We Hold These Truths
I love this piece on the Gettysburg address. Read by Mitch Rapoport. Design and animation by Adam Gault and Stefanie Augustine.
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Free Friday – Countdowns
Today’s freebie actually comes directly from me. I created some 5 minute countdowns that I’m offering free off my Vimeo page. Once your the videos page on Vimeo, just click on the download this video link on the lower right hand side.
Free Friday – Stock Photos
If you are a designer then you are always on the lookout for good imagery for your designs. Today’s freebie offers just that. If you aren’t already using them, then let me introduce you to stock.xchng. They are a great resource for free stock photography.
Tutorial Tuesday
I think you’ll enjoy this informative tutorial from Bryan Clark. You’ll learn some techniques like
- using the layer emitter and custom particles in Particular to create growing leaves
- using “wiggle” and “random” expressions to create wind movement in leaves
- color grading with blend modes and overlay effects
Free Friday – Textures
Caleb Kimbrough offers some amazing textures on his flickr page. The above image is from his subtle textures set.
Tutorial Tuesday
Today’s tutorial is from Vector Tuts, and you learn how to make the pattern above in Illustrator. I’ve found that these backgrounds can be very useful in all kinds of designs.
Free Friday – Brushes
Today’s freebie are some great high-res Photoshop brushes from Bittbox. These brushes are very high quality and in come very handy in multitude of designs.
Tutorial Tuesday
This week’s tutorial is from Chris Spooner and it teaches some helpful concepts you can use in Photoshop. What you will learn can be used in all kinds of designs, not just the cool ad you will create in the tutorial. Chris has a great design blog that has some great tutorials and resources on it.
Poetry For The Eye
I love this set of photographs from Eye Poetry. All of Irene’s work is great, but this set of shots has to be my favorite so far. You order prints of her work here.
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