Vintage Winged Angel Vectors- Free

Illustrator, Vector Art 7 Comments »

winged-angel-vectors-free-keepdesigning-promoHello again- today’s free vector download is a collection of antique angel vectors.  There are eight illustrated angel vectors in all.  These are copyright free artworks that can be used for any personal or commercial use.  The download zip file contains one eps file functional to anyone running adobe illustrator eight or higher.  Thanks for checking us out, come back soon for more free vectors and other creative goods.

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Grunge City Collage Backgrounds- Free

Vector Art 5 Comments »

grunge-city-collage-background-design-elements-keepdesigning-promoSalutations fellow designers- today’s free graphic design resource is a collection of grunge city collages that can be used to graphically enrich any print or website background.  These five city collages are textured with a desaturated overtone to accentuate that urban city/industrial look. This free graphic design collection contains a total of five high resolution jpeg images- copyright free art that can be used on any personal or commercial work.

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Southwest Native American Pottery Design Vectors

Illustrator, Vector Art 6 Comments »

native american pottery design vector artWe’ve got more Native American vector art to share with the design community. These are traditional pottery designs, most often used to decorate the interior of large serving bowls of tribes in the American southwest.

The vectors were created by hand by us from published sources that claim no copyright on the patterns themselves. These vectors can be used for personal and/or commercial design and craft projects. You can’t however sell them, or post them for download on another website. Read the rest of this entry »

Convert Photos into Stone- Photoshop Tutorial

Case Studies, Photography, Photoshop, Tutorials 2 Comments »

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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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12 Old Vintage Car Vectors- Free

Illustrator, Vector Art 25 Comments »

old car vector artFrom the public domain comes 12 vintage auto vector clipart cars from a prior age. They range from the first horseless carriages to motorized coaches to turn of the century gangster and “Great Gatsby” age cars.

One of the vehicle illustrations is Adobe Live Paint ready. If you have Illustrator CS3, just select the Live Paint tool and click around the image to change the color of the tires, body, running boards, seats, trim - everything! Use gradient swatches to give some depth and dimension.

Nostalgic, vintage, retro, highly detailed, and free for both personal and commercial scrapbook and graphic design works, the old car vector art download includes 12 individual automotive illustrations for Adobe Illustrator 8 or newer. You’ll need Illustrator CS3 for Live Painting the single .ai file.

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Grunge Paint Splatter Vectors- Free

Illustrator, Vector Art 11 Comments »

paint-splatter-vectors-keepdesigning-com-promoWhen I was in kindergarten my teacher always told me to color inside the lines- fast forward twenty years later, now as a designer we’re encouraged to color outside the lines.  I guess it’s true what they say about rules- you have to know them before you can break them.  Well for those of you who do know the rules- you’ll enjoy today’s free vector download of grunge paint splatters, six illustrator vectors in all.  These are great, especially when your working on a preciously neat, formal design, and you’ve refined it down to the most minute detail and just when you think you’re done- slap one of these sloppy grunge splatters atop- perfect!

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