Gang, as you know, Photoshop brushes can be used in a huge variety of ways. They are mostly used by
- graphic designers,
- scrap books enthusiasts and professionals alike,
- photographers for their photo books …
- even fashion and textile designers contacted me to tell me how much they appreciated my brushes in their works
- not to mention how we even decorated a Mercedes Smart car once
But, I don’t think I ever demonstrated how Photoshop brushes can be used to make cool 3D graphics.
And I don’t need to.
Simply because Graphic.Fabulog made a great tutorial on how to make col 3D graphics and he used my Photoshop brushes Swirls and Circles
So, here is the link to tutorial ->
And here is the link to brushes used in the tutorial ->
I liked the graphic he made a lot and I hope you will like it too (and tutorial naturally).
xoxoxo
Silvia
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It’s Summer time and I know how hard it can be to sit in front of the screen when there’s such a beautiful weather outside.
:)
I know! So, I extended the competition deadline till 20th of August!
However, many of you are having fun with Photoshop brushes, making great graphics! And when you submit these graphics to our competition – things get even better!
So, here are the latest four competition submissions:
Sweet floral frame from Mojca using Floral Shapes Digital Stamps (Photoshop brushes) and Hawaiian Flowers Digital Stamps
Cute graphic from Carolyn (she says “I’m not a pro”, but this looks great) using Swirled Trees Digital Stamps (Photoshop brushes) and Birds Digital Stamps (Photoshop brushes)
Another adorable graphic from Carolyn (she is a pro) using Paisley Designs Digital Stamps (Photoshop brushes) and Floral Shapes Digital Stamps (Photoshop brushes)
Fourth newest submission is great graphic from Christina created using Swirled Trees Digital Stamps (Photoshop brushes) and Paisley Designs Digital Stamps (Photoshop brushes)
Thank you girls, all submissions are really great and unique! You are welcome to leave your web links too :)
If you didn’t hear about the Summer 2010. Competition – there is still time, info is available at: Graphics-Illustrations.Com Summer 2010 Competition
Deadline is on August 20th 2010. :)
For this year we prepared three awards:
- 1st Place Platinum GBG Membership
- 2nd Place Gold GBG Membership
- 3rd Place Silver GBG Membership
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Gang,
Before I start - Yes, there is a freebie too down below in this post :)
As most of you already know, so far I was creating Photoshop brushes, vectors, backgrounds, textures, scrapbook kits, greeting cards and other designers little helpers to make sure you have fun working on your commercial and non-commercial projects in Photoshop.
And I intend to continue to do so in the future.
Having said that, ladies and gentleman, it is my great pleasure (and honor) today (gee … I’m so excited! It took me a while to create these and I am so happy with the results!!!) please let me to present you the latest product from my little factory of magic
Special Text Effexts for Photoshop
(8 stunning effects)
Simply the best, quickest and the funniest way to create special text effects in Photoshop.
1. “Baby” Photoshop text effect
2. “Colorful” Photoshop text effect
3. “Golden” Photoshop text effect
4. “Grunge” Photoshop text effect
5. “Metal” Photoshop text effect
6. “Snow” Photoshop text effect
7. “Space” Photoshop text effect
8. “Water” Photoshop text effect
And, as always, I had to make sure you’ll be able to start working with them in no time, so I prepared a short video tutorial which will show you how to use Photoshop text effect pack.
All PSD files in the box are in 3600×3600 pix (12×12 inches) @300 dpi, which means the text effects are print ready so you can use them not just for web but also for your print projects.
Do I need to mention that they are ok for commercial use too? Well, yes they are. By all means, use them in your commercial projects.
This PSD files are fully editable in Photoshop CS4 and newer versions (CS5 of course). I am not sure if they work with CS, CS2 or CS3 this still needs to be tested out. However, if you have some of these versions just get the freebie and test before you buy the full package.
Of course, should you run into any issues using it please email me or post a comment so I can help you out!
Now, as I said, one of the text effects presented in this post is a FREEBIE.
But I won’t tell you which one – hehehe! (??? I see some question marks over there …:))
You will have to find the freebie yourself. Link is in this post, but it’s hidden.
What!? I had to make you do something for a freebie innit? :))
Anyways, I am sure you found the freebie download link in no time.
Now, as far as the fonts are concerned, you can use these effects with any fonts.
