COLORBURNED - Professional Design Resources

Vector Freebies: Paint Brushes Set 2

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:47:44 -0500

Today, I am releasing yet another set of high quality Illustrator Paint brushes. There aren't many brushes included in this set but what this set lacks in quantity, it makes up for in quality. Set 2 contains 7 high quality Illustrator paint brushes in varying widths. What I like about this set is how fat some of the brush strokes are. A lot of brushes I've seen are a little too scrawny to be used in large point sizes. The larger you make the stroke, the more the stroke distorts. Since these are a little fatter than normal you'll be able to make them a little fatter than you can with some other brushes. Don't get too crazy with them and use a 30 pt stroke. These brushes aren't that big. You will, however have a little more room to work with.

New Identity for Colorburned.com

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:44:46 -0500

I have to say, that in my time as a designer I've had a lot of difficult clients to work with but the worst client I've ever had is myself. You might be surprised, but one of the hardest parts about being a designer and owning your own business is creating a logo. Just think of it this way, if you had all the money in the world, you'd want everything right? It's the same with being a designer. I want everything and I'm constantly finding new inspiration and thinking "maybe I could do that with my logo?"

Needless to say, my business has had quite a few logos in its short time but I think I have finally got one that I'd like to stick with. You may have seen a version of this logo being splashed around on the website lately but I was finally able to put the finishing touches on it last night. I designed this logo in low resolution, which kind of stinks because at some point I'll have to go back and design it again for high resolution for business cards, etc. Fortunately for me, I don't use very many business cards right now and it's not a priority.

Transferred Feed to Feedburner

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:35:00 -0500

I just transferred my feed over to Feedburner. Hopefully, now I can get a good idea of how many people subscribe to my blog. The new feed URL is http://feeds.feedburner.com/colorburned/ I wish I had done this months ago.

Free Textures: Sand & Beach Outtakes

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:57:33 -0500

When I take my camera out to grab some shots of textures I usually come home with literally hundreds of images. The really amazing ones, I release in the Colorburned Shop. The good ones get released as freebies and the others get held over just in case. The other day I was looking through some of my old sand images and I realized that some of them, while not technically textures, were good enough to be released as freebies on my site. When I go through my images I try to distinguish between what's a texture and what's a photo. In my mind a texture is any kind of image that you can skin a 3D model with. A photo is just about everything else.

Included in this set are 21 high resolution textures of the sand and ocean from a trip I recently took to the beach.

Congratulations Tiago Franco - Abduzeedo Give Away Winner, Colorburned Flickr Showcase & Twitter

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:36:07 -0500

A big congratulations to Tiago Franco (AKA Alarka) for winning over 300 high resolution textures from the Colorburned Shop! I'm sure you'll make some awesome designs with them and don't forget, when you do, submit them to the Colorburned Flickr Showcase! I'd love to see them!

Also, thanks to Fabio and Paulo over at Abduzeedo.com for helping me promote the Colorburned Shop on their website. I was blown away at how much traffic his site pushed my way. His site is a true graphic design monster!

In an unrelated note, I just signed up on Twitter. Become one of my followers!

Vector Freebies: Paint Brushes Set 1

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:43:24 -0500

Today, I am releasing Set 1 of the Illustrator brushes that I first began posting last week. Set 1 includes 18 high quality Illustrator brushes in Adobe Illustrator CS format. Enjoy!

Updated Resume

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:55:29 -0500

I just uploaded a new version of my resume. I toned my old resume down a bit to make it cleaner and a little more printer friendly, I also added some new branding. Take a look at it if you like and remember I am looking for a job and am willing to relocate. If you're interested in hiring me, please contact me!

Vector Freebies: Paint Brushes Set 4

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:53:10 -0500

I was working on a project not too long ago where I needed to replicate the look of a signature for a logo that I was working on. I spent a lot of time going through my collection of Illustrator brushes trying to find one that I liked but none of the brushes I had really excited me. So instead of using a brush I was only mildly satisfied with I decided to make my own. I ended up creating quite a few sets of brushes and I was pleased with how they all turned out; so pleased in fact that I decided to release them all to my readers for free.

All Textures 50% Off

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:58:56 -0500

To thank every one who is participating in the Abduzeedo Giveaway, for a limited time I'm offering all the textures in my online shop for 50% off their original price but only if you buy all 6 sets. That means you'll get over 300 textures for $35.20 USD. That's an incredible deal, so purchase all 6 sets now and receive 50% off the original price and do it before time runs out. All you have to do is enter the following discount code during checkout: SHOPIFYSKAGPZE6. Thanks again everyone and good luck in the giveaway!

Abduzeedo Giveaway

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:47:59 -0500

To view the 300 + textures available in the Abduzeedo giveaway visit http://colorburned.myshopify.com.

My Design Featured in Major Motion Picture

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:06:50 -0500

It's not every day that you get word that your work is featured in a major motion picture. About a week ago I was told that a logo I designed about three years ago was featured in the new movie "Swing Vote".

Free Textures: Bark

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:59:25 -0500

I've been meaning to add some more free textures to the site for quite some time. Lately, I've been a little busy with other projects and just haven't had much time to put a set of textures together. Today, I am releasing 8 high resolution images of bark.

Experiment in Photo-Realism With Illustrator

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:26:01 -0500

Let's preface this post by saying that this is not a photo. This is a vector graphic created entirely with Adobe Illustrator.

Most people don't think of Illustrator as a tool for creating photo-realistic images. For most, that's Photoshop's job. While that may be mostly true, a lot of people don't realize that Illustrator comes with some powerful tools for creating photo-realistic images. This graphic was an experiment with one of those tools.

Textures: Waterfalls Part 2

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:08:15 -0500

Today, I am releasing Part 2 of the Waterfalls texture set. Waterfalls Part 2 includes 19 free high resolution images of waterfalls. I apologize for the delay in the release of this set but with the launch of the Colorburned Shop last week I had to adjust my posting schedule a bit.

Colorburned Shop Review

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:13:55 -0500

Andrew over at MyInkBlog.com was nice enough to post a review of the new items in the Colorburned Shop. If you haven't been to his website yet, check it out. He has a great collection of graphic design tutorials and resources. It's definitely worth a bookmark.