How To Create a Retro Badge/Emblem Style Logo
The retro style badge/emblem of logos is a hot trend at the moment, and it’s no surprise why – They’re super cool! We’ve already looked at a showcase of retro and vintage style logos based on circular motifs, now let’s build our own. We’ll put the basic structure together in Illustrator, then give it that aged vintage appearance with some finishing touches in Photoshop. The logo we’ll be creating is for the totally fictional Powerhouse Gym (although I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a gym somewhere with this name!). It combines many of the typical traits of this retro/vintage theme with alternating rings of black and white as well as fine details such as the stars and dots. View the retro/vintage logo design Be sure to check out the showcase of retro badge/emblem logos, then when you have plenty of ideas open up Adobe Illustrator and create a large circle. Press CMD+F to paste in another duplicate, scale down and change the fill to white. The vector version of our logo is complete.
15 Best Places for Designers to Get Free Stock Photos Online
I’m not sure if you’ve ever had a look at the prices on some non-stock photography sites (pictures of Gummy bears for $769.00 anyone?), but they reach far beyond the budget of the typical designer/developer. However, many places online allow you to obtain high-quality stock photos for free, giving the average starving artist a chance to create wonderful works of art/design without having to use next month’s rent on stock photos. In this article, we review the 15 best places to free stock photos online for designers. Note: Although these sites feature free stock photos, you should read the terms, limitations, and licensing of each work that you use; read the fine print! Dedicated free stock photo sites 1. stock.xchng stock.xchng is all free, all the time. one of the most popular paid stock photo sites – iStockphoto, sponsors them. Aimed at: Web designers and web developers, illustrators, print designers 2. A small team of in-house professional photographers supplies the photos in the site.
30+ High Quality Metallic Texture, Pattern, Brushes and Photoshop Tutorials
Most textures and patterns don’t look attractive in raw or when they are standalone, and these metallic ones are certainly no exceptional. However, with the right mixtures (and some creativity), these raw materials could output you some of the nicest metallic-themed design. If you are looking to create some realistic metallic design, here’s a collection of Metallic Textures, Pattern, Brushes and Photoshop Tutorial that could come in handy. Here are some related articles you might be interested: Full list after jump. Brushes and Patterns Arc’s Rivets + Metal Brushesby Arcy-is-distracted138 Custom Photoshop Brushes, includes Rivets, Screw-heads, Bolt-heads, Metal seams, Metal seams w/ rivets, Complete Panels, Vents, Holes and more. Barbed Wire brushby Cat-in-the-StockTwo barbed wire brushes. Bullet Holes Brushesby redheadstockA set of brushes made up of various types of bullet holes. Spiderman Patternby s0nkite Metal Setby for-certain9 metal texture brush set. Idyllic’s -Metal- Brushesby Chalob
Six Key Lessons from a Design Legend (a before-and-after) | GiftRocket Blog
When we first built GiftRocket 1.0, our team was absent designers. As the only one without a CS degree, I ended up spending a few weeks reading design books and mocking up the site before our March launch. Eventually we recruited a professional designer named Mike Kus to help us out. We liked his emphasis on large text, illustration, and simplicity. He redesigned our site and we released the results last week. I did a quick comparison of the before and after, and wanted to point out some things any developer can do to improve the feel of their site. 1. We were extremely conservative when we started, So we made the site… blue and gray. Mike, experienced and unhesitant, presented the cream, gold, and black palette we currently use. 2. We suffered from two contrast issues. Mike approached the app as a cousin to the website, using the same branding but inverting colors and layout. 3. Our Yelp business icons started out tiny at 60px by 60px. 4. 5. 6. Mike applied them everywhere on the site.
25 Free Stock Photo Sites
When I began the research for this article, I knew of only a handful of free stock photography sites. I set out to find as many good ones as I could, thinking maybe I’d find a dozen. I was quite surprised to find 25 good, solid resources out there. Note the terms of use for each site. Keep in mind that “Royalty Free” does not mean the images are free; it means that you don’t need to pay the photographer a royalty each time you use the image. Update: Check out our latest list of 18 MORE free stock photos sites. QualityStockPhotos.com is my favorite site for free stock photography. Stock.XCHNG is a great site for free stock photography. This is a huge resource, currently indexing over 3 million photos! The photos on Imagebase are free to use, and are licensed under a Creative Commons license. Morguefile is a completely free source for stock photos. Openphoto groups their completely free photos by categories, and offers a search function as well. Imageafter has 20,000 images available.
Texture Packs
Jun 02 2010 By By Janos Racz Every designer knows the importance of using the right textures in designs. And since making use of an already existing texture or image is so common and easy, the best you can do for your design is to use quality material that has variety and best suits your purposes. And while there are many stock image sites all over the Web, we’re fortunate enough to have a generous community that shares these kind of resources openly. Aqueous Sun Texture Pack – Volume I Source: mediamilitia.com Aqueous Sun Texture Pack – Volume II Aqueous Sun Texture Pack Rust v.01 Massive Grunge Texture Pack Source: lostandtaken.com Textures 8 Source: night-fate-stock.deviantart.com Soft Glow Bokeh Pack Source: regularjane.deviantart.com Folds: Texture Pack Source: designinstruct.com Designer Texture Pack #1 Source: texturezine.com Pack 04 Source: addictedsp8.deviantart.com Texture Pack 4 – Watercolours Source: blog.echoenduring.com Metal Texture Pack – 47 Free Images Brick & Stone: Texture Pack Hey!
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8 Places to Get Free Stock Photos for Your Website
EmailEmail It really doesn’t matter what your website or blog is about, nothing makes it look nicer than really good, professional quality photographs. Unfortunately, professional level photographs can sometimes be downright expensive. 1. The self-proclaimed leader in free stock photos online. 2. Started in 2001 by a guy named Jim as a way to share his excess photos online with people who may be interested, unprofound.com has grown to a database of several thousand. 3. Slang for a file of old newspaper clippings or photos in journalism circles, ˜morguefile’ has a large database of free photos. 4. Although one of the smaller databases with just over 600 images at this time, Photo Rogue is unique in that it allows visitors to request specific photos. 5. Searchable by category and individual tags, openphoto.net offers numerous photos for free. 6. Offering completely free images, freemediagoo.com has a lot of images but not an overwhelming amount. 7. 8. Google+