Some of the fonts I used are free like Deftone Stylus from dafont.com, some aren’t. Here is the list in case you were wondering about the names of fonts used in the pack (as I said you are not limited when it comes to fonts, just use any font you like):
- Deftone Stylus
- Curetana
- Pt Banana Split
- Elephant
- Segoe
- Distro Black
- Stencil Std
- Air Conditioner
- Times New Roman
To get get the full package, 8 stunning Photoshop text effects, web and print ready with commercial license included and have fun making crazy effects in Photoshop in no time – just click on the box or “Buy it now” button. The price is only $6.00 and fun, including great results, is guaranteed :)
$6.00 is pizza (or maybe even two, depending on the pizza place, size and ingredients), you eat pizza, get fat and you know what happens to pizza next. This package won’t make you fat (guaranteed)! It will bring fun, it will stay with you forever, you will learn something new with it, you’ll make useful stuff which others will like and it can also help you make some money.
:)
And, of course, I am always here should you need any help or support.
Love,
Silvia
P.S.
Don’t get me wrong. I don’t have anything against pizza. I just hate it that it makes me fat.
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Buying a present for a friend, when they have a birthday is, of course, nice and appreciated.
But when you take the time, effort and love to create something unique, something that’s made just for them and for them only, now that’s, and I think you will agree – really special!
And that’s exactly what Mojca did for her friend.
I was so glad to see that Mojca used my Photoshop brushes (Summer Vacation Corners)!!
She crated a folded birthday card and I am happy to present it here on my blog:
1. Cover of the card
2. Inside of the card
3. And the back of the card, with Graphics-Illustrations.Com url, yeeepeee!
Mojca also made an envelope:
… great work!
Summer Vacation Corners Photoshop Brushes set is available to GBG Silver, Gold and Platinum Members for Free, so if you are not a member – you can join GreenBulbGang.Com here
| Preview Summer Vacation Corners Photoshop Burshes set |
In addition to the above mentioned Photoshop brushes pack, I also prepared extended .png, .ai and .eps pack (which also includes Photoshop brushes .abr files).
This one is free for – Platinum GBG Members. The name of the pack is Special Mini Pack: Summer Vacation Corners (abr, png, ai, eps).
For the rest of you guys, this Special Mini ummer Vacation Corners Special pack is available in Graphics-Illustrations.Com Shop for $6.50.
| Preview Summer Vacation Corners Special Pack (abr, png, ai, eps) |
Stay well, and remember – always have fun creating!
Silvia
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Gang!
June is here and the time has come for our traditional monthly desktop wallpaper calendar.
This one comes with a free Photoshop brushes set
~~~~ Happy Doodles ~~~~
which I created and used to make this wallpaper calendar.
| PREVIEW Happy Doodles Photoshop brushes set (10) |
| DOWNLOAD Happy Doodles Photoshop brushes set (10) |
Note: 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!
First I made some doodles sketches and then I thought to myself:
Why not create a wallpaper monthly calendar?! It’s beginning of the June already anyway!
So, here it is:
~~~~ June 2010. Desktop Wallpaper Calendar ~~~~
(made with Happy Doodles PS Brushes)
All in one go. I hope you will like it and enjoy it!
There are 5 different dimensions of June 2010 Desktop Wallpaper Calendar as follows:
- 1024×768 [DOWNLOAD June 2010 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper]
- 1280×960 [DOWNLOAD June 2010 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper]
- 1600×1200 [DOWNLOAD June 2010 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper]
- 1680×1050 [DOWNLOAD June 2010 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper]
- 1920×1200 [DOWNLOAD June 2010 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper]
And here are some Happy Doodles Photoshop Brushes!
Now, all you need to so is be happy when using them, stop by my Graphics-Illustrations.Com Shop or join me at GBG – because these brushes will here only for 5 days. After 5 days Happy Doodles Photoshop brushes will be transferred over to GBG Members Site at the eternal disposal to GBG Gold and Platinum Members. There they will join a whole bunch of other Photoshop brushes which are free for GBG Gold and Platinum Members.
[ Click here to join us and download more than 400 FREEBIES FOR ALL GBG Memebers]
[ And the BEST AND THE COOLEST DOWNLOADS AND BENEFITS ARE RESERVED FOR Platinum and Gold members ]
P.S.
Last month we had really cool Desktop Wallpaper Calendar created with Dandelions Photoshop brushes set.
| Preview Dandelions PS brushes set here|
You can get Dandelions Photoshop brushes if you become Silver, Gold or Platinum GBG Members - or you can get them for $3.50 (only) in Graphics-Illustrations.Com Shop!
