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Badges, Badges, Badges 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Here's a collection of eight badge templates, all ready for you to use. They are available in an unflattened psd file. I have added some different colours, all you need to do is choose your colour and write your slogan.
I thought that they might be useful for blogging ... Read more:Badges
Be A Pro Blogger! 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Here's seven blogs that will help you become a pro blogger. These guys have been playing online for quite some time, and they are eager to share their expertise. I'm new to the intricacies of blog design so finding and sharing these links may help us all! There's so ... Read more:Blogger
My Pyrography 0000-00-00 00:00:00 I thought you may like to see some more of my work so here's a little bit about me as a pyrographic artist!
I have been working as a pyrographic artist for the past four years, it's great fun and a wonderful way of being able to "draw" on wood and ...
Go Media - Vector Packs 0000-00-00 00:00:00 I've been testing out a few free vectors which are available from Go Media. I've used a skull, some splats and grunge effects to get the dark gothic loook that you can see above.
I'd recommend taking a trip over as they have alot to offer. If you're into grunge effects ... Read more:Vector
Antony Gormley - Blind Light 0000-00-00 00:00:00 The Hayward presents Blind
Light, the first major London showing of the work of British sculptor Antony Gormley.
The exhibition features a series of brand new monumental works specially conceived for The Hayward's distinctive spaces, including one of the largest ever urban public art commissions, Event Horizon, which features sculptural ...
Free Online Colour Matching Tool 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Do you ever get a little lost when trying to find matching colours for your web site? Then I recommend taking a trip over to ColorBlender, it is a free online tool for colour matching and palette design.
Above is a selection of colours that were created by this handy little ... Read more:Colour
Free Web Banners 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Here's a collection of eight web banners. Feel free to choose your favourite, drag if off to your desktop and add your text.
I'd like to know what you think of them, so any comments would be happily accepted! Also, if you have any suggestions about what you would like ... Read more:Banners
500 Free Seamless Textures 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Take a trip over to Absolute Cross and take a look at a wide selection of over 500 hundred free seamless textures...
Um, what's a seamless texture?
A texture that is "seamless" is able to repeat infinitely without ever showing any edges. It can fill as large an area of your graphic ... Read more:Textures
My Portfolio & First Month Blogging 0000-00-00 00:00:00 I'd like to write today to tell you all that I'm still here! I have just added a portfolio page with some examples of my work. If you would like to hire me then please feel free to contact me.
I would also like to say a big thank you to ... Read more:Portfolio
, First
, Month
, Blogging
Photo Border Effects 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Ever wondered how to get some interesting border effects on your photographs?
Well here's how!
I have created five masks free for you to experiment with.
1. All you have to do is open your chosen border effect.
2. Then, open your photograph and place over the border effect. You may need to resize ... Read more:Photo
, Border
, Effects
VectorVault - Royalty Free Vector Images 0000-00-00 00:00:00 I've just taken a trip over to Vector
Vault to see what was on offer. I must say that I was very impressed as they have quality collections of vector images and also a few free downloads so that you can try out their products.
Each full package contains over 250 cross-platform ... Read more:Images
Distressed Paper Set 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Here's my fist collection of paper sets available to buy for only £2.00.
They include three distressed papers measuring 12x12 at 300dpi, plus one png file at 300dpi.
If you would like to buy this set please click on the buy it now button, after your payment is completed I will ...
New Site Launches 0000-00-00 00:00:00 I'm pleased to announce that my redesign of Fields and Fences is completed and has now been launched.
The design brief included a strict demand to keep the site's colours inline with their logo which is purple and green. The site is validated to Xhtml 1.0 and although it is ... Read more:New Site
Feedburner Plugin & Stats 0000-00-00 00:00:00 I was reading a post on Meridian Crest about how to double your RSS readers in 24 hours. Scot suggested installing Feedburner's Feedsmith plugin for Wordpress.
"Feedsmith redirects your blog’s automatic feed URL to Feedburner’s tracking system to give you a more accurate estimation of feed readers. If you display your ... Read more:Plugin
, Stats
Reflect Your Text 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Here's an easy way to make it appear as if your text is reflected. I have seen many logos around at the moment which use this technique, including my own! It's a really easy tutorial and once you have mastered the basics is open to many creative possibilities.
