I was experimenting with using vintage images for a cover design and got off on a few design tangents (I’m sure that’s never happened to you, right). Hours later I had some interesting looking pieces that never ended up in a design - but they were fun to put together. May as well share! Any and all parts of these files can be used in personal or commercial works.

I’m giving away 2 high-resolution, layered Photoshop files. I admit they are a bit strange… both have a girl from the early 1900s. She is walking a dog in the original creative commons, copyright-free image. However I wanted to twist it up a bit. Read the rest of this entry »

Free Vector art- We’re back and we brought free vectors. We know you’ve all been starving from some great free vector art so here it is. We’ll be updating more frequently now that we’ve stocked up on some free design art elements. Today’s free vector is a set of fish designs wallpaper, a black version and a line art version. These wallpaper vectors can compliment any print design or web design you might be working on. These free illustrated wallpaper vectors are original, copyright free artworks that can be used on any commercial or personal project. This eps file is friendly to anyone using adobe illustrator 8 or higher- Enjoy.

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Designing is not always easy- that’s why today we’re giving away this free graphic design template, this photoshop design template has a butterfly theme border, with some slick fonts included.  This is a pre-made design you can customize to your liking and do what you will.  It’s simple, just download the zip file containing the photoshop document, install the fonts, edit the text and photo layers, ding! your design is ready.

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Photoshop special effects are amongst my favorite things to do with photographs.  I recently found a tutorial over at psdtuts.com that shows you how to convert a regular portrait photo into a Michelangelo-esque statue using a few photoshop tricks.  You can see my two attempts at following this tutorial below. One statue looks more like stone, I then added a column and some lighting.  I made the other statue look more like marble for a sleeker surface texture, I then added some angel wings.

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Hola Amigos, one of my favorite games to play as a kid was a latino board game called “Juego De Loteria”, it’s kinda like bingo, except that we played with pinto beans.  This game’s been around since my great grandma was a kid- so these illustrations are vintage vintage.  This download contains a zip file containing a jpeg document with nine different graphics.  These graphics are great for adding an antique/worldly element to your designs.  This file can be used in any image viewing/editing software.  You can use these vintage illustrations for personal works only!

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