Create Pattern Text in Illustrator CS3

September 14th, 2009 Orkron 1 comment

I wanted to write out a quick tutorial on how to create dynamic pattern text using Illustrator CS3.

This will really just cover how to add a pattern to the text, without much fuss or sweat; I did notice that the pattern I chose turned out to not work great in this instance, so be careful on the pattern you choose beforehand to make sure it will tile well (within text).

Okay, let’s get started: First off head over to a really kool site Patternwall.com to find a good tilable pattern.

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Found Freebie: 75 amazing smoke textures

September 7th, 2009 Orkron No comments

Media Militia (www.mediamilitia.com) is a great place for tutorials and freebies; and they have really outdone themselves this time with a 75-pack of free smoke textures! Simply amazing is how I describe it!

Check it out here: http://mediamilitia.com/smoke-pack-75-free-images/

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Freebie: Rock Texture Set (8 total)

September 1st, 2009 Orkron No comments

I have a set of 8 free rock textures for you to download and use. These were a lot of fun to shoot; they are all shot by Canon Digital Rebel in Manual with Camera RAW output. The final images have been output to high quality JPG files compressed for easy download.

Download all 8 textures after the jump. Enjoy!

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Beautiful Country Road

August 24th, 2009 Orkron No comments

It was a gorgeous morning near the base of Mt. Pisgah in Oregon (near where I live), and I just had to photograph it! Something about this image just makes me want to lean my back against one of those trees and take a nice warm afternoon nap!

Anyways, I wanted to share the stock photo with you (free of course). The zip file contains the high-res JPG of the image – 3072 x 2048 pixels.

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7 Bubble Textures from LostandTaken.com

July 29th, 2009 Orkron No comments

lostandtaken.com is a great place to find high-res free textures.

I was really impressed by his (Caleb’s) bubble texture set I wanted to share.

Go on over to lostandtaken.com to get the textures yourself!

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Illustrator Dynamic Camouflage Text

July 22nd, 2009 Orkron No comments

I have some dynamic text for you to download; with a choice of 5 different camouflage patterns. These can be typed into any words/sentences you need – using any font you want! I made these in Arial Black since most people will have that font by default, but feel free to play with the fonts/sizing/offsets to get the just-right look you need.
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