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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Hi, this is not Silvia speaking.
I’m Meoki.
Black&White, up-side-down cat holding “Special Offers” board, look here, a little bit up on the right side ->
Silvia decided that she needs some rest (and believe me – she does) and asked me if I could do the post and introduce brand new Photoshop brushes she created for her GBG Platinum Members.
“Sure“, I said. As if I had anything else to do except holding that “Special Offers” board all day long (I go away at night but sssshhh! Don’t tel her.)
“Why did you put me up-side-down, by the way?” I asked her. “It’s a good thing that I am just a cartoon, otherwise all my blood would end up in my head. Not good …“
“Because” she said, “I red somewhere, that people will notice you more easily that way.“
“Peeh!”
Anyways, she be gone (sends “hugs and kisses everyone”), I’m here, so bear with me (you could beer with me as well. If you click on the “Special Offers” board and get yourself some nice discounted brushes, vectors, etc … :))
Anyways, it’s Tuesday, and Silvia wanted to dedicate every Tuesday to her GBG Platinum members, by giving them a little …. well … gift! So, this Tuesday, she prepared
Swirled Squares Design Elements (Photoshop brushes, or Digital stamps as some call it)
Swirled Squares consists of 12 brushes in two sizes (as usual to prevent overstretching and keep the quality top-notch) and two design styles: clean and grungy.
| Preview Swirled Squares Photoshop brushes set |
These brushes are available only to GBG Platinum Members (free download).
More info about GBG subscription packages –>>
OK. That was easy. If you want you can become GBG Platinum member. It is a pretty good deal. GBG Platinum members get
24 PREMIUM Photoshop brushes sets ($9.99 each, $239,76 value)
+
all Gold GBG Members downloads
+
1 year subscription to all new GBG Members downloads (like this one)
+ Loads of other stuff, don’t know them all by heart but you can find out more about GBG Membreships here ->
OK.
Thank you for your attention. Meoki over and out!
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Memories, burning, gold memories …
This is from one old Simple Minds song, back in the 80′s. Not many people remember that.
Well… anyways.
By the way, I don’t know about you my blogs gets tons of spam messages daily (spammy comments), and mostly are pharmacy related! And what is most interesting – I receive about 50-80 comments for prescription and non-prescription drugs! Can you imagine? Pffff…!!!
And what’s really bothers me is that I don’t have the time to check them all out one by one (through my spam comment folder), so the only option is to delete them all together. Now, when I think back, I figure it’s even possible that there were some nice friendly comments in my spam folder, but since I got rid of all comments in my spam folder, I guess I’ll never now! Hopefully, there was just spam there.
Ok, back to memories. This is really cool for scrap booking. I mean it’s cool for all kinds of graphic design projects as well, but scrap booking is kinda all about memories .
So, this time I prepared a brand new frames and I gave them the weirdest name ever :)
Circled Memories Photo Frames
These are in form of Photoshop brushes (digital stamps) and transparent PNG files.
All packed in one nice zip file which is available in my little shop for $9.99 only and it includes commercial license!
* 25 circled photo frames
* three sizes for 5×5 – 3,5×3,5 – 2,5×2,5 inches photos
* 25 transparent PNG files (for 3,5×3,5 inches photos) in this pack too.
| Preview Photoshop brushes: Circled Memories Photo Frames |
| Buy Photoshop brushes: Circled Memories Photo Frames for $9.99 only |
Hey! Do you know that Platinum GBG members get Circled Memories Photo frames LITE Photoshop brushes for free?
Also, if you are Platinum GBG Member you can get small versions of those cute picture frames for free:
Circled Memories Photo Frames LITE Photoshop brushes (digital stamps) set – set of 3 brushes!
| Preview Circled Memories Photo Frames Photoshop brushes (digital stamps) lite free set |
Use them well, use them often :) And please, do not hesitate to show me how you applied them in your own designs!
Have fun creating,
Silvia
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Yes, it’s Tuesday! And you probably know by now that Tuesday is the day for new Photoshop brushes (digital stamps) for GBG members. For this Tuesday I prepared
Doodle Birdies Digital Stamps
This set includes 8 stamps (brushes) in two sizes free download for GBG Silver, Gold and Platinum members!
