20 Trendy Examples of Illustrated Magazine Cover Designs
Illustrated magazine covers have been on a decline. This is because publishers has replaced illustrated covers with photographic images. Unlike in the 1920s up to the 60s when magazines were focused in creative and original artwork to attract readership, today’s magazines are almost identical in appearance with the photos of celebrities gracing their covers.
35 Sand Backgrounds for Summer Designs
Sand textures are useful for creating 3D animation of beaches, aquariums and landscapes. They are also useful as background of websites and other design compositions as well as for texturizing shapes and even types or texts. In this round up, we are featuring 35 high-resolution but free textures that you can use in your designs. Included in this set are photographs of beach sands as well as desert sand, footprints on the sand, red soil textures, cracked sands, among other things.
15 Best Websites to Download Free Stock Images
Stock photos can be purchased online and it will cost you anything between 0 and $20 dollars. If you are a newcomer and do not have the budget to buy stock photos, then you should try searching for sites that allows you to download stock photos that you can use in your projects for free. In this round up, therefore, we try to list down the 26 top stock photo sites that offer free (open-source) downloadable images.
25 National Geographic Desktop Wallpapers
For photographers, one major source of inspiration especially for outdoor photography, is the National Geographic photo gallery. These photographs were taken by professional and amateur photographers and are really meant to be used as wallpapers.
500+ Free Vector Files in EPS, Illustrator Formats
I’m obsessed with vector graphics. But, what are vector graphics? There are thousands of free EPS files that can be downloaded from around the web. But, for those who are not familiar with EPS files, EPS actually stands for Encapsulated Post Script.
200+ Free Editable Illustrator Patterns and Swatches
Using patterns and swatches in your Adobe Illustrator projects lets you save time but still presents you with an opportunity to create beautiful designs. I have always been fascinated with plaid and swirl patterns, so in this roundup, I am going to list some of the free illustrator patterns featuring plaids, floral, swirls, retro and other types of patterns that I found online.
23 Free Contact Icons Useful for Website Design
Every website should have a contact page. Thus, in making the contact page for your website, you need icons to make the page more appealing. In this post, we put together 23 contact and communication icons that you can download and use for free.
400+ Excellent Free Photoshop Grunge Brushes
Grunge designs are still “in” or trendy these days. Just in case you are also fascinated or would like to try the grunge look in your designs, here are some high-quality grunge Photoshop brushes you could use to add effects in your photos such as random patches of dirt, rust and mold to textures in your artwork.
20 Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials for Designing Attention-Grabbing Logos and Titles
In this post, I am going to list down 20 very simple yet very useful Photoshop text effects tutorials. The techniques used to create these text effects are not only useful for learning how to make special effects for all kinds of objects but also in giving you basic ideas on many of Photoshop’s filters and commands.
35 Best Free Fonts Every Designer Should Collect
Looking for the best free fonts? There are a lot of free fonts out there but finding the best or high-quality fonts that you can use for your design projects is not an easy task. Designers actually spend (or shall we say waste?) too much time looking for free yet high-quality fonts every now and then. Not because it is hard to find free fonts but more so of the fact that there are already enormous options that finding what we need is like finding a needle in a haystack.
