Monthly Archives: October 2008

Best of Colorburned – October 2008

Best of Colorburned – October 2008

Well, it’s been another exciting month here on Colorburned. In terms of traffic, October 2008 was the best month ever receiving over 35,000 visits and 85,000 page views. The site has come a long way in the last…

VECTORTUTS Freebie: Exclusive Illustrator Watercolor Brushes

VECTORTUTS Freebie: Exclusive Illustrator Watercolor Brushes

In the first of an upcoming series of free vector downloads, Vectortuts released a set of exclusive water color Illustrator brushes on their site today. This is very exciting for a number of reasons. First, Vectortuts is one of…

50 Astonishing Argyle Pattern Swatches for Illustrator

50 Astonishing Argyle Pattern Swatches for Illustrator

I don’t know about you guys, but I love argyle!  I love argyle sweaters, scarves, hats and socks; if I could find argyle pants, I’d probably wear them too.  So last weekend I decided to create a set…

Learn the Basics of Fashion Sketching in Illustrator with These 8 Eye-Opening Video Tutorials

Learn the Basics of Fashion Sketching in Illustrator with These 8 Eye-Opening Video Tutorials

Recently, I’ve become very interested in graphic design for the fashion industry. You may have seen a fashion sketch that I designed in Illustrator a while back. Most typical graphic designers probably don’t think of the fashion industry when…

Meet Bittbox Founder Jay Hilgert

Meet Bittbox Founder Jay Hilgert

This week I had the pleasure of interviewing Jay Hilgert from Bittbox.com.  On his website, Jay offers some of the highest quality design resources on the net.  Jay describes himself as a “designer, blogger, web enthusiast, and Apple…

4 Free Fall Pumpkin Textures

4 Free Fall Pumpkin Textures

Last weekend I went to the pumpkin patch with my family. While I was there, I decided to snap a couple shots of some pumpkins so I could give them away on my site, just in time for…

17 Free Water Color Blob Brushes for Photoshop & Illustrator

17 Free Water Color Blob Brushes for Photoshop & Illustrator

Last week I was working on a design project for a website I was working on and created a nice set of water color Photoshop brushes in the process. I’ve been swamped with freelance projects lately so I…

Meet Designer & Blogger Adelle Charles

Meet Designer & Blogger Adelle Charles

This week I interviewed designer, blogger and devoted Twitterer Adelle Charles. Adelle, is the founder of Fuel Your Creativity and co-founder of Just Tweet It. She is also a very talented designer with an amazing portfolio. View her sites,…

25 Woven Plaid Swatches

25 Woven Plaid Swatches

Earlier this week I posted a set of 50 Plaid Pattern Swatches. As I explained in that post, plaid patterns have countless uses for fashion design or textiles, graphic or web design, package design and more. What makes…

50 Plaid Pattern Illustrator Swatches

50 Plaid Pattern Illustrator Swatches

I have always been fascinated with plaid patterns, so last week I decided to create a set of 50 plaid pattern swatches to give away on my site. Plaid patterns have countless uses for fashion design or textiles,…

The Freelancer’s Guide to Surviving the Economic Crisis

The Freelancer’s Guide to Surviving the Economic Crisis

I’m an optimist.  I always try to see the good in every situation.  When some people see spoiled milk, I see cottage cheese.  The economic crisis that we’re in right now is a serious issue.  With banks failing…

6 Free Premium Textures From the Colorburned Shop

6 Free Premium Textures From the Colorburned Shop

Today, I am showcasing just a few premium textures from the Colorburned Shop and am offering them to my readers for free. The Colorburned Shop hosts over 300 high resolution, premium textures for a very reasonable price. For a…

Working With Pattern Swatches in Illustrator

Working With Pattern Swatches in Illustrator

The Swatches Palette in Illustrator can be a very powerful tool for someone who knows how to use it. Most of us already know that the Swatches Palette stores colors for us to use in our designs, but…

104 Scribbled Dry Erase Marker-Styled Illustrator Brushes

104 Scribbled Dry Erase Marker-Styled Illustrator Brushes

There’s nothing funnier for an artist than watching a business man trying to emphasize his point by scribbling a stick man or graph on a whiteboard during a meeting. These drawings are famous for being bad and as…

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