September 2009
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17 Flickr Groups to get You Typographically... →
We all need a little inpiration every once in a while, and as we all know, typography is a huge part of design. Designers have been forever experimenting with type, and what a better way to share than good ‘ol Flickr. I’ve made a list of some of the best Typography Flickr groups to feed your creative appetite. Click each Imge to visit the groups. (The groups are in no particular order)
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BittBox →
This isn’t the first freebie site we’ve posted, but BittBox manages to successfully compile all kinds of free design resources and tutorials in one place. There are lots of illustrator-based text tutorials for those interested.
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Essential Photoshop Shortcuts (Hotkeys)
F (Cycle Screen Modes) — Switch between normal screen, full screen with task bar without title bar, and full screen with black background. Works great when used in conjunction with Tab to hide toolbars — maximum working space, no distractions.
X (Switch Colors) — Swap your foreground and background colors. Very handy when working with masks.
D (Default Colors) — Reset your foreground and...
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Dafont.com →
This is my personal favorite free font website. Everybody loves Helvetica, but sometimes you just gotta mix things up a bit. Besides, I personally could go through any sans-serif section for a few hours… Keep in mind that you can download and install these to the Media Cloister computers, but just remember which computer you were using!
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Good site for free PS brushes →
Brushes are great. You can use them to add texture to an image, make it look distressed, or simply just use a cool brush for a graphic effect. This website isn’t obviously the only one to offer tons of free brushes, but the quality is pretty darn good for being free.
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The Behance Network: Print Design Inspiration →
If you enjoy typography and just like looking, you should check out Behance. There’s a lot of content, so feel free to explore.
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FFFFOUND! →
If you haven’t already met FFFFOUND! you should. The user-based content is updated by the minute and is great for design inspiration. From vintage graphic design to student-work, there’s a lot to look at. (They also just have cool stuff in general.)
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Good site for free vectors →
Vectors are a really great tool if you don’t want to spend hours making your own graphics. (And they make a simple poster look really snappy.) Most of the files are formatted for Illustrator, but no worries! They can be easily used in Photoshop as well.
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