Feb 13

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

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Feb 10

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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Feb 08

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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Feb 08

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

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Feb 07

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

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Feb 06

Smashing Magazine has a batch of a 100 great looking, free textures for you this afternoon. Below is your link.

I hope everyone has a good weekend, and I’ll see if I can scrounge up some nice links for you during the weekend, even though the big sites take Saturday and Sunday off.

100 Beautiful Free Textures

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Feb 05

PSDTUTS has a new tutorial up. This time they’ll show you how to create a Magic Themed web site layout using stock photography, images, custom brushes and some cool lighting effects. Follow the below link to read the Photoshop tutorial.

Create a Magic Night Themed Web Design from Scratch in Photoshop

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Feb 03

Making your text stand out in order to make an impression is probably the most important thing when designing. Instantshift has compiled a huge  list of tutorials for making awesome text effects in Photoshop.

65+ Smoking Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials

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Feb 03

Web Design Ledger has an impressive list of free downloadable patterns for Photoshop. Whether you use them on your websites or in you digital art, there’s a lot to choose from with over 200 different colors / patterns.  Click the links to start downloading.

200+ Beautiful Seamless Patterns Perfect for Web Design

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Feb 02

PSDTUTS has a rundown of the best of the web for January. Tutorials, articles, brushes, icons,  and plenty of other resources. Lots of stuff to look through get some inspiration and some free stuff to use in your designs.

Best of the Web - January

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