If you’ve been to my portfolio, or you saw my recent article on Using Channels in Photoshop to remove backgrounds then you have probably seen my International Compost Awareness Week poster contest submission!

Well the great news is my design is a finalist in the final run; now it’s up for a public vote and I need your help in making mine the winner! What’s in it for me you ask? well unfortunately I’m just a poor graphic designer… I can’t offer monetary compensation – but you will have the satisfaction of knowing that you are part of why I won! That should be enough to hold you over with excellent karma for at least half a year! What a deal!

But in all seriousness: I put a lot of time and love into that design (even found a way to help others learn from it) and would really love to have it published and printed (nationwide too!).

Please take a moment and vote for my design here:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ICAW_2011_Poster_Poll

I really appreciate it!

On the way to my kid’s school, there is an abandoned building with a really nice graffiti piece across the front. Today I decided to take some high-res photos of the graf for you to download to use as texture or stock photo.

I started by taking all the images I had taken, and used Photoshop to photo-merge them into a single panorama; the graf art is very wide.

[TIP] To Photo Merge many files into one, with all the files open inside Photoshop, click File -> Automate -> Photomerge and choose the type of layout, then click “Add open files” … The box will populate with the filenames of all open documents -> Click OK

I have the finished piece available in 300 dpi JPG image at 11,629 x 1,707 pixels, and the rest available in 3 separate sections in 2,500 pix wide, 300 dpi PNG files with transparent backgrounds.

Get Graffiti Wide JPG (340) 3MB
Get Graf 01 PNG (295) 4MB	Get Graf 02 PNG (290) 3MB	Get Graf 03 PNG (275) 3MB

Check out Media Militia for a great Graffiti Brushes/Texture resource.

I have put together 20 beautiful, unique iPhone wallpapers for you to download for free.

These were created using resources and tutorials from MediaMilitia.com – They have amazing Freebies and great tutorials you just HAVE to check out.

These wallpapers all measure 320px wide by 480px tall

Download 20 free iphone wallpapers (377) (1 MB Zip)

[Article Edit 3/17/10]:
My apologies to those of you browsing to my site on your iPhone / iPod Touch – Since you cannot get these wallpapers in the ZIP file, I’ve included the loose JPG’s just for you!

[When using your iPhone] Click the link and then press and hold the small (looking) image and choose Save Image – it will be the right size after you save it.

Click thumbnail for screenshot example

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I was surprised recently when I couldn’t find any hi-res leather textures for a project that I was working on. As a result, I got my hands on some actual leather hides and started photographing them. I wanted to share these with others who may also need leather textures for one reason or another. I have 12 leather textures available in high-res JPG format available in a ZIP file, after the jump.

Please enjoy!

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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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