I know. It sounds a bit like bragging but, believe me, once you see them, you’ll most probably think the same. And here is why.
These are the brushes I announced week ago. It took almost a month to complete them! And here is a short description of the work involved to get them done:
- These were first drawn by hand on Wacom tablet.
- These images were then manually traced and re-drawn in in Adobe Illustrator (there is no such tracing software that can replace good old manual work)
- Then were they converted to HiRes (2400px) Photoshop brushes
- To be presented to you :)
I receive many emails where you praise the quality of my brushes. Thank you. This quality, becomes especially obvious when you zoom in and check the shape edges. They’re fine, smooth edges. Thank you for your emails, these come as a reassurance that I am on the right course even if it takes so much time to produce them. And the procedure above explains how much work is involved. Especially all of you who use vector programs like Adobe Illustrator, you can understand how much work and effort does it take to make such a complex shape, not to mention 16 of them. But still, converting them to vectors and then exporting them is the only way to get real high quality brushes.
And why is this high resolution so important? It is too important when you need to use them on large images, on images that will be printed, or even on small images with a big brush shape or images that will contain just a part of the brush shape. Generally, it is too important when you want your work to look decent.
OK. I guess, by now, it’s quite clear that I am proud of this new set. I am proud and I am happy that I finally finished them. So, here they are. Full shapes (16) and elements (104) that you can use to create your own shapes.
As usual, there is one lite edition which is freeeee!!! :)
[ PREVIEW Finest Floral Swirls Photoshop Brushes Lite Edition (13) ]
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And here is the real deal – PREMIUM Edition, set of 120 Fine Floral Swirls. 16 full floral shapes and 104 shape elements so that you can combine them and make your own floral swirls.
And believe me this set will blow your socks off!!! 120 of highest quality of finest Floral Swirls shapes, for, can you imagine – just $9.99! Of course, commercial license is included so you can use them, hassle free, in your commercial projects!
[ PREVIEW Finest Floral Swirls Photoshop Brushes Premium Edition (120) ]
[ GET Finest Floral Swirls Photoshop Brushes Premium Edition (120) ]
Have fun creating!
Silvia
P.S.
This Photoshop brushes set is compatible with Photoshop 7.0, CS, CS2, CS3 and CS4.
P.P.S.
Want them for 1/2 the price? Check my 800+ PREMIUM Photoshop brushes MEGA Set. This set will also get you special 50% OFF coupon code which is valid for all other brushes including Fine(st) Floral Swirls Photoshop Brushes.
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Welcome, my dear visitors!
I hope you are enjoying the holiday atmosphere!
Again, we have a free treat for you, another great freebie from Vivayne.
And we’re talking about
Christmas Around the World – Free Digital Scrapbooking Kit
which includes 29 items like papers, bows, frames, ribbons… etc.! All that you need for your seasons scrapbooking needs.
As you can see, she used many different Photoshop brushes, just to name a few of them:
1. Christmas 2009 Brushes
2. Peace Brushes
3. Swirled Frames
So, stay well, hug your beloved ones and count down to the New 2009.
It’s only 2 days until we all start forfilling our New Years resolutions :D
PS: Update from Vivayne: “Just wanted to let you know that they removed this freebie from the store freebies (expired) so I went ahead and put it in the dollar store…”
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We are still in the Holiday Atmosphere! Oh, yes!
Still, I’d like to show you what Tammy did with my brushes for the Crowne Plaza Jacksonville Riverfront Hotel.
As I always say, I am always happy to feature the works done with my brushes in the real life. Such as these Holiday Cards:
And here’s the hotel itself … (it is placed right on the St. John’s River in Jacksonville, FL)
Uh, oh, … strawberries and wine :)
I truly believe Tammy when she says that it is a great place to stay and maybe, one day, you never know, I just might visit :)
Anyway, that’s it for today, thank you Tammy for using my Grunge Snowflake PS Brushes, which are, by the way – FREE to download after join GBG here. (read my free download policy and Terms Of Use for more info)
Of course, just imagine what can be done with the REAL DEAL:
My 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA SET! Check it out here ->
Cheers, S*
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Dear visitors, my dear Green Bulb Gang present and future members!