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OK. Now that I said that, I can give you a short update on what’s going on so you won’t think I’m just sitting here doing nothing all day ;)
Actually, I am working hard, preparing a two new Photoshop brushes sets.
One will be called Swirled Trees. And the other one – Fantasy Birds.
There will be a LITE version of Swirled Trees (just a few brushes to get a taste of what’s in the PREMIUM package), which will be free and you will get it in our next issue of GBG eZine.
And since, I too have to pay the bills, there will also be the PREMIUM version which will include 20 of those beautiful brushes in HiRes with Commercial License, which will, well, not be free. But, for Silver or Gold Members of our Green Bulb Gang, they will get the PREMIUM version on discount!
Also SILVER and GOLD GBG Members will get Fantasy birds Photoshop brushes – for FREE!
As some of you, Facebook friends, have already noticed, I’m kinda addicted to my new Hipstamatic iPhone photo application, so I use it wherever it fits and I also use it in the situations where I probably should not be using it, like in this post.
I made these beautiful Swirled Trees and I wanted to share with you the working version from my screen (which, apart from my iPhone is still the only Apple piece of equipment I’ve got …).
So, of course, in this post I just had to use Hipstamatic again and get that “lomo” look … Here is the working version of the new Photoshop brushes – Swirled Trees which will come out in the next (May) issue of GBG eZine:
And here is the working preview of Fantasy birds Photoshop brushes, also coming out in May issue of GBG eZine:
And, of course, Mr. Alphons (a.k.a. Peackoh) and Poofah are always here, watching from above :))
Oh, and if you are into lomo photography, stop by myHipstamatic.blogspot.com for more :)
So, as you can see, I’m working hard, thinking of you and, while waiting for the next issue of GBG eZine, stop by my shop for some really cool, HiQuality, beautiful Photoshop brushes with commercial license included ->
Love ya all!
Silvia
P.S.
Did you notice how Graphics-Illustrations.Com has now Google Page Rank of 4 (four)? Well, I did! Had to do bear dance on that one ;)
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Guys,
I received an email the other day. It came from Germany and it was from a young woman who’s dream is to be a fashion designer. She wanted to buy my 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA SET because the brushes there were just what she needed for her first fashion line but she wanted to make sure it is in line with my ToU before she makes a purchase.
Of course it was in line with my ToU! Actually, I was so happy that my brushes will be used that way that I decided to give her some of these brushes in as vector graphics as well!
When I was younger I dreamt the same dream. Wanted to be a fashion designer, making my own fashion lines… but life went into a different direction and now I’m graphic designer.
Anyways, what I wanted to say, it always amazes me to I see how many different and creative ways you find in using Photoshop brushes.
I mean, we did the boots design with Photoshop brushes, we made T-Shirts and socks, rubber stamps, packaging paper design, software application interfaces, that was fun, and I’d really really love to see C. making a success as a fashion designer.
Guys, I just needed to share with you, once again, how fascinated I am with the world of options we are surrounded with. Every day. If we just open our eyes.
Create, invent, discover!
Love,
Silvia
PS:
So, you thought I have forgotten about you, haven’t you? But I haven’t. If you liked the graphics from the header of this post you can have it as your wallpaper. To create it I used Photoshop brushes from my little Shop. These are available at The Ultimate Photoshop Brushes CD too :)
Here are the free wallpaper downloads:
1280×960 Desktop Wallpaper – The World is Full of Opportunities
1680×1050 Desktop Wallpaper - The World is Full of Opportunities
1920×1200 Desktop Wallpaper - The World is Full of Opportunities
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I’ve discovered a whole bunch of interesting stuff while packing for the removal (don’t we all)!
But, when I run into the hand made diaries I made few years ago I just had to take a picture of them and publish on my blog before putting them back in the box.
Actually I was making those for sale and they were selling quite well on the coast, but for some reason the gallery that sold them closed and since I am not much of a manager or sales person myself I just took what’s left of my unsold stuff and put them in the box to wait for some better days.
I remember I was enjoying making those diaries sooo much.
I did all of it by hand. From cutting the paper and wooden cover, painting the covers, making the photographs, editing photographs and printing them on the canvas and then putting them on the cover of the diary…
Then, on the top of it all I put a final layer of the transparent varnish and voila – the diary was born.