It is compatible with Photoshop 7.0 up to CS5, Photoshop Elements 3.0 up to newer versions, Paint.NET, Gimp and Paint Shop Pro! Commercial license included.
| Preview Doodle Birdies Digital Stamps |
They can be used in their original state:
Or, you might want to color them:
So, all GBG Gold and Platinum members can get them now for free HERE
If you are not a member you can register here
Hey, that’s not all! Please hurry and submit your images for our 2010 Summer Competition until 20th of August! Read more about the competition here. Everyone can apply :)
Let me remind you, 1st prize is GBG Platinum membership, $160,00 value!
Have fun creating,
Silvia
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August. Yes, it is here – the hottest month of the year!
I made this August Desktop Wallpaper Calendar for a monthly competition on Smashing Magazine, and they accepted it! (thank you guys)
My theme was nature, but not just usual nature visualization but “Nature’s dream” – well, at least I thought what nature’s dream might look like in August.
This wallpaper can be downloaded on Smashing Magazine and it is available in two different versions: with calendar and without calendar!
However, there are loads of high quality Photoshop brushes (w/commercial license) available in my little Shop of Wonders :) so feel free to visit ->
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Gang,
June is almost finished and July is knocking at our doors. Are you enjoying this Summer?
We moved into our new, still not fully furnished house (kitchen still missing), and it’s nice to be surrounded by trees and flowers. It is especially nice not to need the heating ;) Poofah and Peacco are still adapting to the new environment, but, all in all, all is fine.
(This is Poofah and Peacco on the widnow. Photo effect by Hipstamatic for iPhone)
Now, where was I?
Ah, the July wallpaper calendar. This is one of the photos I made for various micro stock agencies where I sell my photos and I figured, why not use it for July 2010 wallpaper calendar. And here it is.
- 1024×768 [DOWNLOAD July 2010 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper]
- 1280×960 [DOWNLOAD July 2010 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper]
- 1600×1200 [DOWNLOAD July 2010 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper]
- 1680×1050 [DOWNLOAD July 2010 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper]
- 1920×1200 [DOWNLOAD July 2010 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper]
Apart from the photo of tomatoes under water, to make this one I used the following Photoshop brushes:
- Swirls Floral brushes set (42+42) Second Edition + 42 PNG files
- Lightworks Photoshop Brushes set (61)
- 2010 Calendar Photoshop brushes set (3×12 – 36, US version)
Those can be bought in my little shop for $9.99 only! Commercial use included.
OK. I hope you will like the calender and we’ll talk soon. I have one birthday card and envelope to show you :)
Cheers,
Silvia
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Whenever, someone buys 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA SET I offer additional free SPECIAL brush as a sign of gratitude to those who let me know how did they find me.
And I am thankful to all of you who replied. But, more often than not, many buyers also tell me why did thy buy that set. Now, that’s how I learned that many of my buyers are in Rubber Stamps business.
That is why it is important to them that my Photoshop brushes come with the commercial license (“Photoshop brushes CU OK”)
I did some investigation on Rubber stamps on the net and it seems like there is a money earning opportunity in Rubber Stamping. One way to make money with it is to create greeting cards for all kind of occasion, other one is to sell the rubber stamps. These brushes are not just used for Rubber stamps or greetings cards. They are also used for creation of customized gift items, such as bags or similar.
Number of independent rubber stamp designers are making money with their stamps (created with CU Photoshop brushes), and this number is growing. They sell their products via Etsy or similar web sites.
One of the main advantages is that even complete beginners achieve great results with rubber stamps in a very short time.
So, for those of you who are still not sure, I fully support all kinds of business ventures anyone comes up with, and I am always delighted to hear success stories, especially when my brushes had a role to play. If you are considering buying 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA SET, you can rest assure that you are allowed use them for your business ventures, whatever they are, as long as you don’t just repackage the brushes and sell them as brushes again.
OK. That’s it for today.
Love you all and, as always, never never forget, have fun creating, because whatever you do, it will always turn out well if you had fun doing it.
Yours,
Silvia
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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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Guys,
Most of you already know how indispensable Photoshop brushes are when it comes to web and graphic design.
