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Photoshop Tip: Deleting Your Preferences File in a Pinch

Photoshop Tip: Deleting Your Preferences File in a Pinch
Earlier today my Quick Mask Mode (which I use a lot) in Photoshop stopped working completely. I’m not sure what happened to cause this, but I had to have it in order to complete the project I was working on. It’s my favorite masking method! After some poking around I suspected a bad preferences...

Sidewalk Series Vol. 3 Concrete Rust: Free High Res Brush Set

Sidewalk Series Vol. 3 Concrete Rust: Free High Res Brush Set
At long last… The 3rd installment of the now famous Sidewalk Series of Photoshop brushes. This set includes 9 high resolution brushes of what I can only describe as concrete rust. These are spots on the sidewalk that appear as worn areas of brown rust, usually caused from a hole or chip in the...

Free Texture Pack :: Tree Bark Textures

Free Texture Pack :: Tree Bark Textures
There is an old tree in our back yard that is huge, and crawling with great textures. I’ve used photos of this tree in at least 3 different projects. I’m lucky to have such a great design resource living and growing right in the back yard. So I thought I’d snap a few photos of bark...

Sidewalk Series Vol. 2 Oil Stains: Free High Res Brush Set

Sidewalk Series Vol. 2 Oil Stains: Free High Res Brush Set
The Sidewalk Series of Photoshop brushes started as a challenge to myself to see how many brushes I could find on the way to my mailbox. I was immediately drawn to all the cracks, stains, and spots on the sidewalk and in the street. This is volume 2 of the series titled “Oil Stains”. They...

Delete All Hidden Layers within Photoshop

Delete All Hidden Layers within Photoshop
Photoshop is like an old friend that you’ve known for years, and that you see everyday… and suddenly you learn something new about that friend that’s been there all along, and you can’t believe you didn’t see it before. Recently I discovered the Delete All Hidden Layers...

Hand Drawn Floral Pattern Brushes

Hand Drawn Floral Pattern Brushes
Lately, I’ve been drawing and painting a bit more. I’m trying to get back to my artistic roots. I find that it makes me think about my digital art and designs in a completely different way. And I like that. This is a set of 8 high resolution Photoshop brushes of hand drawn floral designs...

Beautiful Sunset, or Great Textures?

Beautiful Sunset, or Great Textures?
Fortunately, Hurricane Ike missed Austin by a few miles this weekend, but all the clouds left behind did create a beautiful sunset or two. I grabbed the camera to capture a few of these clouds. After viewing them on the computer, I thought that they made some interesting textures, so I thought I would...

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