Jan 25

Meet our Sponsor – Photovaco: Free High-Quality Stock Photos

Author: Jan Cavan, Category: Articles, Sponsor

One of the many resources that designers need are photos. Photos play an important role in contributing to the entire aesthetics of a design. They help convey a message without the need for words. Say, in a website or in a magazine, if an article is accompanied by a photo that is interesting enough, it traps the reader and encourages him to read on. And as designers, nothing is better than getting free photos and textures to add to our design resources!

Jan 23

Win 250 Business Cards from UPrinting: Winner Announced!

Author: Jan Cavan, Category: Contests, Freebies, News

As you all know, last January 08, Dawghouse Design Studio along with the very cool guys at UPrinting, held a contest of 250 Business Cards for Giveaway. Now, it is about time we are announcing who this very lucky winner is!

Jan 21

Free Icons: 108 Go Green! Web Icon Set

Author: Jan Cavan, Category: Freebies, Icons

We have another great icon set to give away! But this time, we are steering away from our usual grunge or worn-out icon styles. Today, we’ve teamed up with Speckyboy Design Magazine and we are giving away a simple or minimalist style icon set we are calling the Go Green! Web Icon Set. In this set, you will find 108 different icons you can use for your websites, blogs or applications.

Jan 19

Free Icons: Woven Fabric Social Media Icon Set

Author: Jan Cavan, Category: Freebies, Icons

For my very first contribution to Web Designer Depot, I’ve created for them this Woven Fabric Social Media Icon Set. This icon set contains 26 icons of your favorite social media sites such as Digg, Delicious, StumbleUpon, Twitter, Facebook and several more! These would be perfect for websites that uses textures or a grungy theme. Enjoy!

Jan 18

Free Weekly Hi-Res Texture Pack: Burnt Brown Paper

Author: Jan Cavan, Category: Freebies, Textures

Today we are giving away a nice set of Burnt Brown Paper Textures. These should come in handy for backgrounds in websites and in your print designs as they are all more than 2000px in width so that should be a nice size to play with. I hope you find good uses for these. Enjoy!

Jan 14

Free Hi-Resolution Heavy Scratches Photoshop Brushes

Author: Jan Cavan, Category: Brushes, Freebies

This week, we have once again decided to give away another cool set of Photoshop Brushes! Since one of my favorite design styles is grunge, here is a set of Free Hi-Resolution Heavy Scratches Photoshop Brushes. The set comes with 10 different scratches brushes which would be perfect for any of your designs with a worn-out, grunge or vintage theme.

Jan 12

Create A Cute Vector Octopus in Illustrator with Simple Shapes

Author: Jan Cavan, Category: Illustrator, Tutorials

In this Illustrator tutorial, we will learn how to Create A Cute Vector Octopus in Illustrator with Simple Shapes. This is a pretty simple illustration of an octopus using basic Illustrator tools and shapes.