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I decided to go out and snap a few photos for some background textures and images, and now I'm sharing them with you!
You can use these in any of your designs, and of course I'd love to see what you might do with any of them.
They are available to download individually...
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We had new sand brought in for the round corral yesterday, so I thought I’d go out and grab some photos to use as textures as they were spreading it around. I also got some shots of the sand in the arena, for some different kind of textures to use.
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Updated September 15, 2018 I use a lot of stock photos. A lot. For blog posts and newsletters as well as many of my designs. They can be costly, but sometimes I can find them for free, depending on what I’m looking for. As I started compiling this list I
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Nothing instills confidence in consumers as quickly as the timeless feel of retro graphic design. Immediately conveying a sense of déjà vu and familiarity with the brand being advertised, vintage-looking marketing materials suggest to potential customers that the company has been in business for ages and is, therefore, trustworthy. In
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A burnt edge is a favorite effect for many people, especially those that are interested in vintage, rustic or western designs. Creating this effect in Photoshop is actually much easier than you might think.
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I’ve had such a great week, and am so happy to be packing into the high country tomorrow, that I decided to do another graphic giveaway! This week I have some rustic looking Call to Action buttons, on old paper. You can find the matching Social Media Icons here >
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Last week I had the pleasure of attending a horsemanship and cattle working clinic in Big Bear Lake, California, at the Los Vaqueros de las Montanas Riding Club. The clinic was held at a local arena where they put on quite a few horse and cattle events, so it has
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Ask any web or graphic design professional and they’ll tell you that the software of choice for graphics and photo editing is Adobe products. Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator have been the standard for many, many years, but despite that, there are still a few things that are lacking in Adobe
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* Note: This post has been updated on 3/25/15 Thanks to computers, image editing has become easier than ever. With the right tools, you can edit your photos just like the pros. Today, many free editing tools are available online. The following are six free online image editing tools and
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Textures play a huge role in designing everything from websites to print advertisements. I use them constantly, and have even developed my own collection with some of the photographs I have taken over time. Now I’m making some of them available to you for free! Enjoy, and I’d love to
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This is a guest post by author Warren Kings. If you’re stuck in a creative slump it’s worth checking out the mad-skills of other artists for some inspiration. There’s nothing like a challenge to set off a bright idea – it may just be the thing you need to get
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One of the problems that everyone faces when putting content on the internet is copyright infringement. Many people falsely assume that if something is out in the public on the internet, it’s free for the taking. This is not the case! Anything published on the internet was put there by
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