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Free For All: Winter Holidays Edition
Features: Written by Pariah Burke on November 18, 2009
Whatever winter event you're designing for, you'll want these free fonts, clip art, stock photos, and WordPress and Blogger templates.
Flickr Friday Archives
Features: Written by Terri Stone on September 14, 2009
This page is a compilation of links to all past Flickr Friday photos, illustrations, and videos.
Free For All: Halloween Edition
Features: Written by Pariah Burke on August 31, 2009
Halloween in August? It's not too early to start thinking spooky, especially if you'll be sending out Halloween-themed projects to a printer.
Flickr Friday: August 7, 2009
Features: Written by Terri Stone on August 7, 2009
This week's inspirational image is an unholy marriage of The Carpenters and Kiss.
Free For All: I Can't Believe They Give This Away!
Features: Written by Pariah Burke on March 18, 2009
Are you looking for a fast, free way to resize a bunch of images? How about free templates for CDs and DVDs? Or free vector art? Could you use a designer-friendly diagramming and flowcharting application? Then this, my friend, is the article for you.
Free For All: Great Gratis Goodies
Features: Written by Pariah Burke on February 16, 2009
In this month's roundup of online bargains, we highlight Photoshop brushes, back-up software, an hourly rate estimator, a Photoshop plug-in to create favicons, and a seven-font type family. And of course, they're all free!
iPhone Apps for Designers
Features: Written by Jeff Carlson on January 28, 2009
Yes, iPhones are good for phone calls, text messages, email, and of course, games. But many iApps are truly useful additions to a designer's toolbox. Here are a few of the better apps, which range in price from free to $9.99.
Twenty Stunningly Colorful Commercial Designers
Features: Written by David Sommers on January 22, 2009
Get inspired with this global roster of designers who go far, far beyond simple illustrations and three-color logos.
Free For All: And So It Begins
Features: Written by Pariah Burke on January 19, 2009
Take your pick of Photoshop brushes and fonts you'll love, t-shirt design templates, and a portable password manager. They're all free!
10 Illustrator Resolutions for 2009
Features: Written by Mordy Golding on January 5, 2009
Follow through on just one of these resolutions and you'll be a much happier, more productive Illustrator user.
Ten Free Online Tools Every Designer Should Know
Features: Written by Pariah Burke on November 10, 2008
These free resources help you manage your business, store files, find stock images that aren't copyrighted, explore color, and more.
Design Successful Logos
Features: Written by Chad Neuman on June 9, 2008
Three logo designers discuss what goes into designing a logo, including typeface choices, inspiration, and overall branding messages.
Set Them Free!
Features: Written by Anne-Marie "HerGeekness" Concepcion on May 5, 2008
Find and use the free images and photos hidden in common applications.
Efficiency: It's Not Just for Production Monkeys
Features: Written by Sean Ashcroft on July 9, 2007
With a few free tools from software companies and other users, you can carve out more time for what you really love: creativity.
Who Goes for this Logo?
Features: Written by Terri Stone on June 11, 2007
What do you think about the brand for the 2012 Olympic Games?
Illustrator Q and A's
Features: Written by Mordy Golding on March 26, 2007
Want to snap to guides accurately, or anti-alias only one of many objects in your document? We've got your answers.
Will You Be Lost in Translation?
Features: Written by Terri Stone on March 3, 2006
By the end of 2006, all new Macs will use Intel processors. Find out whether your favorite applications run on the new machines.
Gift Guide 2005, Part II
Features: Written by Amanda Webber Andrew Shalat Terri Stone Gene Gable Pariah Burke Sandee Cohen on December 9, 2005
Still searching for that perfect gift? Then check out this, the second installment of our annual parade of presents.
Gift Guide 2005
Features: Written by Amanda Webber Andrew Shalat Gene Gable Pariah Burke Sandee Cohen on December 7, 2005
Ah, the holidays. Time for love, laughter, friends, family, and the frantic search for a present that pleases the recipient while it shows how cool you are. Relax! In this, part 1 of our annual gift guide, we recommend gifts every creative pro (even you!) will love.
Creativeprose: Tippy the Turtle and Pirates Too
Features: Written by Terri Stone on November 7, 2005
Do you remember the ads on matchbooks and in comic books that invited you to draw pirates, fawns, turtles, and other pen-and-ink characters?