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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…
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 even better…
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…
