Gang,
The time has come! Our Graphics-Illustrations.Com Christmas Graphics Competition is over. We had a tough job selecting the best graphic because all of them were great!
Anyways, as we know – there can be only one so, here it is:
The winner is Lisa Palmer Gupton with her Christmas Card
Lisa sent me complete card which is folded and double sided. It took a lot of work to do something like that and we appreciate it.
Here’s the rest of the card, back and front:
Thank you Lisa Palmer Gupton for your great work, I think that our Facebook community will agree that your work deserves be the winning one. Please contact us at info(at)graphics-illustrations.com to collect your prize: Custom made video photo album.
For the rest of you guys, thank you so much for submitting your designs, they were all great and all of them will be displayed in our little Christmas Graphics Flash Gallery.
And one more note, some of the contestants did not include any of my brushes into their work. Since that was one of two conditions for the participation we could not include these submissions. It would not be fair towards the rest of you who stuck to the rules.
Thank you all for participation, it was fun, we discovered some real talents and i think we won’t have to wait long before having another competition :)
Have fun!
Yours,
Silvia
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Dear all,
believe it or not, the time has come to prepare for January 2010. Time sure files.
So, what did I do? I prepared a free desktop wallpaper with January 2010 Calendar.
Sizes available:
This wallpaper was created with a little help from my friends as follows:
- “Winter in Swirls”, my latest, but already very popular Photoshop brushes set. (As a matter of fact, I don’t think I ever sold so many copies of the newly published brushes set in such a short period of time.)
- Calendar 2010 Photoshop brushes set
Now, talking about Calendar 2010 Photoshop brushes set, although it is a PREMIUM $9.99 set, you can have it for free if you make a quick (and a smart) move of buying the ultimate collection 800+ Photoshop brushes (a.k.a. MEGA SET) by 31st of December 2009. (so we’re talkin’ just a few more days).
OK guys, that’s it for today. I hope you will like the free download of the day, have fun, hug and love each other, especially now in this special time of the year.
Yours,
Silvia
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Guys, what can I say … I wish you a
Very Merry Christmas!
I hope you are enjoying these holidays with your family, friends and the ones you love the most. I am doing the same, so I will keep this short, but sweet.
For today I prepared a brand new Photoshop brushes set! And this one you’ll need immediately and for many winters to come.
Ladies and gentleman, it is my pleasure, this winter, to present you with a brand new Photoshop brushes set, 2010 model to be worn for many winter seasons to come, please welcome
Winter in Swirls
(33+33+33)
Like all other sets of mine, this one is compatible with Photoshop 7.0, CS, CS2, CS3, CS4 and CS5
Not to mention Photoshop Elements, GIMP and you can use them in PSP too.
It comes with the Commercial license!
It’s of a highest quality, each brush comes in three different sizes so you don’t lose any quality by re-sizing them!
Winter is far from being over and I am sure you will enjoy using them as a decoration for your Christmas/New Year/Winter photos, scrapbooks and all kinds of designs.
Click here to preview Winter in Swirls Photoshop Brushes Set – PREMIUM VERSION (33+33+33)
Click here to buy Winter in Swirls Photoshop Brushes Set – PREMIUM VERSION (33+33+33) for $9.99
As always, I prepared something for free as well, Winter in Swirls LITE version. It consists of 8 small Photoshop brushes and this one is free.
Preview LITE Winter in Swirls Photoshop Brushes Set (8 small sized)
Download LITE Winter in Swirls Photoshop Brushes Set (8 small sized)
Sorry, 5 days subscription free download offer expired. Download is now available after joining GBG. Please read about our free download policy and join our GBG for more free downloads. Thanks!
This free, LITE edition of Winter in swirls Photoshop brushes set will remain here for next few days and then it will join the rest of the crowd of more than 80 Photoshop brushes sets back in the Green Bulb Gang Exclusive area.
So, don’t despair if you are late for this freebie, just join our gang and get this as well as many other free downloads.
And, don’t forget, this PREMIUM VERSION of Winter in Swirls may be yours for just 1/2 the price with a special 50% discount COUPON CODE!