What can I say?
I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!
December 2008 GBG eZine is just dispatched and it will make many of you happy!
This is because this issue is the compilation of the best of exclusive 2008 Green Bulb Gang FREE downloads!
We wanted to end this year with a bang!
So, loads of love, passion, success and happiness! That’s what I wish you in the New Year – 2009!
Have fun and don’t you ever forget to have fun creating!
Love,
Silvia
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OK Gang!
First, I need to apologize for not writing for so long. Mea culpa. Was away for a while.
So, for those of you who wanted to find out was the graphic from the previous post done – here it is.
OK. But, first, let me show you another version of the same graphic (one layer is switched off and it became even more interesting – I think).
OK. And here is what it looks like in Photoshop:
So, let’s go layer by layer starting from the bottom.
- White background (it’s kinda obvious but I need to be consistent :)
- Layer with the brush, filled and outlined, stroke, 3px. You can choose colors as you feel fit. The same one is copied and placed on the top – point No. 5
- Black&White version of the photo
- Color version of the photo, cut-out in the shape of the brush. How it’s done? Easy a) select the layer with the full image b) Hold down the Ctrl key and click on the layer with the brush, brush shaped selection will load it self onto photo c) Press Ctrl+Shift+I to invert the selectio d) Press Delete to delete the selectio. That’s how I got this layer
- Copy of layer 8, Layer blending mode – Screen (for all other Layers it’s Normal)
And that’s it!
Let me know if point 4 was not explained very well. I will make a video about it.
Don’t forget! This great brush is a part of even greater package called Ultimate Wedding Photography PS Brushes Pack (158) which is on sale now, 158 HiRes Commercial free PC/Mac Photoshop brushes, find out more here ->
Love,
Silvia
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It’s been a while. It’s been more than a while… but, hey, it’s August. :) Time to take it easy.
But, as we all know, this creative little being inside us just never rests. So, I could not resist any longer. Just had to sit by my PC (still can not afford Mac) turn it on and roll roll roll all night long.
And the following day. All this, to bring you today my latest “invention”
Photoshop Brushes – Signs (Floral, that is :))
So, here is what they look like:
As usual, these are available in two editions:
1. Free LITE Edition that contains 3 brushes (200px – 600px)
[ PREVIEW Free LITE Edition ] | [DOWNLOAD Free LITE Edition - After joining Green Bulb Gang]
2. And, as usual, here is the REAL DEAL, PREMIUM Photoshop brushes set that comes in two sizes.
- 20 brushes in 1000px – 1800px pixels brush size
- 20 in small sizes (approx. 200 – 800pixels)
[ PREVIEW PREMIUM Edition ] | [BUY NOW]
Love,
Silvia
P.S.
Eh, one last thing. This is 23th brush in my collection. So, I thought, should you decide to go for the all-round package of 22 brushes, you’ll get this one (PREMIUM Edition) for free – in August only :)
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Hello, hello!
OK, guys, I know that the first tutorial on creating swirls in AI was not the best tutorial on the topic and it just screamed for improvement.
So, we did some.
We did a video, accompanied with some fine ambient music
(thanks Rach!)
Please note, before starting the video and really learn how make a swirl in Adobe Illustrator you will need to:
- Open Adobe Illustrator
- Make sure that your mouse is always close to the “Pause” button.
- Click “Pause” after each action taken on the video.
- Do the same on your computer
Video is accompanied with titles explaining what has been done each step of the way.
This is the first part. In next part we will add a branch to the swirl. And we’ll see where to go from there.
I hope you’ll like it!
D.
P.S.
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Gee, I’m on Photoshopping spree these days. Well, what can I say? When Muse lands up on your shoulder you must seize the opportunity. Otherwise, who knows when we she land again. :)
This time I prepared an appetizing specialty (am I saying this cause I’d really enjoy a cake at this moment?) for our beloved scrapbookers and everyone else who enjoys happy events and celebrations of all kinds.
So here they are, in their glory
10 Stickers Photoshop brushes
for you to apply them in your mini celebration projects and the big ones too!