OK, I hope you like these diaries, maybe some of you got an idea to do something like that by yourself, should that be the case feel free to contact me with questions or if you need an advice.
Back to packing for removal now.
Take care,
Silvia
P.S.
Keep your fingers crossed for my removal tomorrow.
I know it will be fast, smooth and problem less but still I won’t mind having some extra positive energy from you guys. Thanks in advance!
P.P.S.
A tip for photographers: the photos on the covers of the diaries are decorated with Swirls Floral brushes set (42+42) Second Edition + 42 PNG files
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Guys!
Since all PREMIUM Photoshop brushes and other products from my shop are sold as digital downloads, many of you were asking if you can order a shippable CD with Photoshop brushes. Well, as of now, you can!
And you’ll get much more than just Photoshop brushes.
Commercial potential
I really need to emphasize – this CD has a great commercial potential. Whether you are a professional graphic artist, enthusiast or a business start-up, this CD can help you in various activities.OK. It won’t make you a coffee, but here is what it will do:
- If you are a business start-up it will help you create a logo for your company,
- If you are a graphic designer it will help you create various designs for your customers
- If you are a photographer it will help you create photo-books for your clients and
- If you are a scrapbooker it will help you make scrapbooks for your private use or for sale.
- You may be in rubber stamps business, or videography as well – this CD can help you a great deal in all of those scenarios
This CD has a great commercial potential – whatever you do. Trust me on that. Here is what it is:
I’ve put together 1393 of my best selling PREMIUM Photoshop brushes and if you don’t know how to use them (or even if you don’t have Photoshop) I added a dozen of tutorials on how to use them, spiced it all up with some great bonuses and put it all on
The Ultimate Photoshop Brushes CD
The Ultimate Photoshop brushes CD features:
- 1393 unique PREMIUM Photoshop brushes in 42 Photoshop brushes sets
- 20 Video Tutorials and simple instructions for adults and kids (btw. believe it or not – kids too really love to play with PS brushes!)
- 12 high-res backgrounds
- 2 scrapbooking sets
- Compatible with PC and Mac
- Compatible with Photoshop 7.0 up to CS4 & Free upgrade to Photoshop CS5
- Compatible with Photoshop Elements 4.0 up to 8.0
- Video tutorials on how to use Photoshop brushes with: Photoshop (7.0 up to CS4) - GIMP - Paint.NET - Paint Shop Pro
As always, commercial license is included so you can use them in your commercial projects!
So, if you are one of those who like to have your stuff on a CD, this one is for you.
Content of the CD:
- Photoshop brushes
The core component of this CD are Photoshop brushes. The Ultimate Photoshop brushes CD features 1310 PREMIUM (1393 with bonuses, see below), HiQuality, professional Photoshop brushes with Commercial use license included.
These brushes are categorized in 36 Photoshop brushes sets as follows:
- Valentine’s (21+21) Second Edition + 21 PNG file
- Baby Doodle (20+20) +20 PNG files
- Birds (45+45)
- Good Old Snail Mail (28)
- Winter in Swirls (33+33+33)
- Finest Floral Swirls (120)
- Hawaiian Flowers (35+35)
- Renaissance & Medieval (42+42)
- Renaissance & Medieval 2 (84+84)
- Swirls Floral (42+42) Second Edition + 42 PNG files
- Swirls 5.0 (40)
- Paisley Designs (75+25)
- Banners and Frames (21)
- Floral Shapes (37)
- Floral Signs (20)
- Photo Corners (20+20)
- Floral Ornaments Art Nouveau (30+30)
- Tattoo Designs Second Edition
- Floral DUO (62)
- Swirled Floral Edges (18)
- Retro Swirls (18)
- Hearts (32)
- Borders (25)
- Swirls Butterflies (20+20)
- Swirled frames (18)
- Swirls 2 (36)
- Grunge alphabet and numbers with swirls (36)
- Swirled Corners (20)
- Tag shapes (24+5)
- Floral (plant) (25)
- Circled hearts (40+40)
- Lightworks (61)
- Outlined Swirls (23)
- St. Patrick’s (35)
- Fractal (29)
- Christmas (55+55)
- Tutorials
There are 20 tutorials to help you out if you’re just staring with Photoshop brushes.
Also, if you want to use these Photoshop brushes but you don’t have Photoshop don’t worry!
These tutorials will show you how to use Photoshop brushes in Photoshop Elements, GIMP, Paint Shop Pro and Paint.NET too!