How?
When you buy my 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA SET you will (also) get a very special 50% COUPON CODE. So, apart from getting the most complete Photoshop brushes bundle with loads of bonuses and freebies inside, you will get a 50% DISCOUNT on all other Photoshop brushes from my shop!
So, check it out, have fun creating, love and hug each other often – and life will be beautiful!
Hugs,
Silvia
P.S.
More Commercial Photoshop brushes are available here ->
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It’s early morning and it snows. It is a beautiful sight as I’m standing by the window witnessing this silent transformation of the landscape – from gray to white.
Mr. Alfons is dazzled too. He sees the snow for the firs time in his life and demands to go to the balcony and examine this new phenomenon.
Mr. Alfons on snow
It’s five days till Christmas and although the forecast foresees warming in the next few days ,I’m still dreaming of the white Christmas, just like Frank Sinatra. And, well, most of us.
So, let’s use this moment of the inspiration and imagine how cool would it be if we make one snowflake just to honor this beautiful morning. By the way, did you know that no two snowflakes are alike?
There is, probably, a dozen of ways on how to make a snowflake, but, in this post I will show you how I do it and I will explain why I do it this way.
The whole process starts in Adobe Illustrator or CorelDRAW! depending on your personal preference. The shape of the snowflake can be done in any vector editing software. Unfortunately, Photoshop is (still) unsuitable for the complex shape creation.
So, here is what we will do.
- I will show you how to create a snowflake in CorelDraw
- Then we will transform that snowflake into Photoshop
- And in the end we will create a HiQuality snowflake Photoshop brush
1. Creating a snowflake in CorelDraw
1. Creating a snowflake brush in Adobe Photoshop
Have fun creating!
Silvia
P.S.: If you don’t use CorelDraw here’s the Snowflake.EPS file for you to download –>>
P.P.S.
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Guys,
I don’ know if you heard about the Russian Lomo Compact Camera and the Lomography artistic movement since 1991, but personally I love Lomo and in this tutorial I will show you how to do it. To find out more about lomo go to – What is Lomography? page.
As I said, I love that lomo-look, and many of my photos are over-saturated, burnt and have too much contrast. But, since late ’90s I didn’t use my analog cameras that much. I love them and I really like the feeling when using mechanic instruments and winding my negative films, then smell of the chemicals in the darkroom :)
Although this hobby is really time consuming, there is still a way to lomoise photos in a fast and easy way.
Let me show you, here is what photos looked like before using “lomoising” technique and after using that technique.
First image is taken with Fish eye lens in our old apartment, year ago using one strobe light and a soft-box. (What is soft-box?) On second image I got more “dramatic” look using digital lomo technique. Oh, and yes – that’s my sister :)
Also, I used Swirls Butterflies, Photoshop brushes set (20+20) from Graphics-Illustrations.Com Shop for $9.99
Set contains 40 butterflies made of swirls – 20 original in maximum brush size and 20 in small sizes (approx. 500 pixels). This Photoshop brushes set is compatible with Photoshop 7.0, CS, CS2, CS3 and CS4.
Click here for preview:
Second one is a photo of a butterfly taken in a natural light (butterfly takes a break on my red bag), and you can see that color really stands out and the yellow background looks like a flames.
Here I used Photoshop Brush – Floral DUO (62) from Graphics-Illustrations.Com Shop available for $9.9 only.
Set of 62 unique brushes for Photoshop. There is a perfect fit pair brush for each of the brushes in the set. Compatible with Photoshop 7.0, CS, CS2, CS3, CS4 and CS5.
Click here for preview:
Third sample is a photo taken during a photo session for my friend which is a hosiery manufacturer.
To decorate this image I used Photoshop Brushes – Floral Shapes (37) from Graphics-Illustrations.Com Shop available for $9.9 only – 37 High-Resolution Photoshop brushes
Compatible with Photoshop 7.0 up to CS4 & Commercial license
Click here for preview:
There is an extra promo gift that comes with the Floral Photoshop Brushes set (37): Scrapbook kit Grunge Love !