Do I need to mention that they’re free? Nope. I didn’t think so :)
Use them to deliver your best wishes, in your scrapbooking projects (or any other occasion). There are 5 stickers with wordings (Happy birthday (2x), Happy Anniversary, Best wishes and Get well soon) and 5 without wordings so you can put there anything you like! For instance, instead of “Get well soon” you can put “Lose weight soon” :)) Oh, that’s just me talking to my self. No cookies, no chocolate … I’ll make a “Lose weight soon” sticker… for myself…
Sorry, 5 days subscription free download offer expired. However, you can still get those! Join GBG and enjoy this free Photoshop brushes set + more than 1500 other free downloads. Please read about our free download policy and join our GBG for more free downloads. Thanks!
Love ya’ all,
Silvia
P.S.
Just a small reminder. Special $10 bonus offer on all Ultimate Photoshop Brushes sets expires tomorrow (31st of July), so if you’d like to get all of my commercial brushes for 1/2 price and save additional $10, now is the time to do it ->
See commercial brushes in my little shop (those are worth every cent :) ->
Get them all for 1/2 the price ->
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I received a lot of questions about using my Photoshop brushes in Photoshop Elements.
Here is a short video (129 seconds) to show you how to use my (and any other) Photoshop brushes in Photoshop Elements:
- Loading brushes
- Decorating a family photo
So, here is what’s going on on video:
- Select Brush tool (Shortcut “B”)
- Expand Brushes palette
- Go to “Load brushes”
- Browse to the directory with brushes and select “Swirls butterflies PREMIUM set” -> Load
- Select one of the brushes
- Make sure Hue Jitter is 100% (that is if you want color to vary)
- Adjust the size of each of the butterflies by pressing [ (to decrease) or ] (to increase)
- Place butterflies around the image
This is just a small intro to answer some of your questions related to compatibility of Photoshop brushes with Elements. This video was done in Elements 6.0
If you would like to get great, big and huge discounts on my brushes Click here (time limited offer) ->
If you’re designer looking for more images like the one used in this video please refer to iStockphoto.
Love,
Silvia
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Ladies and gentleman! After a while, we’re back on track. New vector set is ready for you to test it and taste it :)
Let me present you:
Vector Set – Swirled Corners (26)
[ PREVIEW PREMIUM edition ] [ BUY PREMIUM edition with commercial license ]
26 Swirled Corners Vector set package contains 26 brushes in:
- .eps format
- .ai (Vector format for Adobe Illustrator 8 onwards)
- .cdr (Corel 8.0 up to X4)
- .psd (Photoshop)
- .png (so you can easily use them in any photo editing software)
Of course, as usual I prepared one FREE LITE edition Swirled Vector corners (3) [ PREVIEW LITE edition ] [ download LITE edition - after joining Green Bulb Gang! ]
Thanks everyone for your visit and support !
Silvia
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Gang,
I know it’s been a while since I created my last set, but if you’re a frequent visitor, you’ll know I always need to come out with quality stuff. And quality doesn’t come quick no matter what they say :)
So, I know you will appreciate this because you know the value of vectors and how much flexibility they allow.
Anyway, to make the long story short, ladies and gentleman, today I proudly present you
35 Swirls and Stars Vector set
And these vectors are delivered in:
- .ai (of course Adobe Illustrator brush, all CS versions)
- .eps format
- .cdr (Corel 8.0 up to X4)
- .psd (Photoshop 7.0 up to CS3)
- .png (so you can easily use them in any photo editing software)
- .ai (Vector format for Adobe Illustrator 8 onwards)
So, 35 totally new vectors will make your life a whole lot easier. Whether you do scrap booking, graphic, web or print design, these will put you on the fast track in your projects!
You won’t have to waste time on creating these swirls from scratch and if you ever did similar work in Illustrator or Corel you know how much time it takes just to create one decent swirl decoration. And here you get 35 of them!
PREVIEW and BUY 35 Swirls and Stars Vector set in my shop!
Of curse, never forget to have fun creating!
Yours,
Silvia
P.S.
