Category Archives: Design Resources

Brushes, Fonts, and Tutorials

Free Photoshop Brush: Planets and Moons

I’ve been a fan of science fiction movies since I was a little kid and saw Star Wars for the first time. Because of that, I tend to do a lot of designs and wallpapers that feature space and planets. … Continue reading

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Digitizing a Family Crest

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Several months ago, my mother was cleaning out a closet and came across a small woodcut print block and a printed-on-paper example of the woodcut block. The print is a large deer head with antlers, a shield featuring a lion … Continue reading

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Free Photoshop Brush: Ballet and Dancers

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This photoshop brush consists of a set of dancers, ballet shoes, and ballerinas. The brush is free to download and use for any graphic design you’d like: posters, flyers, event notifications, invites, whatever. If you do use this photoshop brush, … Continue reading

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Free Grunge Poster Font: Wilson

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Check it out. This is Wilson. He is grungier than Soundgarden. He is grungier than Eddie Vedder’s regrets of how grunge he used to be. He is a chunky font, good for any grungy design: Rock Posters Album Covers Ransom … Continue reading

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Mountain High – Free Font

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(click the image to download font) Here is a sample of a font I created for a client. To download it, simply click the image sample. I created the font from a photo of a menu chalkboard with an expressive … Continue reading

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How to Keep Your PC Running Smoothly

Once you have installed and ran these programs, you should notice a definite increase in your PC’s productivity. AVG – Anti-virus protection. It’s free, it works, and it can be configured to update automatically. Don’t be suckered into that Norton … Continue reading

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Web Developer Bits & Bytes: May 15, 2009

Here’s an eclectic little assortment of some web sites I stumbled across recently that I’ve found useful for my latest web development projects.. some of them are just entertaining or interesting: Folders4Gmail for Greasemonkey – Keep your gmails organized. I … Continue reading

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My Favorite Firefox Plugins

Firefox Plugins which all work with the latest version of Firefox. Colorzilla – This one is great for graphic and/or web designers. Colorzilla lets you eyedropper sample any color code on any website in RGB, HSV and additional formats. Cooliris … Continue reading

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Bits & Bytes: March 17, 2009 St Patricks’ Day

Here’s some stuff I found interesting and/or useful recently: Phpbb is a nice solution for people looking to add a forum community to their site. It is open source, highly customizable, and quick to install. FlashChat is a chatroom program … Continue reading

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Photoshop Tutorial: Lensbaby/Low Aperture Look

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This photoshop tutorial demonstrates a quick and easy way to make a subject pop out of an otherwise boring photograph. It is roughly based on the look of a Lensbaby camera attachment, which is essentially a second lens on an … Continue reading

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