LETTERING + GRAPHIC
DESIGN LEARNING
It might be because of the Valentine’s season, but for whatever reason, I had this song stuck in my head this past weekend. Before I knew it, I was doodling, so this week’s freebie is a set of hand drawn bows + arrows. A few hand drawn hearts are also thrown in for good measure 🙂
Valentine’s Day will be here NEXT Saturday! What?! It’s probably time to share some free hand lettered mini valentines!
One page websites have gotten really popular these days! When I got hired at my current job, I split my time between design + working production for the first year. During that time, I looked at a lot of designers’ files and it taught me sooo much. My point to saying this is – even if you’re not looking to code up a psd, just download one or two of these 5 free one page website psds and check them out. Digging into even one file could inspire and even help with learning how to design your own.
Happy Tuesday! In this week’s tutorial, we’ll create a retro text effect in Adobe Photoshop from scratch, inspired by the 80’s. I’m also giving away the exact style we create as an .asl file (layer style file) and in the tutorial I’ll show you how to save your own layer style and install it so you can have the exact settings that were mentioned. So it’s a 2 for one this week! Tutorial + freebie 🙂
The last couple of weeks have had their fair share of difficult moments. Most of them stem from having a broken hand and the stress of finishing up a major project at work with one hand.
As Spence and I continue brainstorming our wedding invites, I’ve had flourishes and frame elements on the brain a lot lately. It’s so much harder (but so rewarding!) when you’re designing something for yourself! This past weekend I designed a whole set of flourishes + frames in my pursuit to exhaust every option. 🙂
My flourish extravaganza has led to this week’s freebie: a set of vector flourishes and frame elements for Illustrator, CS3 or newer.
Happy 2015! To ring in the new year freebie-style, this week’s freebie is a set of 5 unique hand drawn vector bursts. Use these on invitations, web banners, social media posts and more. I’ve found they’re perfect for creating more energy in your layouts, as well as providing a focus wherever you let the center of the burst lie. Download includes all 5 bursts as an ai and eps file for versions of Illustrator, CS3 or newer. Read on for the download link + larger preview images!
If you’re in a pinch for some holiday design goodies, you’ve come to the right place! Here’s a roundup of every-tuesday content from the past two holiday seasons, enjoy!
Happy Tuesday! As we close in on the holidays, the time for making holiday-related items is in full swing. To help with your crafts, invites, tags, gift bags, and cards, this week’s freebie is a set of holiday themed hand drawn vectors! The download includes 20 fully editable vector assets that can be opened with versions of Illustrator and Photoshop, CS3 or newer.
I’ve decided to change the fonts-I-dig format up a bit – showing you some fonts I’m really into that you can get for free and a more thorough + similar purchased one. Many times free fonts don’t come stocked with glyphs you’re likely to use..sometimes they’re even missing some basic punctuation. So if the free one is doing it for you but you just want more, listed below you’ll find a similar font for a fee.
Happy Tuesday + happy almost Thanksgiving! In honor of one of our best holidays, this week’s freebie is a set of 4 unique, hand lettered mini thank you cards. The download includes all 4 in a pdf with printing, cutting + folding instructions. Final printed + folded size is 4″x2″ which -fancy this- fits perfectly in the mini envelopes freebie! Use these babies to thank a friend by attaching to a bouquet of flowers, or as a placecard on your Thanksgiving, or any table 🙂 And a HUGE, special + heartfelt thank YOU for visiting, downloading, watching + commenting. You’ve really made all the time + effort it takes to add content on a weekly basis so worth it! It’s been a great blogging year, and I can’t wait to do it all again – even more frequently in the coming year 🙂 xoxo
Happy Tuesday! And Happy Veteran’s Day! My father is a veteran (Marines), both of my grandfathers were veterans (both Navy), and my brother is currently an Air Force pilot, so I have lots to be proud of and grateful for today 🙂 Spence and I actually just got back from California visiting my brother, his wife, and my brand new nephew (born in July) who made me an Aunt for the first time. I’ll be posting a few pics soon from our too-short-of-a-trip. With family on the mind and knowing I’ll be seeing my family again soon for the holidays, this week’s freebie is a set of 2 hand lettered holiday invitation printables. Both are sized 5″x7″ and can fit perfectly in any A7 envelope. If you’d like to pick up the greeting postcard editable version of these + 2 more, you can grab them here.
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