And if you wish, you can always convert them into Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro brushes. Load them into Photoshop (.png file), go to Edit -> Define brush preset, give it a name and voila! In addition to vectors, you got Photoshop brushes!
Also, if you want you can even modify these vectors in Ilustrator or Corel and make new swirls out of them.
P.P.S.
Anyway, if you have any questions about using them, converting them, modifying or applying them, I’m here to help you out :)
P.P.P.S.
In case you had any doubts – commercial license is included.
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I was checking that stats of my blog the other day when I realized that more than 3000 visitors are coming to this site every day. Now, how cool is that? That’s, like, 30 000 in 10 days! I will not calculate more.
Also, many of you write about great stuff you did with my brushes and I’m really happy for all of you.
So, I was thinking, why don’t I make a post about your work. It would, definitely, help you get visibility and for me, it would be pleasure to help you promote your work!
So, if you used my Photoshop brushes, or Vectors or any other product from my Graphics-Illustrations.Com Shop let me know. I’ll check it out and feature your work on my blog. For free, of course :)
Peace, love and have fun creating!
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Gang,
I was minding my own business the other day, browsing various design competitions that are not too expensive to take part in when I ran into something that immediately threw me back in time. Back to my teenage days.
Dr. Martens footwear announced a footwear design competition where everybody has a chance to apply their design for boots and submit to their panel review.
The best designs will be applied to Dr. Martens next boots.
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| 1. Swirls Floral Photoshop Brushes set, 42 | 2. Paisley Designs Photoshop Brushes set, 75+25 | 3. Floral DUO Photoshop Brushes set, 62 |
I don’t know about you, but when I was (a bit) younger I (of course) had my favorite pair of boots. You know the worn out footwear that you just can’t get let go. Until they are worn-out to the extend where toes are popping out. And then you spend the rest of the year trying to find the exact copy of them, but no matter how similar or even identical they are, the feeling is just never the same.
Of course.
I had a pair too. I wore it for years. Until they became so dilapidated as to be unwearable. I still keep them somewhere at my mothers place just for the sake of keeping staff that I just can’t threw away for some emotional reasons. (I guess it has something to do with letting go of the youth days :))
So, of course, no need to say it, I jumped onto that competition and created several designs of my own in an instance.
So far, my Photoshop Brushes were applied to many many different media, but to apply them on boots, and Dr. Martens ones? That never occurred to me as an idea. I don’t know if my designs will be selected or not, but it was a real pleasure to create them.
If you feel inspired, throw your own designs using my brushes (it is in line with Terms of Use so don’t worry :)) – And, of course, show me what you did :) I’d love to see your ideas!
Love,
Silvia
P.S.
You know, it got me thinking this Dr. Martens boots design competition. Now, this is one brilliant marketing strategy they implemented here. Why?
- They raise visibility involving their customers into active participation in the production process. For free.
- They get information on what direction to take in their next designs and that info comes from their own target audience. (Very important!)
- All these people who make designs they will write about it on their blogs (check my post for instance), send links by email, post on forums etc etc … so it is kinda huge free marketing for Dr. Martens Company making them even more popular and raising their visibility.
- People create their own galleries on http://www.dmbootdesign.com/ so it’s kind a community building at the same time.
Very nice!
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I believe that life should be about happiness and joy. That’s what I think we’re here for. To be happy. There are so many things that make us happy, I believe each of us could make a pretty long list. I am no exception to that.
One of the things that make me happy is when I get an email or comment where someone says he or she used my brushes to create new great designs. And just today, I received a comment like that Maria from http://digifree.blogspot.com. Maria’s blog is, in my opinion, one of the most useful resources when it comes to digital scrapbooking. It’s a digital scrapbooking freebie search engine. And those floral swirls you will see on her blog, they come from my Swirled Floral Edges Photoshop brushes collection. And that’s what makes me proud and happy!
Maria, happy birthday and I wish you many many more happy and successful years with your blog!
Another thing that makes me happy is to make someone else happy. I guess many of you are like that. So, if you want to make someone happy go ahead. Pick up that phone now and call that someone, ask him/her how they feel. Tell them how much you appreciate them.