Here is the list of tutorials:
- How to load Photoshop Brushes in Photoshop 7.0
- How to load Photoshop Brushes in Photoshop CS4
- How to use Free ABR View software – ABR View software is FREE and easy to install. With ABR View you will be able to preview all Photoshop brushes on your computer.
- How to use Free ABR Viewer software – Video instructions on how to use ABR Viewer. This should put you on the fast track with this Photoshop brushes preview application.
- How to use Photoshop brushes in GIMP – GIMP is free, easy to use but installing Photoshop brushes maybe not so easy if you are not familiar with the software. This video tutorial will help you out.
- How to use Photoshop brushes in Paint.NET – Paint.NET is free and really easy to use but installing Photoshop brushes maybe not so easy if you are not familiar with the software. This video tutorial will help you out.
- How to use Preset Viewer – Preset Viewer is not just another Photoshop brushes viewer. It is so much more. You can preview Photoshop gradients, color palettes, custom shapes, even jpg, psd, tiff, bmp and other bitmap files.
- How to use Love Bears brushes set – Working with Love Bears is fun and easy. This tutorial will put you on the fast track to great designs with Love Bears.
- Playing with the brushes in Photoshop 7.0 Video Tutorial – This short but helpfull video will show you how to use PS brushes in Photoshop 7.0 – yes, all brushes on this CD are compatible with PS 7.0 up to CS4.
- Playing with the brushes in Photoshop CS4 Video Tutorial – When it comes to Photoshop brushes there are only some small differences between Photoshop 7.0 and Photoshop CS4 , but this video tutorial should give you the general idea on the potential of Photoshop brushes.
- Playing with Floral DUO Photoshop brushes set – Floral DUO PS brushes set is one of the unique sets that let you combine two (or even three) brushes and create new and unique shapes (flowers). In this video tutorial we will show you how to do it.
- Playing with Medieval&Renaissance Photoshop brushes set – When using Medieval and Renaissance Photoshop brushes set you can use only one brush, but you can also combine two or three brushes to get one shape. In this tutorial we will show you how to use Medieval&Renaissance Photoshop brushes.
- Playing with Paisley Designs Photoshop brushes set – Paisley Designs Photoshop brushes set is also made so that new and unique shapes can be made of two, three or even more brushes. By choosing different brushes and different colors you can create new and exciting paisley shapes. Playing with Paisley Designs is really fun!
- Playing with Swirls 5.0 Photoshop brushes set – Using Swirls 5.0 Photoshop brushes set is really easy: just follow this video tutorial and create many different designs just by using this set.
- Using Photoshop brushes as photo masks in Photoshop CS4 – This video tutorial will show you how easy (and fun) it is to use Photoshop brushes as photo masks! Enjoy!
- Using Photoshop brushes as photo masks in Photoshop CS4 – sample two – Of course, there are many ways to create similar effects in Photoshop, in this we will show you yet another easy way of using Photoshop brushes as photo masks in Photoshop CS4
- Using Photoshop brushes as photo masks in Photoshop Elements 4.0 – Yes! – all Photoshop brushes on this CD can be used in Photoshop Elements 4.0 (up to Photoshop Elements 8.0) – this tutorial will show you how you can use Photoshop brushes as photo masks in Photoshop Elelments 4.0
- Using PNG files as photo masks in Photoshop Elements 8.0 – Follow this short and easy video tutorial in order to learn how to work with PNG files and use them as photo masks in Photoshop Elements 8.0
- Using PNG files as photo masks in Photoshop Elements 8.0 – sample two – Yes, there’s another way on using PNG files as photo masks in Photoshop Elements 8.0. Follow this tutorial and you will learn how to create unique wedding “Thank you” card.
- Using Photoshop Brushes in Paint Shop Pro – In this tutorial we will show you how to use Photoshop brushes in Paint Shop Pro.