Examples of their use are everywhere. In this post I will show you how I used them to modify the original WordPress theme of this site and create something completely different.
Of course, for all modifications I used my own PREMIUM Photoshop brushes that are also available for sale in my little Photoshop brushes shop.
Don’t worry, commercial license is included with all brushes so you can use them in your commercial projects.
Background
First I changed the background and here is what Photoshop brushes did I use and where:
Grunge Stars, Custom and Splatters – Lite edition Photoshop brushes sets are available for FREE if you join GreenBulbGang.Com community.
Find these brushes in Graphics-Illustrations.Com Shop:
- Swirls Floral Photoshop Brushes set (42+42) Second Edition + 42 PNG files
- Photoshop Brushes – Floral Shapes (37)
Also, to create the background I used the following:
Stickers, Lite edition Photoshop brushes set is available for FREE if you join GreenBulbGang.Com community.
Find these brushes in Graphics-Illustrations.Com Shop:
Banners
And here is how I used them to create banners:
So, to create banners I used:
As you can see, Photoshop brushes come really handy when you need to do web graphics.
I’d say, really really handy.
Of course, if you are into web or graphic design, or if you are planning to get into it, or just staring up, I would recommend one all-round, HUGE Photoshop brushes package and yes, that’s 800+ MEGA SET Photoshop Brushes I’m talking about!
These come with Commercial License, in a form of digital download, so you get to use them immediately right after the purchase.
Find out more about 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA SET here ->
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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) |
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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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Gang, a few days ago I introduced the brand new Photoshop brushes set – Corners (link) (Ideal for Summer Vacation related photo cards, digital scrapbooks or commercial designs).
As I promised, I these will be freely available for few more days and then they will be moved to Silver, Gold and Platinum GBG Members downloads repository.
For today, I prepared a little video presentation of these brushes, so if you are interested to see what they look like in action – there you go:
| Preview them Summer Vacation Corners, Digital Stamps – Photoshop Brushes |
| Download Summer Vacation Corners, Digital Stamps – Photoshop Brushes |
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And … well, what can I say
Enjoy your weekend!
And check the ULTIMATE 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA SET ->
Love,
Silvia
P.S.
Once upon a time in a land far far away I was a part of the team which was illustrating and animating Canadian Cartoon “The Little Flying Bears”.
And the other day, I found that they listed me in the IMDB!
Wooooo … that’s kinda cool …
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Gang,
I bet that you, just like me, can’t wait for the summer vacation (yeee!). And I bet you’ll be taking loads of photos this summer again. OK. I’m not that much of a gambler, I know. Can’t lose that bet. Some things are just … tradition and we do it every year, again and again. And we still love it!
As I said, I know you’ll be (as always) taking loads of photos again and you’ll be wanting to make nice digital scrapbooks (photo cards, paper for scrapbooking, rubber stamps or other commercial designs) out of them.
If you are into design business you’ll be loaded with all kinds of summer themed design projects. Being it web, print, fabric design, advertising, banners design … you name it …
And if you are photographer, you’ll be wanting to decorate your photos for your clients.
And if you are Photoshop or graphic design enthusiast you’ll want to play, experiment and learn with new design elements, in this case digital stamps and to be more specific – Photoshop brushes.
So, that is why, today I came up with a brand new, fresh, still warm (had to put this in red, since it’s still warm, or should I say HOT), Photoshop brushes:
Summer Vacation Corners
Yeeeee!!!!
And here’s what we have in the pack:
- 42 brushes in two sizes (so you won’t have to over-stretch them), they go up to 3000 pix @300 dpi (which means they are print ready)
- we’re talkin’ 6 corners, each of them segmented into 7 brushes – so you get 42 corner shapes combination
- commercial license is, as always, included (so you can make money with them – no questions asked)
| Preview them Summer Vacation Corners, Digital Stamps – Photoshop Brushes |
| Download Summer Vacation Corners, Digital Stamps – Photoshop Brushes |
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!
For the next five days, these brushes will remain available for download to all visitors of Graphics-Illustrations.Com.
After 5 days, Summer Vacation Corners – will be moved to the GBG Members Downloads repository.
