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Being like most of you, I’ve been very excited about the release of CS5. I wasn’t able to attend the “Launch Party” [...]
Archive for the ‘Resources’ Category
Learn CS5 Fast and Easy!
Posted: 1st May 2010 by Lori in Admin, CS5, Resources, TutorialsTags: Admin, CS5, Resources, Training, Tutorials
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Texture Thusday –> Light, Subtle Grunge Textures
Posted: 29th April 2010 by Lori in Resources, TexturesTags: 25, grunge, Resources, Textures
My boy, Caleb, over at Lost and Taken creates sex, shadow, light, ambiance, craving, desire, ….all with abstract textures. They are quite the lookers these textures are. I encourage you to pop on over there and them while they are hot and ready…..
Free High Resolution Textures – Lost and Taken – 25 Subtle and Light [...]
Manic Monday -> PatternCooler
Posted: 26th April 2010 by Lori in Manic Monday, ResourcesTags: Manic Monday, patterns, Resources
What a cool little toy this site is. It lets you pick a pattern, then change the repeat and color scheme to your hearts delight and then download the custom, repeatable pattern you create. Simple, easy, free, useful.
PatternCooler | Cool Seamless Background Pattern Designs .
Manic Monday -> Patterns & Useful Tools
Posted: 26th April 2010 by Lori in Manic Monday, ResourcesTags: 50, Manic Monday, patterns, Resources
Here’s a great list of patterns and places to get them over at Iniwoo. Big big list, the number 50 is really a misnomer, as the list is a lot bigger than that – thanks to Radical for putting this together.
50+ Beautiful Patterns & Useful Tools for Web Designers.
A list of design related lists
Posted: 22nd April 2010 by Lori in Blog, Resources, Web DesignTags: Blogging, Design, Resources, Web Design
I found this post while I was searching for information on how to improve my blog and learn more about design in the process. The site itself has a lot of nice, short and sweet articles on blogging as well as a variety of other topics that you might find interesting. I hope you enjoy [...]
Learn Web Design: Educational Resources for Beginners | Vandelay Design Blog
Posted: 19th April 2010 by admin in Design, Manic Monday, Productivity, Resources, Tutorials, Web DesignTags: beginner, Design, Education, Manic Monday, self-improvement, Tutorials, Web Design
What a most excellent post! Kirsti at Vandelay Design has put together an incredibly extensive post on resources for beginners who want to learn web design (i.e. = Me!).
This post contains a huge list of resources for learning everything from general web design to the places you should go to learn specific topics from HTML, [...]
Resource Wednesday ->Vector Snowflakes
Posted: 14th April 2010 by admin in Resources, VectorsTags: Resources, Vectors
Wow, I think winter might actually be over. I’m here in Georgia where we say, if you don’t like the weather just wait a minute…and boy it’s really been like that lately, it’s snowed more in the last 6 weeks than it had in the previous 6 years…so, the snow is over, but the snowflakes [...]
Resource Wednesday -> Wisps
Posted: 14th April 2010 by admin in Resources, TexturesTags: Resources, Textures
When I was young (much younger, and yes, younger than those of you born after 1980 who are starting to think you are old but have no idea what you’re talking about), smoking was considered cool, sexy, the thing to do…they did it on TV, they advertised it in teen magazines and everyone did it. [...]
Resource Wednesday -> 50 Photoshop Brush Sets
Posted: 14th April 2010 by admin in Brushes, Photoshop, Resources, TexturesTags: Brushes, Photoshop, Resources, Textures
Notice that this is 50 brush SETS, which adds up to a whole heck of a lot of brushes. Some of these are really cheeky and take me to the wayyyy back machine. Thanks to Six Revisions.
50 Free Photoshop Brush Sets for Modern Design Trends.
Resource Wednesday -> Tree Silhouettes
Posted: 14th April 2010 by admin in Illustrator, Resources, VectorsTags: Resources, Vectors
There are about a bazillion trees in the world, and there are about a bazillion things you can do with these tree vectors (I’m not spelling silhouette again, my fingers protested too much). Ain’t BittBox the bomb???
Free Vectors: Tree Silhouettes | BittBox.
By the way, I sure am glad that I wasn’t the grunt that was [...]