10 Beautiful Free Stock Images from deviantART

thumbDeviantART can be one of the graphic designer’s best friends.  There are tons of tutorials, resources, and of course, community feedback to hopefully help you improve and identify areas that need work.

A search for ’stock’ on deviantART returns 1,441,155 results.  However, not all those stock images are worth your time.  Today, we’ve rounded up 10 absolutely gorgeous stock images from deviantART that are free to use.

Just make sure you read the usage rules for the specific image, as many are print-restricted or require crediting the author.  Enjoy, and hopefully you find them useful!

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10 Excellent Sources of Free PSDs

thumbWell, on Tuesday I gave you a massive list of 71+ free PSD resources that you can download and use in your graphic designs.

But what if you couldn’t find the ones you were looking for?  Well, today is your lucky day, because here is a list of 10 awesome sites that have free PSDs available to download, where you can search for what you’re looking for and hopefully be able to download it.

As a note, please read the license agreements on these, so that you don’t violate any rules and everyone can be happy.

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71+ Free PSD Resources

thumbAs I promised yesterday, here is new biggest post that I’ve ever written.

Whether you’re just trying to learn Photoshop, or you need some quality elements to use in your latest designs, free PSD resources can be a real timesaver. Today, we have a list of 71+ free Photoshop resources for designers. There are some great stock images here, and some layered PSD files that are just perfect for designers to learn how high quality resources are made.

Please, if you find these posts useful, take a few seconds to submit it to Digg, Stumble, Delicious, Reddit, Mixx, or any of your other favorite social networks. Thank you so much for reading, and enjoy!

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10 Sites To Find Free Vectors

thumbLet’s face it, Adobe Photoshop is no longer the only design tool that you’ll need to be familiar with.  Vectors have become increasingly popular as an element in modern graphic design.  However, not everyone has the time or talent to make their own vector graphics in Adobe Illustrator, particularly when starved for time, as most graphic designers are.

Today, we have a list of 10 great sites where you can find free vectors for your design projects.  These sites should be more than enough to satisfy any of your vector design needs, and hopefully increase your productivity as a designer.  Many of them also feature graphic design articles, so be sure to keep an eye out for them.

Thanks for reading!

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5 Ways for Designers to Make More Money

thumbIn these rather tulmultuous economic times, it is often hard for designers to make ends meed.  Clients are harder to come buy, and designers suffer by having to compete harder with each other to win contracts.  Sometimes this can force a designer to have to abandon freelancing, or take on another job, or work even harder.

Today, we have a list of 5 ways that designers can make more money.  There is some very solid advice here, so be sure to try out some of these tips and techniques in order to help make ends meet this year.  Designers often get lost in the competition with each other, but it’s important to remember that we’re all in this together, as a community, so keep building relationships with other people.

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The 8 Best Sources for Free Photoshop Brushes

thumb1When working with Photoshop, one of the very helpful resources that you’ll want to use are brushes.  Sure, sometimes you can just get away with using the stock brushes in Photoshop, but there are other times where you just want to install the brush you want, and just use it.

Today, we have a list of the 8 best sources for free Photoshop brushes.  These sites feature the largest quantity of high quality brushes, from watercolor brushes to abstract lighting brushes.

If you find these resource posts helpful, please share them with your friends, and submit it to your favorite social networking sites.  Thanks everyone, and enjoy!

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6 Non-Design Blogs You Should Follow

thumbOne thing I’ve noticed lately is that graphic design enthusiasts tend to only follow blogs about graphic design.  While this is nice for learning about graphic design, its also limiting.  Personally, I am subscribed to many blogs across a wide range of subjects, from graphic design, to entrepreneurship, blogging, politics, technology and music.  The reason for this is to remain diverse and connected across a variety of topics.  Most designers either are, or aspire to be, full-time freelancers, so it’s useful to have a good sense of entrepreneurship, current world affairs, and marketing.

This is a list of 6 non-graphic design blogs that you should follow, in order to increase your knowledge and success as a graphic designer.  Topics include blogging, politics/world affairs, entrepreneurship, and marketing.  Be sure to check out these blogs, and subscribe to them if you find the content as useful as I have.  Also, if this article helps you, please submit it to your favorite social networking site.  Sharing is caring!

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