Free Paper textures

Posted by admin on Mar 3, 2010 in Freebies, Ressources

Here are some paper textures, often usefull to create volume or…. texture (!) to a business design.

	Paper texture kit by PSD fan
	Paper textures by Bittbox High res files
	Paper vectors by Bittbox Note pad paper made from scratch by bittbox…
	Brown paper set by … Bittbox ! … the king of textures!

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Free skull brushes

Posted by admin on Mar 3, 2010 in Brushes

While searching for a specific type of skull, I found all of these… I obviously didn’t try all of them, so I’d appreciate constructive comments! ;o)

	10 skull brushes by Q brushes Pirate-style vintage detailed skulls!
	Round-up of 10 free skull brush sets I always like to find a lot of choices in one place!
	Death brushes by BTP4U Seems to be a good quality! I Like the pirate/vintage feel of it.
	Vector skull brushes by free-brushes.com Hi res stuff !
	Damaged death skull brushes on Brusheezy by KeepWaiting A LOT of brushes in this set! Don’t know about the quality though…
	Vector skulls by Ben blogged This is NOT A BRUSH ! But I found them very nice and thought I should share… Make sure you open them in your vector software, or else you won’t be able to get transparency.
	Vector skulls pack by mulpo.com Again, NOT BRUSHES, but you can use this vector file to scale it as you wish !

Tags: Brushes, crâne, death, pirate, skulls, vector, vintage

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Some great articles for graphic and web designers

Posted by admin on Mar 3, 2010 in Tips and tricks

I got some great articles from Anidan Design. Hope you learn something from them! I’ll try to get some more, so we can all get better at what we do!

Some good tips from Design Reviver : The 15 Best Articles for designers

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Design a grungy … thing !

Posted by admin on Mar 1, 2010 in Tutorial

This link is in fact titled Design a grungy floating island, but by following the tips and instructions, you can easily create a lot of stuff from scratch, without brushes!! Totally unique!

Have fun!

Tags: Brushes, funky, grunge, grungy, island, trees

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Usefull icons

Posted by admin on Feb 24, 2010 in cliparts and icons

I gathered a bunch of FREE icons that can be used for your website templates, for printed documents as cliparts… or even as icons !

	128 function icon set by Function Web Design They follow the trend with the glossy look… A lot of very usefull images for many types of designs! Thank you Function !
	Sketchy web icons by Dawghouse Design Studio Nice original hand-drawn set of images. Your design will look very personnalized with these!
	Grunge peeling stickers by Dawghouse Designs Again, a big trend this year: peeling stickers! with a retro/grunge feeling on top of it! Go change your media icons right now!! ;o)
	Shopping bags by i0D on Deviant Art Love these! So fashion, but still very usefull!
	Audio, video and others by jixi2000 on Deviant Art Nice BIG set !
	Practika set by Dry Icons on Smashing magazine

Tags: clip art, clipart, icon, image, sketch, web

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How to: Create a swirly textured object

Posted by admin on Feb 23, 2010 in Tutorial

Now, why didn’t I think of this earlier?? A popular urban design trend so easy you’ll be mad you didn’t try it before!

Check it out:

Tags: instruction, mask, swirl, texture, tip, Tutorial

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Nice websites

Posted by admin on Feb 22, 2010 in inspiration

Today I would like to share some original designs websites I found recently…

Charles Elena Design

Very original scrolling pages!
One big page without having the impression of reading a sequence of paragraphs.
Pages are separate, with fun transitions between them. Menu always on top, leading to anchored links.
Love it!! (I love red also, it helps!)

They make apps

Still not sure what they sell, but love the consistency of the design! Every element seems to come right from an architect or technical sketch. I understand that this website is a beta… Probably the reason why the page is so small and the info not that clear… Still good design!

Tags: design, inspiration, Nice, web, websites

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Retro Photoshop brushes

Posted by admin on Feb 6, 2010 in Brushes

Ok, I got no credit for finding these, but it’s a great collection!!
500+ photoshop retro brushes in 35 sets collected on Naldz Graphics.

Tags: Brushes, retro

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Freebie: vintage border

Posted by admin on Feb 6, 2010 in Freebies

Here I am again with my free stuff!! Hope they can be usefull… Click to save as.
Please comment so I can get better at this! Thanks!

Tags: black, border, gray, retro, vintage

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Nice website designs

Posted by admin on Feb 6, 2010 in inspiration

I tried to gather some inspiring websites… These are frome Deviant Art, but some others will surely come up soon!
If you have others you like, do not hesitate to comment and give links!

	Exotic by ECP-Pro on Deviant ArtLove the transparent left side and footer!
	Box and cube by Dellustration on Deviant Art I’m a sucker for the iPhone look!
	Designer Couch by ftstudio on Deviant Art Nice colour, huh?
	Panolino by finesy on Deviant ArtVery cute, but still practical and easy to find what you need! Nice!
	Retro for Panoetic by detrans on Deviant Art Love the background, the menu, the galery… everything is new to me! WOW!!
	A3 blogdesign no2 by emotioncore on Deviant Art That’s what we call minimalism my friends!
	Clean theme by detruk on Deviant Art Again, minimalism at its best! Would have liked to get the URL and see the full website!
	iClooly by alighandour on Deviant Art Simple tech/Apple look, easy to read and understand. Good design to me!
	Post sign by Nas-wd on Deviant Art Can’t get enough of those «floating» designs!
	Angel by miko434 on Deviant Art Very nice! Would have tried to integrate more the menu to the nature design…