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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

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.

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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

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

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

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.

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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.

Most Wanted Photoshop & Illustrator Tutorials,Brushes & EPS for Valentines

As some of you might know, DeviantArt is an amazing place to spend hours on end, finding inspiration. 1st Webdesigner has done some of the groundwork for us, and compiled a list with 30 artists worth watching.

30 Deviant Digital Artists, Painters, Illustrators Worth To Watch

The blog - Design Your Way - has a new collection of…everything.  Photoshop and Illustrator Brushes, Textures, Patterns, Icons, PSD Files, Fonts, Wordpress Themes, and Wallpapers. Phew, that was a long list.

Here’s the link.

More free resources for designers to download

Seeing as today’s a slow news day, I’ve been digging through my bookmarks in order to find something good for you today. I found a good post on Noupe for you with loads of tutorials, brushes and much more.

80 Best-Of Adobe Illustrator Tutorials, Brushes, .EPSs and Resources