Still, just to make sure that this CD really is The Ultimate Photoshop brushes CD and that you really have loads of fun using it I added:
- Special bonuses
And these special bonuses are:
1. Another 6 Photoshop brushes sets (83 UNIQUE Photoshop brushes)
- Photo Frames – special edition (9+9)
- Christmas Ornaments – special edition (25+25+25)
- Burnt Paper – special edition (9)
- Love Bears – special edition (10+10)
- Valentines Bokeh – special edition (14)
- Wedding Swirls – special edition (16)
2. 12 HiRes JPG backgrounds
- Blue Mac Style Background, 3200×2400 pix (10×8 inches), 300dpi
- Purple Mac Style Background, 3200×2400 pix (10×8 inches), 300dpi
- Winter Background, 3600×3600 pix (12×12 inches), 300dpi
- Winter Background 2, 3600×3600 pix (12×12 inches), 300dpi
- Grunge Background, 2200×3000 pix, 300dpi
- Grunge Background, 2582×3524 pix, 300dpi
- Halloween Background, 3600×3600 pix (12×12 inches), 300dpi
- Halloween Background 2, 3600×3600 pix (12×12 inches), 300dpi
- Halloween Background 3, 3600×3600 pix (12×12 inches), 300dpi
- Sunset Background, 5000×3500 pix, 300dpi
- Thanksgiving Background, 3600×3600 pix (12×12 inches), 300dpi
- Winter Background 3, 3600×3600 pix (12×12 inches), 300dpi
3. 2 scrapbooking sets
- Scrapbook Set Love (15), 15 elements (JPG and PNG), high resolution 12×12 inch scrapbook page kit
- Scrapbook Set Pink Valentine (21), 21 elements (JPG and PNG), high resolution 12×12 inch scrapbook page kit
And now, finally, this is the end of the list.
If you are interested to see what other had to say about my work please see testimonials ->
Since this is a brand new product I want to make sure that early birds are rewarded!
Regular price for all these brushes (if bought individually) is $359,64.
However, if purchased on this CD, the price is $210,00.
AND first 20 orders will go for $190.00 only. Now, I know you can recognize a bargain when you see it and this is it:
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We all need to be aware of environmental issues. And we can all help no matter what we do for living. So, even I, a Photoshop brushes designer, can use my work to promote green ideas.
I received that email the other day. It was a PowerPoint presentation showing how much damage plastic bags are doing to our planet. And how much good could we do if we just abandon them and go for good old fabric ones or paper bags. Even China banned the use of plastic bags.
I mean, I knew already knew how bad plastic bags are, but here are some facts that stunned me and probably won’t leave you indifferent too.
Consider the Following Shocking Facts About Plastic Shopping Bags:
* Plastic bags are made of polyethylene
* Polyethylene is a petroleum product
* Production contributes to air pollution and energy consumption
* Four to five trillion plastic bags are manufactured each year
* Americans use over 380 billion polyethylene bags per year
* Americans throw away approximately 100 billion polyethylene bags per year
* Of those 100 trillion plastic bags, 1% are recycled
* It takes 1000 years for polyethylene bags to break down
* As polyethylene breaks down, toxic substances leach into the soil and enter the food chain
* Approximately 1 billion seabirds and mammals die per year by ingesting plastic bags
* Plastic bags are often mistaken as food by marine mammals. 100,000 marine mammals die yearly by eating plastic bags.
* These animals suffer a painful death, the plastic wraps around their intestines or they choke to death
* Plastic bag choke landfills
* Plastic bags are carried by the wind into forests, ponds, rivers, and lakes
Read more at Suite101: Say No To Plastic Bags: The Shocking Facts About Polyethylene Bags
So, if you are into design and Photoshop brushes, what you could do is go to Cafepress and make a 100% cotton reusable bag!
I know I did one :)
This bag was done with Paisley Designs Photoshop brushes set ->
OK. Guys! I hope you agree with me on the plastic bags issue. Have fun, have a great weekend and talk soon!
Hugs,
Silvia
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And now something completely different :D (Monty Phyton phrase, I know, but I like it :))
When I started this blog on 07/07/07, believe it or not and I didn’t realize that immediately, some months later :))- I didn’t think that so many people will visit it. I didn’t think that so many people will write – ask questions, share their thoughts and ideas… and, most of, I did not expect to get so many “Thank You” messages.
I was really surprised and glad to find out that so many liked this little “house of mine” in the big World Wide Web.
So, few days ago, I received this nicely done “Thank You Card” from Just Because Images and I thought that it would be nice to share it with you.
This is also a thank you to all of you who support my work! Thank you All!
Thank you!
Silvia
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Gang!
In case you did not notice, today is 9th of September 2009, or 09.09.09.
Now, how cool is that?
Some believe that 9 is the number of eternity. So, many decided to get married today for this symbolic reason.
Which brings me to Beatles. How? Well, not just because their fame is eternal, but also because they made a song called Revolution 9.