1: Create a ...
Fun At The Dog Show 0000-00-00 00:00:00 I thought I would share with you a few snaps that I took at a local dog show this weekend. It was great fun and we managed to take away a second with Mollie, the collie shown in the photograph below smiling away!
The little boy shown below was the star ...
Free Grunge Banners 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Here's a collection of six grunge web banners. They are free for you to use but please don't redistribute them as part of a collection or sell them commercially! - Thanks.
Have fun with them and if you decide to use one I'd love to see what you have done with ...
Read more:Banners
Feedburner Plugin & Stats 0000-00-00 00:00:00 I was reading a post on Meridian Crest about how to double your RSS readers in 24 hours. Scot suggested installing Feedburner's Feedsmith plugin for Wordpress.
"Feedsmith redirects your blog’s automatic feed URL to Feedburner’s tracking system to give you a more accurate estimation of feed readers. If you display your ...
Read more:Plugin
, Stats
Reflect Your Text 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Here's an easy way to make it appear as if your text is reflected. I have seen many logos around at the moment which use this technique, including my own! It's a really easy tutorial and once you have mastered the basics is open to many creative possibilities.
1: Create a ...
Fun At The Dog Show 0000-00-00 00:00:00 I thought I would share with you a few snaps that I took at a local dog show this weekend. It was great fun and we managed to take away a second with Mollie, the collie shown in the photograph below smiling away!
The little boy shown below was the star ...
New Site Launches 0000-00-00 00:00:00 I'm pleased to announce that my redesign of Fields and Fences is completed and has now been launched.
The design brief included a strict demand to keep the site's colours inline with their logo which is purple and green. The site is validated to Xhtml 1.0 and although it is ...
Read more:New Site
Photo Border Effects 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Ever wondered how to get some interesting border effects on your photographs?
Well here's how!
I have created five masks free for you to experiment with.
1. All you have to do is open your chosen border effect.
2. Then, open your photograph and place over the border effect. You may need to resize ...
Read more:Photo
, Border
, Effects
VectorVault - Royalty Free Vector Images 0000-00-00 00:00:00 I've just taken a trip over to Vector
Vault to see what was on offer. I must say that I was very impressed as they have quality collections of vector images and also a few free downloads so that you can try out their products.
Each full package contains over 250 cross-platform ...
Read more:Images
Distressed Paper Set 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Here's my fist collection of paper sets available to buy for only £2.00.
They include three distressed papers measuring 12x12 at 300dpi, plus one png file at 300dpi.
If you would like to buy this set please click on the buy it now button, after your payment is completed I will ...
My Portfolio & First Month Blogging 0000-00-00 00:00:00 I'd like to write today to tell you all that I'm still here! I have just added a portfolio page with some examples of my work. If you would like to hire me then please feel free to contact me.
I would also like to say a big thank you to ...
Read more:Portfolio
, First
, Month
, Blogging
Go Media - Vector Packs 0000-00-00 00:00:00 I've been testing out a few free vectors which are available from Go Media. I've used a skull, some splats and grunge effects to get the dark gothic loook that you can see above.
I'd recommend taking a trip over as they have alot to offer. If you're into grunge effects ...
Read more:Vector
Butterfly Grunge Photoshop Brushes 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Here's a small collection of free Photoshop
brushes for you to use. They comprise of eight grungy swirls and one of a swirl with two butterflies. They work well when placed on a distressed background.
Have fun with them! Please remember not to redistribute them as your own or sell them ...
Read more:Butterfly
Go Media - Motion Packs 0000-00-00 00:00:00 The folks at Go Media have come up with some great new “weaponry” for their arsenal. They have introduced Motion
Packs - premade, animated stock design elements. These are made especially for Motion Graphics artists, animators, and video artists. The idea is to be able to quickly copy ...
I Signed Up For PPP! 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Well, this is my first post in my new "Reviews" category. I have signed up with Payperpost and am quite excited about this new venture. I love to write and to read about new products and services so I thought that this option would suit me down to a tee!
I ...
Read more:Signed
Art Of The Business Card 0000-00-00 00:00:00 I have been browsing through Flickr and came across an entry called the "Art Of The Business
Card". I too love business cards and have quite a collection myself! I thought that it was an excellent idea to share them and within this collection you'll find many which might just ...