Seeing your designs on a piece of clothing or a poster can be very fulfilling. Adobe Illustrator a Corel product are usually what is used for making designs that will make it to screen printing. But what if you want to use Photoshop? No problem.
I’m rather new to screen printing, so I looked for a good source of information to the best tips, tricks, and lessons. www.screensilk.com is where I found the goods.
The site is packed full of useful articles that are easy to understand for the beginner, yet go in great depth so you can really learn about the art of screen printing.
I encourage you to take swing over to screensilk.com and learn something. They have put a lot of work into the information, so please give them a big "Thank You"!
Tags: screen printing, t-shirt, photoshop tips
 With this set of brushes I thought I would try something different from what I normally do with brushes. Instead of working with one object for each brush I decided to mash up several hand made forms with industrial images and create mirror images of them. Clear as mud?
These are all good size. Each is at least 1700 pixels. There are 7 brushes total. Made with Photoshop CS3.
The zip file is hosted at MediaFire. Please, follow the link to the download.
Installation:
1. Download the file, and unzip.
2. Copy the .abr file to your Photoshop/Presets/Brushes folder.
3. In your Photoshop Brushes palette, click on the arrow in the upper right and click on “Load Brushes.”
4. Navigate until you find the file and load it (Photoshop/Presets/Brushes/abstractindustry_boogie-designs.abr )
These brushes are free to use on anything that you want.
Please, do not try to pass off these brushes as you own.
If you like them, or have a comment about them, then please let me know, then let someone else know. If you hate them, then go tell someone how much you hate these brushes. lol
Enjoy!
Tags: photoshop brushes, abstract brushes, industrial brushes
 More bugs! Bugs are good. Hi-Res Photoshop bugs are even better. This is the 2nd promised bug brush set.
These are all good size. Each is at least 1100 pixels. There are 14 brushes total. Made with Photoshop CS2.
The zip file is hosted at MediaFire. Please, follow the link to the download.
Installation:
1. Download the file, and unzip.
2. Copy the .abr file to your Photoshop/Presets/Brushes folder.
3. In your Photoshop Brushes palette, click on the arrow in the upper right and click on “Load Brushes.”
4. Navigate until you find the file and load it (Photoshop/Presets/Brushes/bugs2_boogiedesigns.abr )
These brushes are free to use on anything that you want.
Please, do not try to pass off these brushes as you own.
If you like them, or have a comment about them, then please let me know.
Enjoy!
Tags: photoshop brushes, free brushes, hi res brushes, insect brushes, bug brushes
 Everyone loves bugs, right? I like putting the little critters in my work sometimes, so I thought I would make things easier for me by making some high resolution brushes of them. I plan on making another set in the near future. So, if you like these, please check back.
These are all good size. Each is at least 1100 pixels. There are 14 brushes total. Made with Photoshop CS2.
The zip file is hosted at MediaFire. Please, follow the link to the download.
Installation:
1. Download the file, and unzip.
2. Copy the .abr file to your Photoshop/Presets/Brushes folder.
3. In your Photoshop Brushes palette, click on the arrow in the upper right and click on “Load Brushes.”
4. Navigate until you find the file and load it (Photoshop/Presets/Brushes/bugs1_boogiedesigns.abr )
These brushes are free to use on anything that you want.
Please, do not try to pass off these brushes as you own.
If you like them, or have a comment about them, then please let me know.
Enjoy!
Tags: photoshop brushes, free brushes, hi res brushes, insect brushes, bug brushes
Sorry, gang for being gone a bit lately. I guess you could say life got in the way.
I’ve always have been interested in different styles of printing images. Some forms are still used by thousands of people everyday, while others are more just used for particular forms of art. Take for example screenprinting. We see this form of printing everyday on our clothing and other items. This can be done by hand, or all done with a computer and very expensive machines. It all seems very modern, but the general process has been around for thousands of years.