Did they want to tell us something with that number nine? Or with the word revolution? I don’t know. But I know that I made a pretty good shot of sunset yesterday and that I wanted to share it with you.
But not just the photo. I wanted to show you how to use Swirls Floral (42) Photoshop Brushes set and Good Old Snail Mail (28) Photoshop Brushes set to decorate a photo and make a postcard.
So, in this little graphic I decorated this sunset shot I took yesterday with Swirls Floral (42) Photoshop Brushes set and I made a postcard out of it using Good Old Snail Mail (28) Photoshop Brushes set.
I hope you like it and maybe it will give you some inspiration and ideas on how to use vectors and Photoshop brushes in your graphic design and scrap booking projects.
If you are interested to see more vectors and Photoshop brushes, there is a vast selection in my shop ->
And if you just can’t setlle for compromise then 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA SET is something you must see. (And not just because it’s your chance to get all of my brushes for 50% off the price).
Anyways, no matter what you use, brushes or vectors or both – never forget: have fun creating!
Love,
Silvia
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Hello everyone!
I know, I’ve been away for, probably, too long. This is like, only the second post in 2009. Snow is pretty high here, streets are frozen but your graphics-illustrations.com team is on the heat. And for a reason. We are preparing something AWESOME for you guys! All we need from at this stage is a little patience.
What we are preparing for you guys is probably the most complex brushes set ever published on this blog (and there has been like probably a hundred of them so far). But, those new ones are something special. I mean, if those were simple, straight-forward brushes, they’d be completed and published a long time ago. But not these ones.
So, together with Poofitzah (see below) we are working hard to get you the brand new, Finest Floral Swirls Photoshop brushes set.
We know that will be around 16 brushes in this new set, every brush will be 2400 pixels (almost maximum) and all of them will be more complex than any other brush so far.
In this post I bring you a taste of this new set that will to be published by the end of this month.
[ DOWNLOAD THIS PHOTOSHOP BRUSH - Floral ]
So, this one is free and it comes with a commercial license for all of you who make money creating scrap books, wedding invitations, photo albums and all kind of designs. You will agree that we are talking about real complex brush here. That is why it is taking so long to produce the whole set of 16 + over 100 elements. But, don’t worry, once it’s out (by 26th of January) the price of the full set will be the same as usual: $9.99.
Oh, and one more thing (important!): many of you ask about compatibility with Photoshop CS4! All Photoshop brushes in graphics-illustrations.com shop are compatible with Photoshop 7.0 and upwards: you can use them in CS, CS2, CS3 and of course in new CS4 version. Every new software version supports older version of plug-ins or similar. In Adobe case, every new version of Photoshop supports brushes down to Photosop 7.0. So, no worries for you lucky Photoshop CS4 owners.
Do I need to remind you of my sooper-dooper (I came up with it) deal on the 800+ PS brushes MEGA SET? You can get 24 PREMIUM PRO Photoshop brushes Sets (800+ HiRes PRO brushes with commercial license) for 1/2 the price NOW!!! (see all the brushes here) ->
And to make this offer a REAL GOOD DEAL here is what’s in the package:
- You will get 25th set (40 more brushes): Photo Corners Photoshop Brushes set (20+20) for FREE!
- You will also get an extra promo gift that comes with it: Scrapbook kit Grunge Love!
- And aside from these 800+ brushes … you will get the special 50% discount coupon code that will be valid for ALL OTHER PS Brushes sets that I ever made (Including the FLORAL ones that are in production now). How about that?!?!
- OK. I have some more happy surprises for the buyers of the 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA Set, but if I tell you about it now, then there would be no happy surprise, now, would it :))
Love you all guys, and don’t feel bad about the economy and stuff, use your imagination, many of my buyers started are real good businesses with my brushes (it wouldn’t be fair if I told you about them, but I’m kinda confident about your imagination. Also, please refer to some of my previous posts about business opportunities that open up when you buy HiRes PS brushes with commercial license).
Don’t forget, where there is a will there is a way!
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You know, I get really really excited and feel kinda proud every time I get an email from someone who successfully sells their designs on micro stock agencies. And ESPECIALLY designs that incorporate my brushes in it. Why? Because I helped someone to make a better design.
So, I did some research and it came as no surprise to learn that designs with swirls are making a blast on the market. It is no secret, this is the age of Swirls! Swirls rule the empire of graphic designs, from web to print, from commercials to scrapbooks. And we ain’t seein’ no end to it’s rule anywhere near!
