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How To Print On Fabric Using Freezer Paper. ~ please read all instructions before you begin ~ 1. Cut a piece of fabric so it’s the same size as a piece of paper. – 8.5” x 11” 2. Cut a piece of freezer paper the same size. – 8.5” x 11” 3. 4. 5. 6. You’ll probably have to play with the settings on your printer to achieve the quality you’re after. A Note About Ink: Some inks for inkjet printers are not colorfast so you’ll need to test that out, you don’t want your project ruined if it should get wet.

I use an Epson printer and Epson Durabrite ink which is permanent. A Note About Freezer Paper: Freezer paper is found in most grocery stores in the same aisle as foil, plastic wrap, etc. I like to use pre-cut 8.5”x11” sheets of freezer paper. The Fine Print: I have never had any problems using this method of printing. Happy Printing!! The BIGGEST ever list of design resources! - ProofHQ. Following the huge success of last year’s “World’s Biggest Ever List of Graphic Design Blogs”, we’ve decided that we should turn it into an annual event – after all, more people than ever before are blogging and the talent pool continues to grow.

This year, we’ve added in some additional categories including typography and image sourcing sites to help you along your way. The list is at least 40% larger than last year and is the one stop shop for all that you could need in terms of inspiration, reference material or tools for you to use. So, without further ado, ladies and gentlemen…. drum-roll please! Graphic Design 1stwebdesigner Blog by Dainis Graveris in Latvia covering all things design and freelance. 2expertsdesign A blog filled with tips – whether it’s graphic design, logo design, web design, advertising, branding or typography. 456 Berea Street Blog from Roger Johansson containing articles and tutorials on web standards, accessibility and usability. 72dpi Graphic design inspiration.

Free Photoshop Brushes at Brusheezy! BEST FREE RENDER TEXTURES | download thousands of textures for free! Exclusive library of seamless diffuse, bump and displacement maps! 50 Free Photoshop Brush Sets Everyone Should Have. 8500+ Free Photoshop Brushes. Weekly Roundup from DesignFloat. Hey guys, the time for Friday roundup has come and we want to share some useful resources featuring free Photoshop brushes with you. We all know that brushes turn out to be the essential tools for web designers and help to add the desired atmosphere and create stunning websites. Using this Photoshop tool, it is possible to give the design the impressive touch and make it catchy. Of course, you have seen a vast amount of brush sets all around the web, but here you can find the top-notch collection of the most popular among them.

We have decided to compile 8500+ various brush sets for our readers and we hope that this post will come in handy and add inspiration for your future designs. So, you are welcome to enjoy this roundup that features the ultimate collection of brushes. Additionally, we’d also recommend you to check out the compilation of 60 free Photoshop gradient sets, which you can easily use to improve your graphics. 1100+ Abstract High Quality Free Photoshop Brushes.

25 Mind Blowing Text Effects Photoshop Tutorials. 10 Useful Web Apps for Designers. DesignWoop welcomes this guest post by Tomas Laurinavicius. Since the iPhone and iPad entered the market you can hear lots of news about apps for these devices. Tons of apps available today and you can find everything you want. But today I would like to share 10 handy web-based apps for designers. To use these apps you don’t need to buy an iPhone or iPad, you can use them without any additional software or device, you just need a web browser. In this collection I’ve picked 10 useful and time-saving web apps for designers. These will help you to create an invoice, record a video or select a beautiful color combination for your next project. Invoice Bubble Invoice Bubble is free invoice software that lets you create an invoice and send to your client in seconds.

Gridulator Tell Gridulator your layout width and the number of columns you want, and it’ll spit back all the possible grids that have nice, round integers. Browize Screenr Launchlist Kuler Favigen Fillerati Loads.in Domainr. Color Scheme Designer 3. Drawing Hands. This short tutorial is a just a small taste of a larger and much more in-depth book I wrote called The Mad Art of Caricature! The book is 175 full-color pages, lavishly illustrated and contains greatly expanded explanations of the concepts presented in this tutorials, as well and a great deal of additional material on caricaturing other facial features, posture, hands, expression and more, techniques on drawing from live models, doing caricature for freelance illustration and for MAD Magazine.

This is a must have book for anyone interested in caricature, cartooning or humorous illustration. You can order it online here. How to Draw Hands Easily the most asked question I get is “how do you draw caricatures?”. However a close runner up is “how do you draw hands?”. Next to faces, hands are probably the most expressive and intricate part of the human form. I’m a cartoonist at heart, so the hands I draw are not realistic hands by most definitions.

Breaking Down Hand Structure Men’s vs. 50 Time Saving Photoshop Actions for Enhancing Photos.