I stumbled on an interesting page provided by The Museum of Modern Art showing a flash presentation of 3 different forms of printing. Check it out. It’s short and sweet, and you might learn a little something.
Tags: screenprinting, screenprint, The Museum of Modern Art, Print
 In case you haven’t came across this slick little website… Stripe Generator 2.0 is pretty cool. Basically what it does is give you a clean easy to use interface for making stripes. I guess that’s why they called it Stripe Generator. These stripes can be used for backgrounds in your images, webpages, you name it. Once you are done making the stripe that you like, you can download it as a PNG file. Simple and Friendly! You can’t beat that.
 The same guys that helped you with your stripes are also there for you when you need a nice tartan. What!? You’ve never needed a tartan? Shame on you! Tartan Maker is like Stripe Generator expect… well, duh. It makes you a tartan pattern. Check it out.
Tags: web 2.0, ajax, stripes, patterns
 I have a small state park that’s near me that I go to often. It’s not the prettiest place that I’ve been to, but there is a nice little area that has hundreds of pine trees neatly growing in rows. These trees are easily 50′ tall, so it makes for a strange environment. All you see is the slender trunks and a thick layer of pine needles on the forest floor. When you look up you see a web of stark bare branches, and then way up at the top you see the green needles. I’m no expert, but I think that these trees were planted too close, i.e. no room to grow.
Why am I talking about pine trees? Well for a couple of years I’ve taken pictures of this area, and have never done anything with the pictures. They would just sit on my hard drive waiting for the correct moment to pull them out and do something with them.
The other day it dawned on me that these pictures might make for some interesting Photoshop brushes. Better yet they would make interesting "grunge nature" brushes. These are all good size. Each is 1500 pixels. There are 7 brushes total. Made with Photoshop CS2.
The zip file is hosted at MediaFire. Please, follow the link to the download.
Installation:
1. Download the file, and unzip.
2. Copy the .abr file to your Photoshop/Presets/Brushes folder.
3. In your Photoshop Brushes palette, click on the arrow in the upper right and click on “Load Brushes.”
4. Navigate until you find the file and load it (Photoshop/Presets/Brushes/nature_grunge1_boogiedesigns.abr )
These brushes are free to use on anything that you want.
Please, do not try to pass off these brushes as you own.
If you like them, or have a comment about them, then please let me know.
Enjoy!
Tags: photoshop brushes, grunge brushes, nature brushes, pine trees, photoshop freebies
I’ve been playing guitar for a long time. I lean more towards the harder edge of rock. Guess we’ll call that heavy metal. My own artwork incorporates a lot from that music genre. So, I thought what the hell, let’s make some rock guitar themed brushes! 16 brushes in all and all high resolution. I plan on making some more with this theme in the future. I hope that you enjoy. Made with Photoshop CS2.
The abr file is hosted at MediaFire. Please, follow the link to the download.
Installation:
1. Download the file.
2. Copy the .abr file to your Photoshop/Presets/Brushes folder.
3. In your Photoshop Brushes palette, click on the arrow in the upper right and click on “Load Brushes.”
4. Navigate until you find the file and load it (Photoshop/Presets/Brushes/rock_guitar_boogiedesigns.abr )
These brushes are free to use on anything that you want.
Please, do not try to pass off these brushes as you own.
If you like them, or have a comment about them, then please let me know.
Enjoy!
 For every artist there comes a time that we feel lack of inspiration. Maybe we have a project in mind that you are trying to finish (start). Maybe we have an assignment that needs a kick start. Heck, maybe we just want to be a little more productive.
I’ve known some people that seem to always be spitting out new ideas left and right. How do they do that? Could it be that they have some special well from which to draw inspiration from? If there is such a well I want one. My well in the backyard just has water, and I need to add to that sometimes.
I’m as guilty as any artist. I get in a rut and not create anything for days or longer. I’ve played guitar for 20 years now, and I still get to a point where I just look at my fingers and wonder if that inspiration bug will bite me. So what can be done?