There, they will remain at the permanent disposal to Silver, Gold and Platinum GBG Members where they will meet a happy crowd of:
- Numbers, Numbers – png files (FREE for Silver/Gold/Platinum GBG Members)
- Photoshop Brushes – Dandelions (9+9) (FREE for Silver/Gold/Platinum GBG Members) – $3.50 VALUE
- Photoshop Brushes – Foliage (56+56) (FREE for Silver/Gold/Platinum GBG Members)
- Photoshop Brushes – Happy Crabs (12+12) (FREE for Gold/Platinum GBG Members) – $3.50 VALUE
- Photoshop Brushes – Swirled Trees Lite (6) (FREE for Gold/Platinum GBG Members)
- Photoshop Brushes – Flowers (15+15) (FREE for Gold/Platinum GBG Members) – $3.50 VALUE
Of course, these just some of the benefits our Silver/Gold/Platinum GBG Members get and more info about GBG Membership is available right here ->
So, I hope you will like those. I’d love to see some of the work you’ve done with them and remember, always have fun creating, that way success is guaranteed!
Love,
Silvia
P.S.
Oops! I almost forgot! If you buy 800+ Photoshop brushes MEGA SET by the end of this month (31st of May 2010) Summer Vacation Corners in Vector format (.ai and .eps) is yours – for FREE! (Along with other bonuses – the greatest one being 50% discount on all Photoshop brushes from Graphics-Illustrations.Com shop).
P.P.S.
And yes, they can be used in Photoshop Elements too. Here’s a little video on how to load Summer Vacation Corners brushes in Photoshop Elements 4.0
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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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OK. As I promised in my previous post, today I will show you how to display your work on Zazzle and give yourself a chance to sell some of your work done with my Photoshop brushes.
So, dimensions of our Christmas Party Invitation were 5.25” x 5.25” which is 2550 x 2550 pixels. It is important to start the document in proper dimensions. If we don’t do that – later on the things might get complicated.
Here are some explanations that you know before starting your own designs (explanation from Zazzle):
“Bleed” is a printing term used to indicate the area that will be trimmed off after the job is printed and cut down to the finished size. This ensures that the design is printed to the full edge of the product. Our paper products contain a Safe Area and a Bleed Area. Always make sure any important parts of your design fall inside the Safe Area, and that your design background fully extends through the Bleed Area. Whatever is in the Bleed Area will get trimmed off, leaving your design printed all the way up to the Product Edge.
Zazzle supports images in JPEG, PNG, PDF, and Adobe Illustrator (AI) formats – so, if you are working with transparent images PNG, PDF i AI formats will be the formats of your choice.
So, let’s roll the sleeves and start having fun! :)
Once you start a new project on Zazzle you will be offered several templates to start with.
A well done wizard will guide you through the creating process:
Pick the invitation size:
And add images. Basically, images are front and back size of our invitation in .jpg format.
So, let’s select “My computer” option …
And upload our invitation.
Not much to do from this point on. Here is the preview of the front side:
Now, let’s pick the back side:
And add the back side of our invitation:
Voila!
Now it is only a matter of posting our invitation in our store and making it available for purchase:
Of course, we will need to add some details to to, like entering a Title, Subtitle and the Description of our product:
That’s it! We’re done! Time for a cup of tea … or coffee!
Or, even better – make another product! Make a mug, or T-Shirt, or baseball hat, badge …. etc … etc …
It was pretty simple and fast – you will agree! I hope you like the idea and I hope you see, once again, on this example, how Photoshop brushes can be of a great help when it comes to speeding things up or bridging the creativity gaps we all run into from time to time.
OK. That’s it for today. Have a great weekend and have fun creating!
Hugs,
Silvia
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Create unique Christmas Party Invitations for your friends and family or start a new job and earn some extra money. Here goes another short tutorial where I’m trying to prove, one more time, how easy, fast and fun it can be to use Photoshop brushes.
I this little tutorial I will show you how to use your passion and love for visual arts, turn your creative juices into something new and surprise your friends and/or family. In part two of this tutorial I will show you how to upload your Christmas Party Invitation to Zazzle and try to make some extra $$ with it!
And it will be fun!
