6 Decorative Vector Ornaments
It is always nice to have some decorative vector ornaments on hand when you’re in the middle of a project. Decorative ornaments have a ton of uses from pattern creation, to stationary design. That’s why today I am …
4 Tips to Help Promote Your Website Using Facebook Fan Pages
When it comes to promoting a website through social media, a lot of people clump Twitter and Facebook Fan Pages into the same category. Most people see them as similar tools to help promote their brand; and while …
Don’t Be Constrained by Control Points: An Introduction to Extreme Path
Hello everyone! Today, I would like to introduce you to Extreme Path, a plug-in for Adobe Illustrator that allows you to manipulate paths and shapes in ways that you can’t otherwise do using Illustrator. One of the …
Giveaway Announcement: 2 Readers Win 500 Free Business Cards From Make Me Cards
Hello everyone! Last week our friends at Make Me Cards were generous enough to sponsor a giveaway with 2 sets of 500 business cards. Today, we are very excited to be announcing the winners.
If you have …
Working With Auto-Shapes in Fireworks
I mention quite a bit how fond I am of the tools that Fireworks provides to help draw basic shapes. Today I would like to talk a little about one of least known but helpful tools that Fireworks …
22 Fantastic Animal Character Tutorials for Illustrator
If you love animals, you’ll love this round up of 22 Fantastic Animal Illustration Tutorials. These tutorials will take you step-by-step through the process of creating a professional-looking character or mascot in Illustrator and will help you fine-tune …
How to Distress Text in Seconds With Photoshop Brushes
There are a lot of ways to create distressed text in Photoshop; some techniques are better than others but I have found that the best technique is to use a nice set of Photoshop brushes in combination …
Win 500 Free Business Cards From Make Me Cards (x2)
Hello everyone! Guess what? Today, we’ve got another fantastic business card giveaway; this time sponsored by our friends at Make Me Cards. Make Me Cards is an online printer that specializes in business cards and offers a …
Adobe Fireworks, the Better Tool for Creating Basic Shapes
When most people think about drawing basic shapes they probably think about Adobe Illustrator or maybe Photoshop; but even as good as those apps are for creating basic shapes, in some cases, Fireworks is even better. In this …
Create Your Own Business Cards at AllBusinessCards.com
Hello everyone! The guys at AllBusinessCards.com asked that I write a short review of their services. AllBusinessCards.com is an online printer that allows you to create your own business cards using their new Design Center. Their Design Center …
Running a Design Blog Like a Business
Many design blogs start off as a hobby. Designers like to share what they have learned and seek out criticism from others. Blogs are a natural way of doing this. As blogs mature however many of us have …
5 Free Valentine’s Day Themed Vector Patterns for Illustrator
As you know, Valentine’s Day is fast approaching. On Colorburned, we’ve decided to get into the Valentine’s Day spirit and release a series of Valentine’s Day Themed screencasts [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and freebies created with …
Giveaway Announcement: 3 Colorburned Readers Win 500 Free Business Cards From UPrinting
Last week our friends at UPrinting were generous enough to donate 500 free business cards to 3 lucky Colorburned readers. Today, we are very excited to announce the winners. Most of you probably recognize UPrinting as a frequent …
Starting and Growing a Design Blog with Design Informer’s Jad Limcaco
Hello everyone! This week I had some time to sit down with Jad Limcaco. Jad is the guy behind Design Informer, a relatively new design blog that has been publishing some really nice content. I wanted to …
Ink Drips: 35 High Resolution Photoshop Brushes
Ever notice how inspiration always hits you when you least expect it to? The other day I had just sat down in front of the television. I was flicking through some of the channels and just happened to …
