I just love ancient artifacts. So I was very pleased when a family member gave me the gift of a sculpture he made. It was one of a series of three sculptures, all slightly different… all excellent. The figure is a rendition of traditional Peruvian/Pre-Columbian artifacts. Hand crafted of clay and painted with gold accents, it has become a favorite item of home decor. It’s truly a museum quality piece from the hands of a very talented artisan hobbyist, who seeks no acknowledgment here for the work.

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It’s been quite a while since we posted some textures. I found these free wet sand textures while researching for a cd design project. They are from a site called Colorburned, which has some nice downloads you might want to check out. There are actually 2 volumes of the free wet sand textures, for a total of 54 high resolution images (2816 x 2112) in all. Read the rest of this entry »

This free vector download contains four versions of a spiral leaf flower - two vectors (B&W and color) and two layered Photoshop files.

The PSD files show two variations of layer blending modes, layer effects and masks on the vector to create softness and drama. Play around with the layers to see how they interact to create different looks. The files are Photoshop CS format.

The EPS vectors are for Illustrator 8 or higher, or any other vector based software.

Like all of our free vectors, these files can be used for any and everything, except posting for download on another website. So both personal and commercial use is OK.

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Bond, James Bond or shall I say Designing, Keep designing.com. Penguin Books UK has recently released the complete collection of Ian Flemings 007 series, starring everyones favorite British spy James “I never met a girl I didn’t shag” Bond. The cover art of this book series exemplify a perfect synergy betwixt illustration and design. The type treatment is beautifully composed in unison with the watercolor illustrations by Michael Gillette- creating some eye catching book cover art. I’ll probably purchase the series just to adorn my book shelves, they’re just so pretty, the the artwork- as well as the ladies. Read the rest of this entry »

We all love designing, but lets face it- sometimes we just don’t have those creative juices flowing and we end up with an uninspiring and uncharacteristic design. On some occasions we just don’t have the time and we’re asked to produce a masterpiece in fifteen minutes. To aid you in your graphical struggles keepdesigning.com is giving away this ready made grunge design, that’s right, for the low low price of free this ready made grunge design template can be yours. 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. Read the rest of this entry »