Doesn’t it make you happy when you make a sale? Someone might ask. Yes. It does. And not because of these 10 or 20 dollars. But because of the dream of the freedom. Because of the dream that living out of doing something you enjoy is actually possible. It’s the possibility of freedom to do what I want to do what makes me happy.
OK. So much about happiness. If you’re not happy right now, go ahead, make a list of things that make you happy and make these things happen’.
Yours,
Silvia
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I was browsing the net, minding my own business the other day, when I ran into one more commercial that uses the stupidest phrase ever used in marketing copy: “Free gift inside!“. Again and again and again they insult us consumers with this nonsense phrase! There are variations – as you know. Sometimes it’s “We’ll send you a free gift” of “Free bonus!“.
The word bonus implies that it’s free otherwise it would not be a bonus. It would be just a normal payable product or service. Gee!
Free gift. Hey! C’mon!? What’s this? Are we, consumers, so stupid? Are marketers trying to convince us that gifts should usually be payed for? Like: “Yo, dad, c’mon buy me a gift for birthday, I’ll pay you for that.” How silly is that???
But, no! Marketing copywriters are constantly emphasizing the “Free gift inside!” phrase. Wow! A gift? And it’s free??? Hey!
Can’t they just say: “Buy this and we’ll send you a gift.” Why to they need to push the “free” word, like, just about everywhere??? Soon, in restaurants we’ll hear: “Order a soup and we’ll rent you a spoon and the plate – for free!” Just for the sake of pushing the word “free” in the sentence.
It’s just so annoying. I had to share it with you. And I’ll make a promise. I will never never offer a “free gift” when you buy Photoshop brushes or vectors, or scrapbook kits from me. I will present you with a gift. Normal gift. We all know what the word “gift” means. I don’t know about you, but I hate the BS.
P.S.
Gift – something given voluntarily without payment in return (dictionary.reference.com).
P.P.S.
Ha! You just thought there will be no gift for you. Haven’t you?
Let me present you with a Gift – Retro Shapes Photoshop Brushes set
[ PREVIEW ] I [ DOWNLOAD ].
Brushes are compatible with Photoshop 7.0, CS, CS2, CS3, CS4 and CS5, but also with the Photoshop Elements 6.0. I hope you’ll like it and – have fun creating!
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People ask me questions. And I listen. And by popular demand, ladies and gentleman, I proudly present:
30 Illustrator Brushes and vectors
- Floral Shapes -
So, what what’s in there, you’ll ask, in this new package?
Hold on to your chairs …. of course it contains Adobe Illustrator Brushes, but here is the complete list.
30 brand new Floral Shapes come in:
- .ai (of course Adobe Illustrator brush, all CS versions)
- .eps format
- .cdr (Corel 8.0 up to X4)
- .psd (Photoshop 7.0 up to CS3)
- .png (so you can easily use them in any photo editing software)
- .ai (Vector format for Adobe Illustrator 8 onwards)
What can I say. You ask for it – I create. It’s my pleasure. (I know i still owe you some kittens brushes and they’re coming). As usual here are some FREE samples (available for the next 5 days without joining the GREEN BULB GANG) for those of you who just want to taste how much fun brushes in Adobe Illustrator can be. [ PREVIEW ] | [ DOWNLOAD available after joining the GREEN BULB GANG ].
For those of you who asked and already know the value of this package and what a time saver it is and how easy Illustrator brushes are to use and how easy it is to get great results using them here it is. The FULL package 30 Floral Adobe Illustrator Brushes for $14.99 in my little shop only! [ PREVIEW ] | [ BUY ].
It’s been a long day creating those, so for those of you who are still not familiar with using Adobe Illustrator Brushes, I will prepare a tutorial tomorrow! Here are just some quick hints:
1. Save the Brushes Adobe Illustrator (.ai) file to the Adobe Illustrator directory as follows:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator **\Presets\Brushes
2. Start Adobe Illustrator
3. Press F5 to load the brushes
P.S.
Did I mention that my brushes come with commercial free license? Use them in your commercial projects all you like!! :)
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