Inspiration comes to those looking for it. It also comes to us when we are least expecting it. Since we want to be productive and, not wait for the inspiration to find us, we need to look for it. The times that it happens out of the blue is just the icing on the cake.
Not all of the tips below will work for you, but I’ve found that most will work for most people most of the time. (It can be fun to talk in a circle.) Enough babble to make my word count look good. Quota cops are looking for me.
- Go see a movie. Popcorn optional.
- Take a walk. Dog optional, but recommend.
- Sit at the park.
- Get a cup of coffee. Drink coffee at cafe and watch people. Don’t stare.
- Listen to your favorite songs.
- Get online and use Slacker. Tune to stations that have music that you would not normally listen to. The most radical from norm the better.
- Talk to other artists about their rut. Odd, but we all have unique ruts.
- Visit Deviantart.
- Read a book. What book? Any book. Just get to reading.
- Walk away from the computer. AFK But not now. After you get done.
- Go to a busy bar and bring your scrap book. People will walk up to you, and ask what you are doing in your book. It always happens. Tell them why you are there. Free tips, and you get to meet new people. This also makes you look like a deep complicated individual. A person of mystery. How fun!
- Eat a really good piece of chocolate.
- Visit Logosauce.
- Play with your pets. It’s healthy and they will give you inner peace.
- Play a game. Any game, just get your mind in motion.
- Grow a garden. Watching over your plants that you raised can free your mind of useless clutter, and give you peace. (Works for me. I have a huge garden, but that’s another topic.)
There are several resources out there that have a thing or two to say about creative inspiration. Here are a few…
Howdesign has plethora of articles and tools to get the juices flowing. You think that you are the only one who needs help?
Meridianmagazine has a interesting article series by Greg Hansen. In his words "This section gets into the how-to’s: the nuts and bolts of getting inspiration when you need it. It gives us the ability to take our day-to-day living to the next level, getting the understanding, ideas, and direction we need to be greater instruments of good."
themechanism has a very unique approach to finding inspiration. And might I say it’s pretty damn cool. Check out this renaissance man. My kind of dude.
Zingzone. Sam Harrison is what you would call a creative guru. He makes a living teaching all forms of being creative. What’s best is he teaches with a sense of wit and humor.
"Q: What makes Sam different from other speakers?
A: Sam has successfully immersed himself in creativity and ideas throughout his career. He’s been on the creative agency and freelance side, the client and corporate side and, most recently, on the academic and consulting side. He has more than 20 years of experience in brand communications, integrated marketing, creative writing and generating ideas, so he shares real-life examples and real-world solutions."
Allgraphicdesign has been kind enough to provide a page with creative inspiration links and descriptions for each. It’s looking like there are plenty of us with creative deficiency.
Now don’t just sit there. Get to finding your muse, and grab the inspiration.
Tags: creative inspiration, inspiration, creative, howdesign, zingzone, muse, allgraphicdesign, logosauce, themechanism, Greg Hansen
How many times have you looked at a website, picture, or any other piece of art, and thought "Damn, that’s ugly!"? Now we all should know that any art has it’s audience, and it may not be you. I’m thinking beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Who is this Beholder anyway?
If you are looking at one of your art works, and keep thinking something is wrong, maybe it’s color. Color is the most basic thing when it comes to any form of art. It does not matter if it’s shit brown, or neon pink.
Picking one general color is usually a pretty simple thing, or is it? What type of feeling are you trying to get across? What are you feeling? Either of these are good places to start. Every color can evoke a mood.
I was planning on writing a lengthy in-depth post about color, then I came across veerle.duoh.com. Wow! If you are stumped about color or want to learn more about color, then check her blog out. Her post sums up what I was going to explain anyway, but in many more words (I know that makes no sense).
Know that color is many times the key to creating an emotion in your art. Choose wisely, and most important have fun. Don’t forget to experiment. There are no rules, just guidelines.
Tags: color, understanding color, emotion
Next Page »
|
|
|