So, for starters, let’s what we’ll need. Uhmmm … first we will need some nice, fancy-schmancy holiday font. You might have some already, but I always like to explore new stuff and I just ain’t gonna miss the opportunity to visit my favorite fonts places: www.dafont.com.
For this little occasion of ours - I picked this Santa’s Sleigh typography.
After downloading and installing the font (I hope you know how to do that, if not here is the hint: put them into Fonts folder :), we are going to open our good old Photoshop and create 5,25″x5,25″ document at 300 dpi. These dimensions (especially the dpi) are required by zazzle.com, so we’ll stick to it.
In this case I will load my favorite Christmas Photoshop Brushes set (55 brushes) (available in my shop for only $9,99), or you can use FREE LITE version (7 brushes) from GBG download area.If you are a GBG member you already have the download link and if you’re not – now here is a great opportunity! Become a GBG member and get access to 80+ Photoshop brushes sets including the FREE LITE Christmas Photoshop brushes set and FREE LITE Snowflakes Photoshop brushes set!
Press F5 to display Photoshop brushes window, load them and press B to activate Brush tool.
Because our Christmas Party Invitation has front and back side, we are going to organize our work in two Layer Groups, first Layer Group will be used for the front side of the invitation and the second Layer Group (which we will create on a later stage) will be used for the back side.
Now, let’s use some brushes! Press B to activate Brush tool, set foreground color to some light gray and simply add the brushes to our canvas.
Now, let’s add some snow!
Let’s add a new Layer (we are going to need it later) pick the snowflake brush and bit lighter gray color. Play with the brush settings as demonstrated below: adjust Shape Dynamics, Scattering for dispersion and Other Dynamics for the various tones of gray color and Spacing to adjust space between the snowflakes.
Now, just a few strokes with our brush on the canvas and voila! It’s snowing!
Now add desired text using Santa’s Sleigh font (downloaded from www.dafont.com).
And the front side of our invitation is over!
Now, let’s do some work on the back of the invitation. Create a new Layer Group and duplicate the layer with the snowflakes only.
On the back of the invitation type RSVP and make a dashed line with the Text tool (T). Spacing between the characters should be set at 100 (or more).
We are done :) Now print this card on your printer or use your local printing company or create account on zazzle.com.
That was simple, easy and fast, wasn’t it!
In the next tutorial I will show you how to make this invitation available for sale.
Whatever you do, do not forget: Have Fun Creating!
S :)
PS:
Of course, if you don’t feel like doing the whole thing by yourself, just DOWNLOAD this Christmas Party Invitation template in psd format HERE –>>
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Note: Santa’s Sleigh font is not included in the download (you will have to download it from www.dafont.com!)
And yes, you can sell stuff that you created with my Photoshop brushes! That’s because all of my Photoshop brushes come with a CU which stands for Commercial Use License, meaning you can create stuff with my brushes and sell it. So, get more great brushes from my Photoshop brushes shop and start creating ->
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Two weeks ago, I had this idea to create a unique envelope for my sisters-in-law birthday. But, in the meantime, she left for vacation and now she’s enjoying Californian hotels :)
So, I still have a chance to make a unique envelope for her birthday and it will wait for her when she’s back!
So, you guessed, today’s “download and print” freebie is - envelope template.
The original size of this envelope template is 8″x5″ on the 12″x12″ paper size, but you can print it on any size (like I did) just use “fit to paper” option on your Print window. For this envelope design I used Swirled Floral Photoshop Edges Brushes set and Floral Shapes Photoshop Brushes set. Both available in our little shop.
Now, take a look at my short photo story on how to make an envelope. It’s fun and easy so, enjoy!
1. Print the envelope template and cut out the envelope shape. I used fancy-edge scissors just to cover my possible cutting mistakes :)
2. Fold the paper carefully and try to match (as much as you can) the illustrations on the bottom flap and top flap of the envelope. Apply 1/4″ wide double-sided tape along the side edges of the back, starting below the curves.
3. That’s it! This is the Back side of the envelope. The flaps are designed to match one another!
4. And the front side of the envelope with the place where you can write your loved one name :)
Download this envelope template design here, buy Swirled Floral Edges Photoshop Brushes set or buy Floral Shapes Photoshop Brushes set and the most important thing: have fun creating!
Silvia
P.S.
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