Posted by admin on Jul 15, 2010 in
News,
T-shirt stuff
WELL!
My own t-shirt shop is finally online!
After almost 4 years of work and money saving, I am presently printing my own designs on American Apparel clothing!
You can find and buy these unique designs at my new website thirtsuniques.com
Please feel free to give me any comment and suggestion! Subscribe to my newsletter to get updated on new design, products and upcoming projects!
Posted by admin on Jul 15, 2010 in
Object/shapes
We sometimes need a specific image, but don’t have the ability to draw it ourselves or can’t find a free clipart that fits what we need… WELL! Here are a few free Photoshop objects that should help some of your projects…
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Nice full images that fit anywhere and can be easily modified for your own design. Always usefull. |
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Arrows from the same website. Again, these are always usefull to have around. |
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When you need to decorate a page fast! Basic but still stylish… |
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For your holiday and winter pages!
Never have enough, since there are no snowflake that look the same! |
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Great mix of modern objects, to decorate your web page or printed design!
LOVE these! |
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Vector circles
… for a retro look |
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WOW! What a set! If your a fan of foliage, curves and florish, you’ll download these objects very fast!
Also:
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… and other links
Graphicxtras
Biorust |
Tags: basic, big, foliage, huge, modern, objects, shapes, usefull, vector
Posted by admin on Apr 8, 2010 in
Photoshop,
web design
Here are a few websites I found to get some tips and tutorials on making web layouts.
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A lot of tutorials of different graphic styles
coming from many sources and websites. |
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Theme-based layouts.
You will also find the tutorials to convert
your PSD template in a CSS/HTML document |
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A compilation of good tutorials.
Some of them you will find in the websites I listed earlier. |
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The design is beautiful, but I’m not quite sure of the practicality of the method… The tutorial could be used for any other printed document or just a desktop background! |
Tags: layout, sites, tutorials, web, website
Posted by admin on Mar 11, 2010 in
Freebies
This week I decided I would share some great fabric I scanned from a former client of mine: Eloise Ouellette, a great costume designer and creator.
She made this texture herself during her fashion design courses.
Some others will be coming, hope you enjoy!

Tags: fabric, free, lace, texture, white
Posted by admin on Mar 11, 2010 in
Illustrator
This tip is for Illustrator CS2 and less, which don’t have the stroke outside option…
To avoid type that chokes between its stroke lines, try adding a stroke that is double the size you actually need.
If you want a 2-point stroke, change the stroke to 4 points.
Then, make a copy of your text and choose EDIT – PASTE IN FRONT.
Make sure that the stroke is NONE, and you’ll see a much more presentable outlined type.
Before, with a 6pts stroke

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After, with a 12 pts stroke and a no-stroke black text on top

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Tags: Illustrator, large, outline, stroke, text, tip, type
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.
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by PSD fan |
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by Bittbox
High res files |
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by Bittbox
Note pad paper made from scratch by bittbox… |
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by … Bittbox !
… the king of textures! |
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)
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by Q brushes
Pirate-style vintage detailed skulls! |
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I always like to find a lot of choices in one place! |
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by BTP4U
Seems to be a good quality! I Like the pirate/vintage feel of it. |
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by free-brushes.com
Hi res stuff ! |
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on Brusheezy by KeepWaiting
A LOT of brushes in this set! Don’t know about the quality though… |
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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. |
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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
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
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
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 !
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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 ! |
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by Dawghouse Design Studio
Nice original hand-drawn set of images.
Your design will look very personnalized with these! |
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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) |
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by i0D on Deviant Art
Love these! So fashion, but still very usefull! |
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by jixi2000 on Deviant Art
Nice BIG set ! |
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by Dry Icons on Smashing magazine |
Tags: clip art, clipart, icon, image, sketch, web