Free High Resolution Textures - About Lost and Taken "Caleb Kimbrough of Lost and Taken is one of the leading authorities when it comes to textures." - Steven Snell of Vandelay Design Hello, my name is Caleb Kimbrough and I run things around this joint. Aside from making the textures here on L&T, I also create content for design blogs and magazines around the world. I actually get to make textures for a living, how cool is that? In my spare time I enjoy good music, good beer, and good company. Oh, and the occasional wanderlust-induced traveling spree. "Lost and Taken is a blog dedicated towards free high resolution textures. Lost and Taken was created over two and a half years ago with one intention: to helps designers by giving away the best free textures available. "I stumbled on Lost and Taken, which has now absorbed a considerable amount of my time ...I might sped the rest of my night on this site " - David Schloss of Mac Create Network
How to Create a Gritty Portfolio Layout – Tutorial How to Create a Gritty Portfolio Layout – Tutorial Already a member? In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a gritty portfolio layout. This is the final result. To start this tutorial you will need to create a new document. Create a new layer, and with brush tool ( with a big round brush tip ) add a single point in the middle of the layout. Change the blending mode for this layer to Overlay. In the middle of your portfolio layout you can create a shape with Rounded Rectangle Tool. Right under this shape i will create a new shape. On the footer of this portfolio layout i will create a new shape. here i will add some text with our copyright text, and if you want you can add also some social bookmarking icons. I will return to the first shape created in this tutorial, and i will go to Filter > Noise > Add noise. On top of this shape i will draw some white highlights. I will use Shape tool to create another area on the bottom of the layout. Now i will create the notebook spiral.
How to draw faces Eyes are the windows to the soul but to nail a portrait you’ve also got to get the frames, bricks, door and drainpipes right. We asked a range of artists how to draw a good face… Wherever possible, draw from life “A face is a 3D object, so it’s better to do it from life than from a photo, because a photo is already flat,” says illustrator Emma Reynolds. “If you can go to life-drawing, that’s the most useful thing you can do. It helps with measuring, light and shadow, your whole visual awareness and vocabulary. Try to think of it as a series of shapes, not a face “It’s very easy to fall into the trap of drawing what you think things should look like, without really observing the person in front of you,” says portrait painter Joe Simpson. “I break the image down into its component elements,” says illustrator Owen Pomery. “I start with the brow – that’s the strongest point. Try not to worry about flattery “With a commission, I tend to take photos of the person, while I’m talking to them.
Cut the Clutter, How to Create a Professional Work Portfolio Creating a personal identity seems to be one of the most difficult tasks for a designer. For some reason, it is infinitely easier determining how others should project themselves. Unfortunately, this is no excuse to have an outdated, unorganized, or overall weak portfolio. Find out how to improve your portfolio at the jump. We are in a unique situation with current technology allowing us to advertise ourselves and our work to potentially anyone in the world. It would be a shame if we didn't take advantage of resources like Twitter, Facebook, Dribbble, LinkedIn, a personal website, Pinterest (Yes, I said Pinterest. You are Your Portfolio With current technology, your life is a lot more transparent. Update Your Portfolio Regularly Keep all your profiles up to date and consistent. You Will Always be Judged by Your Weakest Piece This simple bit of advice goes a long way. Include the Type of Projects you Wish to Receive Let Your Work be the Hero
Powerful and Creative Ads Great series of creative and powerful ads… Clever Ads Billboard 1stDelicious: Create A Simple Clean Portfolio Layout In Photoshop Hello there everybody and welcome to another PSD web design tutorial here at 1stwebdesigner! In this tutorial you will learn how to create a Simple Clean Portfolio layout in Photoshop. A few techniques discussed in this tutorial will include the use of proper spacing, typography and colors. We’ll be using really light color scheme and design is meant to be really minimal for portfolio type of website. Let’s get started – I hope you will make out together with me until successful finish together ! By the way in few days you’ll see also PSD TO HTML tutorial to this design – so keep up, design this template so you can immediately code it into live design!! *Updated – here is Detailed PSD to HTML tutorial Resources you will need to complete this tutorial: Here is what we will making, click on image for full preview: Step1: Working with Site Structure Before we get started download first 960grid system for easy Guideline creation. Open 960_download\templates\photoshop\960_grid_12_col.psd Drop Shadow
Light Grey Art Lab: CALL FOR ART : Macro & Micro Nature! Hey! We have a new call for art! EDIT: Thanks to everyone that submitted links to our Macro & Micro call for art! There are approximately 3800 known minerals in the earth's crust, an estimated 953 thousand known animal species, and another 215 thousand plant species (not to mention another vast collection of fungi, protozoa and chromista), and the millions of things we haven't discovered yet. We are looking for everything from scientific illustrations, to airy, open landscapes. We will be dividing the gallery into sections, Animal, Vegetable, Mineral and 'Everything Else". So, put on Radiolab in one ear and watch your David Attenborough documentaries in the other and join us.If you're interested in joining us all you have to do is put your name, website / portfolio link and email below by February 15th Along with whether your category of choice ends up as an Animal, Vegetable, Mineral or Everything Else. And - special hint!
Paper portfolios: 5 beautiful examples to inspire you | Portfolios Sadly, paper portfolios appear to be a bit of a rarity these days. But, thankfully, there are many designers who still recognise the power of print. Done properly, a handheld, printed portfolio can really make your work stand out and leave a long lasting impression. Subscription offer Therefore, we scoured the web to find some brilliant examples of paper portfolios. Italian graphic design studio Happycentro was behind this beautiful, handcrafted portfolio for modular merchandising systems company ALU. The result was this gorgeous book containing illustrations and typography made with paper cuttings. 02. US-based graphic designer Nathan Hinz developed this beautiful, handheld portfolio back in the days before everybody went online. Hinz comments on Behance: "It allowed for a quick overview and served as a rich presentation in one book. 03. Dyla Rosli is an intern graphic designer based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 04. 05. Another day is the graphic design studio of Yorick de Vries.
Fotógrafo sai pelo mundo fotografando desconhecidos que parecem gêmeos Todos nós algumas vez na vida já ouvimos: “Nossa, você é muito parecido com uma pessoa que conheço, vocês são parentes?”. Partindo desse princípio, o fotógrafo Francois Brunelle, resolveu registrar pessoas que não tem nenhum laço de sangue, mas parecem terem sido separadas no nascimento. Ele viajou pela Europa e Estados Unidos procurando pessoas parecidas mas sem que sequer se conhecessem e criou o projeto I’m not a look-alike! O projeto só termina no próximo ano, e ele convida quem quiser participar do projeto, as informações estão no site do fotógrafo. Post by Razões para Acreditar.