Fourth sample is pampas grass detail, photo taken in a natural light. In this case I got more dramatic look using digital lomo technique.
For image decoration I used Lightworks Photoshop Brushes set (61) from Graphics-Illustrations.Com Shop available for $9.99 only.
Set of 61 high resolution brushes compatible with Photoshop 7.0, CS, CS2, CS3, CS4 and CS5.
Click here for preview:
And finally, a portrait of my friend Iva. Here you can see same photo before and after “lomoising”. First, the photo before “lomoising”. This one is used on my Photoshop Video Tutorial: “How to Create Lomo Look in Photoshop”.
And here’s the Iva after “lomoising” :)
And finally, here’s Iva after adding 7 Lucky Swirled Snowflakes Photoshop brushes set – latest Photoshop brushes set available for GBG members only in December 2009 GBG eZine! And if you are not the member – click here and join GBG – it’s free!
So, if you’d like to try out lomo on some of your own photos, here is a video tutorial on how to do it:
Important notice: You will note that the video has no sound. This is because I am kind of a shy person and just can’t speak in public. Making a tutorial and speaking at the same time is kind of a speaking in public and I just can’t do it.
Now, for the same reason, I’m looking for someone to help me out. I’m making these tutorials for free, so I can’t offer you much, but if you are the kind of person that has no problem recording a tutorial text and wouldn’t mind getting some PREMIUM brushes or anything else from my little store of wonders for a little favor – let me know. I can send you the text that needs to be recorded and – voila! We have a tutorial with sound and you get some PREMIUM brushes. If you’re interested please send me an email to info(at)graphics-illustrations.com.
Until then, just follow what I do on the screen, make sure to do what I do and everything should be just fine.
I hope you enjoyed the tutorial.
Have fun creating!
Silvia
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I prepared 6 Photoshop Christmas card templates with following features:
- Photoshop (7.0 up to CS4 compatible) layered files so you can customize them, give them your personal touch and tweak them as you wish
- They are accompanied with .jpg files so you can edit them in Paint.NET or GIMP or Photo Paint or Photoshop Elements or in just about any decent bitmap/photo editing software
- They come in dimensions of 2400px x 1800px at 300dpi – which makes them ready for print
- They come with unlimited Commercial license, so you can print and sell them – no strings attached
If you select all of them, you are entitled to use the COUPON CODE (GICS999) at the checkout and get one of them FREE ($2.95 DISCOUNT)! You will be prompted for the coupon code on the checkout.
OK. Here are the 2010 Christmas Card Templates. 6 of them. You can select some of them or you can select all of 6 them and pay for 5 only!
* To use PSD files with Paint.NET you will need to get PSD plugin.
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Guys!
I’m on fire. Right after finishing the December Edition of GBG eZine, I am on the creating spree with a free Christmas card template for photographers.
Why?
Because you asked for it!
How do I know that you asked for it?
Google told me. :=)
I spoke to Mr. Google the other day.
“Hey dude! How are you? What’s up?” and so on until he said
“Would you like to know what your visitors would like to get?”
“Sure! Shoot!” I was anxious to find out.
“Most of them who come to your site are looking for free Christmas card template for Photographers!”
“What?! Are you kiddin’ me? Christmas card template for Photographers is my middle name! Photography is my second job after all! Why didn’t you say so before … no problemo!” and the rest is history, right here in front of you. Later, I bought him (or was it her, can’t really say) a coffee.
So, ladies and gentlemen, let me present you
Free Christmas Card Template for Photographers
(and we’re talkin’ 6×8 inches at 300 dpi – print ready templates :)
As usual, I made these with a little help from my friends Photoshop brushes:
- 7 Lucky Swirled Snowflakes, latest (burning) HOT Photoshop brushes set from GBG December eZine available for our GBG members (if you are not a member click here –> and become one, it’s free and it’s loads of Photoshop brushes, Vector files and other free downloads!)