So, to honor the swirls I made a package that contains:
1.Swirls Floral Photoshop Brushes Set, (42 brushes) | [preview]
2. Swirls 2, Photoshop Brushes Set (36 brushes) | [preview]
3. Outlined Swirls Photoshop Brushes Set, (23 brushes)
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This makes a total of 101 Hi-Res Photoshop Swirls Brushes, ($29,97 value) and it’s on sale now for only $23,97. Buy it here –>
Why? Because swirls rule! We all know that.
Get them now, and have fun creating!
Love,
Silvia
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So, you would like to print your own scrapbook that will be cool, unique and… huh, cool?
How would you like to make some cool graphics, merge them with some photos and print out as a scrapbook that will always remind you of some people or events?
Do you just feel you can’t afford to spend too much time working on it?
Well, let me tell you something. It took me one afternoon to do my Rovinj (Rovigno) scrap book. Rovinj is a small fisherman’s town in Croatia, at the coast of the Adriatic Sea. I decided that I want to have scrapbook of it, took one afternoon of and … voila! Here it is. Do I need to mention that I used my own brushes for it? (and of course my photos!)
Here is just a preview of the book and in next post I will briefly describe how it’s done. So, if I did it, I’m sure you can do it too. At home. Just using a printer, canvas paper, some textile, cork board, sea shells and a sponge. Nothing too sophisticated.
Photoshop brushes used for this book:
- Swirls (floral) Photoshop brushes set (premium edition)
- Tatoo designs Photoshop brushes set (premium edition)
- Simple custom Photoshop brushes set
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Here it is: Swirled frames – Photoshop brushes set (18 of them and all are Photoshop 7, CS, CS2, CS3, CS4 and CS5 compatible). Why frames? Why swirled? Because those are great for scrapbook pages. You just can’t miss with cute swirled – floral frames.
Lite version of Swirled frames Photoshop brushes set (4 of them, approx. 900pix, Join GBG to Download)
Or you can buy this Premium version of Swirled frames Photoshop brushes set (18 of them, max size, high resolution)
PayPal and Credit Card payments accepted!
I’m sure you’ll use them to make great graphics and scrapbook pages.
And once you do, show me what you did, I prepared some nice prizes for the best scrapbook and similar graphic designs, you won’t be disappointed. :)
Just leave a comment with a link to your work or send it to me by email.
Have fun!
S*
P.S.:
KUBOTA SLOPPY BORDERS
Get over 125 Kubota Sloppy Borders in this fantastic border Pak.
From elegant thin borders, to eye-catching medium borders, to heavy borders for a bold statement, this Pak adds the finishing touch to your tweaks.
KUBOTA SLOPPY BORDERS have always been a favorite way to present images in the old days of film. But with digital, this cool retro look is much more difficult to achieve. Scaleable, snap them on inside or outside your image, and even change the border color to fit your image!
To create the Sloppy Borders, Kevin Kubota and Craig Strong, (of Strong Photography and Lensbaby, LLC) went into the darkroom and individually printed the borders, using a variety of filed out negative carriers (the traditional way). Then, they were scanned at high resolution, and digitally prepared for overlay on any image.
Excellent for online presentations or slide shows, this is the finishing touch Pak that will set your images apart from the rest.
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Yesterday, after discovering that AdToll thing, I found myself thinking about how this, this and this person can earn enough money from their blogs? They are actually living a great life only from money earned that way?
Look, this woman is even supporting her family with it! That’s the direction I’m going to. It takes long, but I’ll get there sooner or later.
Why does it take so long for me to do it? Maybe “give stuff for free” business model doesn’t really work? If you have an answer, let me know, will pay for profitable advice.
But that’s me. I can’t be johnchow or shoemoney or dooce. I’m just… Me.
So, today here’s the latest scrapbooking in form of digital scrapbooking – free download: Sepia. This is zipped .psd file (35MB) – 7,5×7,5 inches – 300pix/inch resolution. Every design element is on his own layer, so you can just replace my image with your and – that’s it!
Note: 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!
Elements used:
- Swirls floral brushes set (premium edition)
- Grunge paper (2 in pack)
- Hearts Photoshop brushes set (premium edition)
- Simple custom Photoshop brushes set (free edition)
Love,
S
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P.S.
If you are into scrapbooking you will want to check out Digital Scrapbooking Source the site where you can find free scrapbook kits and everything that has anything to do with scrapbooking.
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