Click image to download assorted free high-res textures
Free Brushes: Assorted high-res textures
Category: Resources
Cool Site: Photoshop Style A Day
If you’re constantly on the lookout for ways to add to your Photoshop toolbox, Styles are a great way to go. Photoshop Styles make styling your text and objects as easy as clicking a button, and keeps them fully adjustable.
Photoshop Style A Day offers free downloadable Styles
Photoshop Style A Day is a relatively new site I came across that offers just what the name implies. I’ve downloaded all of the styles currently available, and most are of excellent quality. Now I know what you’re going to say, some of them look kind of cheesy – I won’t argue that. But when you consider that after applying a style, your text or object remains editable, you can go back and tweek it to your heart’s content.
250+ rust textures available for download
Rust textures are not only inspiring but are also a great way to add an extra dimension to any project. Click the image to view a list of over 250 rust textures available for download
absolutely free at PSDtuts.
Free textures: Paper
Click image to grab 35 high-quality paper textures
Free artwork for Apple iWork users
If you use Apple’s iWork suite, Keynote, Pages and/or Numbers, you may find yourself searching for some new artwork to add a little spiff to your presentations, documents and spreadsheets. Before you speed off to Google to search for more, I’ve got a quick stop for you to make that may save you the trouble.
Jumsoft offers a ton of templates and artwork for iWork users
Jumsoft, makers of some really cool Mac OS X apps, iWork add-ons and Mail stationery, happens to have a Free Goodies page, where you can download hundreds of pieces of artwork, templates and Mail stationery.
Affordable stock photography for designers
With budgets growing ever tighter, the ability to hire photographers for custom photo work is virtually gone for many designers, especially freelancers. Sites like Getty Images made a name for themselves by offering high-quality stock photography at an affordable price, those prices have gone up significantly over the years, and reached a point where they’re nearly out of reach again.
Enter the era of affordable stock, and user-contributed photo sites. With digital camera prices reaching all-time lows, and the quality more than adequate, the average person can provide some very good shots. There are now hundreds of sites on the web that offer fantastic photography for little to no cost.
Some fantastic sites for affordable photography
I’ve put together a brief list of some of my favorites below, check them all out. (more…)
Free textures: Old leather
Great leather textures are hard to come by
Good leather textures are hard to come by. Most look a little too perfect, in my opinion. PSDTuts has a great set of 5 old leather textures. All five are 3872 x 2592 pixels, perfect for print or multi-media use.
Create eye-catching charts and graphs with this Adobe Illustrator tutorial
Charts and graphs are still the foundation of most great looking infographics, and Adobe Illustrator is still the premiere application for creates to design them in.
Tutorial9 shows you how to create stunning 3D graphs and charts in Illustrator
Tutorial9 has a fantastic tutorial that shows you how to create stunning 3D graphs and charts in Illustrator. Be sure to check out all the other tutorials and free resources available at Tutorial9.
Download iPhone UI elements in vector and PSD format
With iOS4’s recent release, you may be searching for UI elements to build your iPhone app, or use various elements in your designs. Here are two fantastic resources for you to download the UI elements, and they’re absolutely free.
iOS4 UI elements in PSD format
iOS4 (iPhone 4) GUI in PSD format – Teehan+Lax has released their latest PSD file with updated and accurate UI elements.
iPhone 3 OS UI elements in vector format – These elements are older, but since they’re in vector format, they’re much easier to work with.
Free PSD files for download
Layered Photoshop files can be a great learning experience
Lava360 has put together a great list of Adobe Photoshop PSD files, free for download and use in your designs. Of particular use might be a DVD disc and case template. Even if you don’t need the actual artwork, it’s always nice to see how other artists compose their files.
View the list of free PSD files here.