- Christmas Photo Masks – available for free – if you’re unsure on how to use Photoshop brushes as photo masks just follow this short Photoshop Video tutorial
- Christmas Photoshop brushes 55+55 – available in Graphics-Illustrations.Com Shop for $9.99 ONLY! (and they are accompanied with two surprise gifts! Ho-Ho-Ho!)
Christmas Photoshop brushes set
Christmas set Photoshop Brushes (55+55)
* 55 HiRes Photoshop brushes (300 – 2428 pixels)
* 55 smaller Photoshop brushes (130-1400 pixels)
* Commercial license
* PC/Mac Compatible
* compatible with Photoshop 7.0, CS, CS2, CS3, CS4 and CS5
Click here for preview:
Note: If you don’t know how to use PS brushes please visit this link
- Download Free Christmas Card Template for Photographers – PNG file
- Download Free Christmas Card Template for Photographers – PSD file
Five days from now these will be moved to our download repository which is available to our GBG members.
Sorry, 5 days subscription free download offer expired. Download is now available after joining GBG. Please read about our free download policy and join our GBG for more free downloads. Thanks!
(PSD is Photoshop layered file – Compatible with Photoshop 7.0, CS, CS2, CS3, CS4; Paint.NET (with PSD Plugin*); GIMP (as of ver. 2.4); Photoshop Elements (all versions); Photo Paint X4; Paint Shop PRO)
* To use PSD files with Paint.NET you will need to get PSD plugin.
Do not forget!
Christmas Cards Templates
are still ON SALE in Graphics-Illustrations.Com Shop: get 6 for a price of 5 – this offer is available until 20th December 2009.
And, just before I go, here is one more thing:
Christmas 2009. Graphics Competition is still on! So, if you want to present your Christmas designs to a wider audience – here is your chance!
One more word about Christmas Photoshop brushes set!
Regular price is $9.99 but, don’t forget, you can get it for 1/2 the price if you go and purchase the real deal - Graphics-Illustrations Original 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA package! More than 800 HiRes Professional Photoshop brushes that will unleash that little creative beast inside of you and let it go wild with Photoshop. No matter what you do, graphic design, web design, photography or scrapbooking, those 800+ Photoshop brushes is all that you need to have fun and make money with your creations, because (Did I mention that?) – they all come with commercial license. So you can make new creations for:
- Stock
- Cover designs
- Christmas card designs
- Packaging
- Web design
- Business cards
- … just about anything you can think of
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Hello GBG member!
(Not a member yet? Click here, it’s free ->)
The time has come for the last edition of GBG eZine in 2009. Christmas is coming and it’s giving time.
So, we thought, in this issue, we’d give you more than usual.
OK, without further ado, the latest edition of GBG eZine brings you something to enjoy:
- 5 Free Gift Tags, print ready. PNG files: 2,5″ X 4,5″ at 300 dpi
- Photoshop brushes set: Lucky Swirled Snowflakes
- Photoshop brushes set: 10 Christmas Ornaments (Lite Edition)
something to learn:
- How to Use Christmas Ornaments Photoshop brushes set
and something to gain:
- Special discount on GBG Christmas Pack
I hope you will enjoy our eZine and have fun creating!
GBG members will, as usual, receive the eZine link in their mailboxes.
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This video tutorial is created in Photoshop CS4.
I am not sure since which Photoshop version is the command Edit -> Transform -> Warp available, but I believe it was since the CS2. Although all of my Photoshop brushes are compatibly for all versions of Photoshop since 7.0 up to the latest one CS4, this time I prepared a tutorial for a bit newer versions.
Important: before starting workin on the image you opened in Photoshop, unlock the background Layer. The one where image is on. Here is how to do it:
OK. Enough talking, here’s the video:
And don’t forget! Out litlle Christmas Graphics Competition is still open!
All entries are published on our Facebook fun page and the best ones will be published on this post, so that your work will be seen by 400o visitors of this site – every day!
Also, although the big discount on 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA SET is finished, don’t despair, because all new buyers who send me the receipt number to info (at) graphics-illustrations.com will receive a special Christmas gift!
