This post is part of the free calendar wallpaper series. Each month I create a new wallpaper featuring the current calendar. Looking at the same image over and over again is not very stimulating. Hence having a new desktop background each month should help getting your creative juices flowing. The July 2011 Calendar Wallpaper is entitled “Frequency”. This desktop background uses a lot of vibrant colours and textures to really make it pop. Many of the details have been hand drawn in Photoshop, while the main elements have all been assembled in Illustrator using a mix of gradients and blending modes. It is very reminiscent of the ever popular retro futuristic design style. By the by, if you’re interested in the different stages of creating the design you can see a few shots on Dribbble. As always I hope that you like it. Please consider sharing it on any social networks. Thanks! + Continue Reading
Freebie Time! I’m thrilled to release another 10 Free High Resolution “Rolled Paint” Photoshop Brushes. As promised earlier this is the 2nd set of the hugely successful Rolled Paint PS Brushes collection. These brushes are between 2470px to 2500px large which makes them ideal for both print and web projects. As always these hi-res Photoshop brushes are free for commercial and personal use. I will be releasing the source textures at a later date. For now I hope you enjoy these and that you can put them to good use. Feel free to leave your comments and share these if you like them. + Continue Reading
It’s been a while since I last published high resolution PS brushes. Finally I’ve found time over the weekend to create some more and I’m very happy to release this new set containing 10 Free High Resolution “Rolled Paint” Photoshop Brushes. The brushes are between 2400px to 2500px large which makes them ideal for both print and web projects. The small previews don’t do them justice, you have to download to see the fine detail. It was great fun getting messy with water colours and a rubber paint roll. The brushes can be used to quickly grunge up any design giving it a more organic feel or to create distressed borders. Alternatively you can vectorize them and use as a scalable mask. The possibilities are endless and I hope you can put them to good use. As always these hi-res photoshop brushes are free for commercial and personal use. I will be releasing the source textures shortly as well as part 2 of the set. Enjoy! + Continue Reading
It’s with great pleasure that I present the latest giveaway contest. Thomas Beal, the man behind BrushKing.eu, recently launched his latest project: Azigos is a Premium Photoshop Brushes Service full of awesome resources. Kindly as he his he offered 5 1-year subscriptions to be given away to my lovely readers (yes, that’s you). All brushes are compatible with Photoshop version 7 up to CS5 so everyone can put them to good use. Head on over to Azigos to check out the great Photoshop Brushes on offer. + Continue Reading
This tutorial will teach you how to recreate the lightning effect used in the recent Sky logo version. While you can see this type treatment on posters around the UK I first discovered the beautiful glossy typography in their ads on TV. I loved it instantly so I decided to write a tutorial on how to create this type effect in Photoshop. A little knowledge of the program is required, though I believe you should be able to follow the step by step instructions whatever your degree of expertise.
You will learn tricks about selections, blending modes and colour overlays. If there’s any questions please feel free to leave a comment and I’ll do my best to address the issue. I hope you enjoy it. + Continue Reading
With pleasure I release the latest PS brush set containing 17 High Resolution Paint Splatter Photoshop Brushes. The brushes are between 2440px to 2500px large which makes them ideal for both print and web projects. It was great fun to create these splatters and splashes. All you need is a straw, watercolours and thick paper to make your own. As always these hi-res Photoshop brushes are free for commercial and personal use. Using splatters, drips and splashes is a design trend which doesn’t seem to fade anytime soon so I hope that you can put the brushes to good use. + Continue Reading
This set contains 17 High Resolution Clouds Photoshop Brushes. The brushes are between 2176px to 2500px large which makes them ideal for both print and web projects. While the volcanic ash caused great disruption for air travel it allowed me to shoot these cloud photos without any plane trails in the sky. As always these hi-res photoshop brushes are free for commercial and personal use. I hope you can put them to good use. Enjoy! + Continue Reading
Last week I released the Plain Fabric Textures Set 1 and today you get the 12 High Resolution Photoshop Brushes that go with them. The Plain Fabric brushes are between 2300px and 2500px large which makes them ideal for both web and print projects. There’s textures of different fabrics, such as wool, denim, cotton and synthetics. Use them grunge up your designs and give them a more organic feel. I encourage you to combine different brushes to get even more random results. As always you may use these Plain Fabric Photoshop brushes for personal and commercial projects. I hope you enjoy them. + Continue Reading
