time for the second installment of the two-part post.

Here’s the remaining 13 texture collections from the most popular 25 texture packs on deviantART.

Part 2: The Last 13 Texture Packs

13. Icon Grunge Textures

23 100×100 colorful grunge textures in .png format

File Size: 563 KB

14. 3 More Grunge Textures

3 middle-sized textures, in the colorful grunge category.

File Size: 962 KB

15. 48 Miscellanous Icon-sized Textures

48 small (100×100 pixel) textures useable for icons.

File Size: 661 KB

16. Large Light Textures

This set contains 4 large (1024×768 pixel) light textures.

File Size: 1.3 MB

17. 20 More Icon-sized Textures

20 small-sized (100×100 pixel) textures, made from various paper scans.

File Size: 511 KB

18. 4 Painterly Textures

4 medium sized textures, 600×300 and 800×500.

File Size: 1.8 MB

19. Cloud Themed Textures

2 medium-sized random cloud-themed textures.

File Size: 1.1 MB

20. Scanned Dyed Paper Textures

10 dyed papers colored with watercolor and salt.

File Size: 16 MB

21. 4 More Grungy Textures

4 colorful textures, medium-sized.

File Size: 810 KB

22. Grayscale Textures

6 grayscale grunge textures for a used look.

File Size: 671 KB

23. Smoke Textures

23 icon sized smoke textures.

File Size: 136 KB

24. Painted Textures

Painted textures - be sure to read the license agreement before use.

File Size: 8.7 MB

25. Light Bokeh Textures

Lovely light bokeh textures

File Size: 277 KB

Illustrator And Photoshop Synergy Tutorial Goodness

Jesper — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:08:23 +0000

Using Photoshop with Illustrator is like cookies and milk. As delicious as they are seperately - they’re even better when used together. Vandalay Design has a list of great tutorials using Illustrator and Photoshop to accomplish something extra-ordinary.

25 Tutorials for Using Illustrator and Photoshop Together for Outstanding Results

Practice Your Pen Skills With This Tutorial

Jesper — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:56:58 +0000

Here’s a fun tutorial that PSDTUTS has put up. Flex those pen muscles and get your vectors straight. The end result WILL be colorful.

Splattered Vector and Photography Mash Up

Website Backgrounds: 14 Trends And The Tutorials To Back Them Up!

Jesper — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 08:24:54 +0000

Noupe has a list of 14 styles of website backgrounds that are the current trend today. They back each style up with a couple of tutorials to help make your own versions.

Website Backgrounds: 70+ Impressive Trends, How To’s & Best Practices

Sakke Soini - Retro Artist

Jesper — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:36:59 +0000

PSDTUTS has an interview with Sakke Soini, a Finnish artist. They say:

Sakke is an extremely talented designer residing in Helsinki, Finland. He attributes his style to old retro movies like Tron and various images he recalls from growing up in the 80’s. His illustrations consist of vibrant colors and bizarre images that are unique and very well executed. In this interview, Sakke explains how he thinks a freelance designer should build up a client base, and a lot more. So check this one out.

So head on over there, read the interview, and get some inspiration. Just click the below link.

Sakke Soini Interview

25 Most Popular Texture Colletions - Part 1

Jesper — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 10:00:51 +0000

Using textures are undoubtedly a large part of many designers’ work in Photoshop. Having the right ones, and knowing how to use them right, can make or break a piece.

deviantART is a great place to use when looking for textures and inspiration, so I decided to put together a list in 2 parts of the 25 most popular texture collections on deviantART.

There’s patterns, tilable, large and small textures. Plenty of stuff to use in your digital art.

Stay tuned for part 2 with the rest of the 25 most popular deviantART texture collections.

Valentines: Most Wanted

Jesper — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 09:58:11 +0000

Valentine’s Day is coming up, and of course there’s a huge demand for brushes, backgrounds, tutorials etc. for the day of romance. Naldz Graphics has the rundown on the heartshaped goods.