I won’t tell you what it is, because I want to keep it a surprise, but, believe me, you will not be dissapointed. Find out more about 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA SET here ->
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Gang,
Today, on 6th of December it is, officially, the last day of our big $20 discount on 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA SET.
So, if you want to buy it at this special discount price, today is your last chance.
And I am sure you can think of a bunch of great ideas on how to spend extra $20.
Christmas is near and you probably need to create more than ever before. But, sooner or later, we all run into creativity crisis, we are stuck and we need a little “push” to get us out.
And, as we all know – that’s where Photoshop brushes come in.
So, instead of banging your head against the wall next time the creativity crisis knocks on your door, use this opportunity, last minute call to get the legendary 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA SET at $20 discount!
The $20 coupon code is GL2339 and it expires tomorrow!
Click on 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA SET ->, paste the code GL2339 into the form and save $20 before it’s too late!
And, above all, have fun creating!
Yours,
Silvia from Graphics-Illustrations.Com
P.S.
And a special bonus gift for fast movers:
Send your receipt number to info (at) graphics-illustrations.com and I will send you a special bonus: 6 Christmas Cards Design Templates (.psd and .jpg) $14.75 value for free!
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Christmas is near – Santa is coming and we are all thinking about giving! We all know that Christmas is not just about presents, it’s about showing your dear ones how much you love and appreciate them! And what better way there is to show it, but to put some extra effort in preparing a nice gift boxes by your self. In this post I will give you all instructions you need to prepare your own, very special – gift box! (With a little help of Photoshop brushes – as usual :))
So, to create your own gift box you will need:
- Nice Christmas graphics in Hi Resolution, ready to print
- Few minutes of your time to make an origami gift box out of them
1. Downloading and printing Christmas Graphics
I made four 8 1/4″ by 8 1/4″ (at 300dpi) Christmas designs for these Christmas gift boxes!
–>> PREVIEW Christmas backgrounds HERE
–>> DOWNLOAD Free Christmas backgrounds HERE (Zipped .jpg files) Sorry, 5 days subscription free download offer expired. Download is now available after joining GBG. Please read about our free download policy and join our GBG for more free downloads. Thanks!
Let me just mention, that I used Christmas Photoshop brushes set to create these Christmas graphics!
(Buyers of this set get really cool gift too :)))
Christmas Photoshop brushes set
Christmas set Photoshop Brushes (55+55)
* 55 HiRes Photoshop brushes (300 – 2428 pixels)
* 55 smaller Photoshop brushes (130-1400 pixels)
* Commercial license
* PC/Mac Compatible
* compatible with Photoshop 7.0, CS, CS2, CS3, CS4 and CS5
Click here for preview:
And, now print these graphics out on a paper. (Letter format or bigger. Depends on the size of the box you’d like to get.)
Of course, I made some some gift boxes and here are a little photo-story about how it went.
First, I printed all four papers on one 16.5 × 23.4 paper and this time I used Tecco’s Digital Photo 330 Gallery Board paper (it’s a little bit thick, but that’s all I had at the time). Then I simply cut the paper in four pieces.
Then following the instructions on the YouTube video (link is below), I assembled the first box – it turned out really cool :).
Now I needed one smaller box to nest it into the large one. To make that smaller one, I used one of the papers with graphics printed on it and I cut some 1/2″ of it from all four sides.
With this smaller piece of paper I made the same box shape, but this time it is a bit smaller so it can fit into the bigger one. So, the big one is a box lid and the small one is a box “container”.
Now, that looked cool! I was really impressed with the results! Then, I cut a little piece of a shiny red cloth. This cloth will save my Christmas tree glass ornament from breaking and it will make my gift look much cooler :)
Voila!
I hope you like what you see and I you’ll do the same for your own gifts!
Here is how to make origami paper boxes – YouTube video: Origami box
And here is a simple guide to a very similar origami box made by Sunni Bergeron: Origami GiftBox
That’s it! Hope you will enjoy your Christmas wrapping and have fun creating :)
S :)
You can make a business out of it!
So, no recession is an excuse to feel bad or depressed! Go, create, sell with Graphics-Illustrations Original 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA package!
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