Best of Colorburned – December 2008 Reviewed
As you guys know, each month I post a review of all the things that I’ve been up to on this site. December was another great month, I was able to get a lot of things done in…
Check Out Elegant Themes
There are a lot of ways to set up a Wordpress theme. As a designer, my first instinct is to open up Fireworks or Photoshop and start designing a custom theme. After that, I cut it up into…
Happy Holidays! Congratulations to the Knoll Light Factory Winners!
Happy Holidays everyone! Today, I am announcing the winner of the two copies of Knoll Light Factory that I’m giving away on this website. Before I announce the winner however I’d first like to thank Digital Anarchy for graciously offering…
Only 4 Days Left to Purchase all 300 Premium Colorburned Textures for $15
With just 3 days until Christmas, I wanted to post a quick reminder that there are only 4 days left to purchase all 300 premium high resolution textures in the Colorburned Shop for the amazing price of just $15. …
Meet Lisa Sabin-Wilson, The Person Who Literally Wrote the Book on Wordpress
This week I had the pleasure of interviewing Lisa Sabin-Wilson of E.Webscapes Design Studio. E.Webscapes is a blog design studio with a huge client base of over 1,000. She’s an experienced blog designer and author of the “Wordpress…
10 Arrowhead Brushes for Illustrator
If you have ever tried to create arrows in Illustrator you probably know that there are a lot of ways it can be done. If you’ve ever explored some of the menus in Illustrator you probably have noticed…
Win a Free Copy of Knoll Light Factory (x2) – Comment to Win
I love giving away free stuff on this site and this week I’ve got 2 copies of Knoll Light Factory to give away to you guys. Knoll Light Factory is a plug-in for Adobe Photoshop that allows you to design…
50 Snowflake Scatter Brushes
I just wanted to let you guys know about another exclusive set of Illustrator brushes that I designed for VECTORTUTS. For the last couple of months, VECTORTUTS has been releasing exclusive vector freebies on their site. I was…
Meet Andrew Houle, Founder of MyInkBlog.com
This week I had the opportunity to interview Andrew Houle from My Ink Blog. Andrew interviewed me about my site very early on and has always been a huge help to me as well as a resource for me…
10 Scribbled Snowflake Vectors
It’s that time of year again. With just a few short weeks until Christmas and Chanukah it’s time to start working on your holiday designs. Originally, I had put together a set of 25 scribbled snowflakes but I…
HOLIDAY SALE: 300 Premium High Resolution Textures for $15
As many of you know, I sell several collections of premium high resolution textures in my online shop which I’ve been selling for around $25 USD. Today, I’m dropping that price from $25 to just $15 from now until…
Create a Burberry Style Plaid Part II: Applying a Twill Pattern
Last month I discussed how to Create a Burberry Style Plaid with Illustrator in 4 Steps. Creating a basic plaid in Illustrator is fun and easy but some of you may have noticed (especially those of you who…
Meet Steven Snell, the Man Behind Vandelay Design, DesignM.ag and Traffikd
This week I had the opportunity to interview Steven Snell, the man behind Vandelay Design, DesignM.ag and Traffikd. I visit all three of his blogs fairly regularly and find them all to be excellent resources for design-related and social…
63 Extraordinary Companies that Support the Design Community
As bloggers and designers, we’re used to getting a lot of things for free. Free content is an excellent way to bring new visitors to your website and many visitors these days expect to see free content. Personally,…
Best of Colorburned – November 2008
November was by far the biggest month this website has seen in terms of popularity and traffic. I’ve been humbled and excited by the support that I have received from my readers and friends in the design community…









