September 2008 in Review
September was a crazy month for me but a great month for Colorburned. I spent half of this month either without electricity or in New York City but in the time I wasn’t either traveling or sitting in …
105 More Delicious Water Color Illustrator Brushes
Last week I released 106 delicious water color Illustrator brushes. Today, I am releasing part two of that set. Part Two includes an additional 105 amazingly realistic-looking water color Illustrator brushes.
In my opinion Part Two looks …
106 Delicious Water Color Illustrator Brushes
Yes, I did say Illustrator brushes. This set of brushes is a real treat! 106 awesome and completely vector water color Illustrator brushes. You guys have no idea how excited I’ve been over the last couple of weeks …
10 Tips for Effective Political Designs
For those of you who have been following my blog for some time, you may have noticed that I have quite a bit of experience in political design; that is graphic and web design for politicians, political organizations …
105 Mind-Blowing Retro Tech-Shaped Starburst Brushes
I’ve been waiting to post this set of brushes for a little over a week. I had originally planned on posting this last Monday but my posting schedule was thrown out the window after that freak wind storm …
Lens Flares That Don’t Suck in Photoshop
Everybody knows that Photoshop’s lens flare effect sucks! Unfortunately, it seems to be the first effect that people try after installing the software. It doesn’t take long, however, to realize how terrible it actually is. It gives you …
Power Lines Are Soooo 19th Century
It’s been a rough week here at Colorburned HQ. A freak wind storm as a result of Hurricane Ike came through the area and took out power to 75% of the area. I’ve never seen anything like it. …
105 Stunning Retro Tech-Shaped Illustrator Brushes
This set of brushes was inspired by artist James White. James is one of my favorite designers and I’ve always been fascinated with how he uses basic geometric shapes, colors and patterns in his work and I …
50 Killer Retro Starburst Brushes
If you have already downloaded my broken line brushes, these brushes may look somewhat familiar to you. If they do, it’s because they are nearly identical. There are two fundamental differences however. In this set, the corner …
Why Do Designers Hate Blackberries?
I don’t know about you guys but I don’t have an iPhone. I think that they are really cool devices, but they are just not for me. I used to have one of those old HP Pocket PCs, …
New Flickr Community and Social Networking Areas
As you may have noticed, I’ve spent the last couple of weeks steadily adding new vector freebies to this website. What you may not have noticed however, was some slight changes that I have made to the sidebar. …
50 Ridiculous Retro-Style Broken Line Illustrator Brushes
I have wanted to design a set of brushes like this for a long time but I’ve been putting it off because I knew how time consuming they would be to create. The other day however, I decided …
104 Incredible Retro-Style Pixelated Illustrator Brushes
After designing last week’s HUGE set of Retro Line Brushes I went right to work on a new set of retro-style Illustrator brushes. At first I wasn’t exactly sure how they would turn out but the more I …
UPrinting Contest Winners Announced!
Last week I posted this site’s first contest sponsored by UPrinting.com. Today, I am happy to announce the winners……
August 2008 in Review
When I launched Colorburned.com four months ago, I had originally envisioned it as primarily a portfolio site to display my work. Since then, the design has remained largely the same but the scope and direction of the site …
