Askew Media needed a new business card to go with the newly redesigned site. I wanted to create something that was clean, simple, modern, and nice to look at. These cards were printed with a matte finish on a 100-lb. Premium Matte Paper to give it a modern but simple look and feel. The information on the card is simple and to the point. It contains my name, title, contact information and my handle for Twitter, LinkedIn, Flickr, and Facebook. I also left plenty of open space on a lighter colored background for the back of the card for a place to write down notes, if needed.

Askew Media’s Business Card has been featured on the Creattica design website!

Ladyoak – Free Photoshop Custom Shapes

Welcome to the Free Photoshop Custom Shapes, all free for you to download. Photoshop custom shapes are one of the most exciting tool in Photoshop. These free custom shapes can be used in Photoshop (6 and up) and Photoshop Elements (any version). Custom Shapes can be resized without losing the resolution.

Free Custom Shapes for Photoshop

Photoshop has plenty of built-in shapes you can use. Acutally, Custom Shapes came along beginning with Photoshop6.0. Once you have installed Custom Shapes, you can easily create a copy of that shape with click and drag.

PSHero – Custom Shapes

Free Photoshop Tutorials, Custom Shapes and More!

My Photoshop Brushes – Custom Shapes

Free download Custom shapes for Adobe Photoshop. Custom shapes are an amazing toolkit of designs.

The ultimate Collection of Photoshop Custom Shapes

This post highlights 80 different sets of custom shapes (over 2,500 individual shapes) in several different categories. If you plan to download and use any of these shapes be sure to check to terms and conditions set by the creator of the shapes.

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1. The Ultimate Collection of Free Photoshop Patterns

Photoshop users can save themselves a great deal of time and end up with better results by taking advantage of readily available freebies, such as brushes, patterns and shapes. Examples:

• Carbon Fiber
• Grunge Patterns
• Charcoal Demask (Seamless)

2. Din Pattern

DinPattern is a free seamless background pattern resource for designers, developers and artists. Examples:

• Gridded Blue
• Queen Lime Carpet Sample
• Dead Revolutionaries

3. Squidfingers

158 free, high quality Photoshop patterns.

4. Brusheezy – Patterns

Photoshop Brushes – Brusheezy is the a HUGE collection of Photoshop Brushes and Photoshop Patterns to download, or upload your own! Examples:

• Wallpaper Patterns
• Floral paper-cut pattern
• Sample Damask

5. My Photoshop Brushes – Patterns

Collection of free Adobe Photoshop patterns. Powerful toolkit for Photoshop. Examples:

• Floral pattern
• Spring blossoms patterns
• Stylized floral ornament pattern

6. 150+ beautiful photoshop patterns brushes and textures for download

It’s always very tough to find the best, free, different and hi resolution photoshop textures, patterns or brushes for download. I always collect the best resources at one place for my future reference – in that way it will be very easy for me to get the best stuff at the right time. Examples:

• 40+ Beautiful Patterns and Textures for Ornate Backgrounds
• Free seamless pixel patterns dark purple
• 50 Free Fabric Textures

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1. My Photoshop Brushes

Photoshop brushes, patterns, custom shapes, tutorials… all for free – just download and enjoy this great collection of Adobe Photoshop tools. Examples:

• Drawing Swirls
• Abstract Brushset No 15
• Alice Swirl Brushes

2. Biorust

Indulge your creative appetite with our extensive range of Photoshop resources! Includes brushes, custom shapes, layer styles, gradients, and even funky graphical fonts!

3. Brusheezy

Photoshop Brushes – Brusheezy is the a HUGE collection of Photoshop Brushes and Photoshop Patterns to download, or upload your own! Examples:

• Assault Grunge Brush Set
• Radial Brushes
• Metal Set

4. Photoshop Support Brushes

Directory of free Photoshop brushes, with information on how to create and install Photoshop brushes. Examples:

• Seishido Photoshop Brushes
• Pixel ChickBrushes
• Bêtabloquants – Nostalgic Sets

5. QBrushes

Qbrushes is your one stop Photoshop brushes website. Examples:

• High Tech Circles Pack #1
• Sharp Abstract
• Blurry Light Brushes

6. Get Brushes

GetBrushes.com is free Adobe Photoshop brushes directory, featuring handpicked collection of the best brushes for Photoshop on the net, all free to download and use. Examples:

• Anodyne Cracked Brushes
• Jenn B’s Typographic Grunge Brushes
• JavierZhX Abstract8 Brush Set

7. 100 Awesome High Resolution Photoshop Brushes

Let’s dive today into a sea of brushes. Hundreds of thousands of sets are lying undiscovered like pirate treasures all over the web. Due to this phenomenally vast amount of Photoshop brushes available, directories are becoming very popular lately. Examples:

• Foliage VOL 2_brushes set
• Japanese Foliage
• Fresh Foliage Photoshop Brushes for High Resolution

8. Photoshop Mosaic Brushes

Hundreds of Photoshop tutorials, plugins, brushes, patterns and textures. Examples:

• Alchemy Vectors Photoshop

9. 75 Insane High Res Photoshop Brushes

Ah, the beautiful world of Photoshop brushes. With thousands of incredible sets floating around the web, and thousands more being made all the time, it can become quite a daunting task to find the perfect ones for your projects. Let me show you 75 insane high resolution Photoshop brushes that will be perfect for any project you may happen to be working on. Enjoy! Examples:

• Smoke Brushes Set 1
• Free High-Res Photoshop Brushes – Leaves
• Skull brushes

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1. PSD Tuts+

Photoshop tutorials, freebies, source files and more.

Tutorial Examples:

• How to Create a Grunge Style Illustration with Stains
• How to Design a Rockin’ 80’s Party Poster
• Creating a Touching Story Scene in Photoshop

2. Photoshop Star

Free Adobe Photoshop Tutorials & Free Design Resources. Tons of fun, easy, step-by-step Photoshop guides.
Tutorial Examples:

• Light Beam Effect
• Creating Taxi Text Effect
• Old Style Photo Effect

3. Smashing Magazine – Best of Adobe Photoshop Tutorials

One year ago we’ve presented a hand-picked collection of Photoshop tutorials. Now it’s time for a fresh portion of healthy Photoshop learning material. This article provides professional Adobe Photoshop tutorials which can enrich your design skills and improve the quality of your works.
Tutorial Examples:

• MP3 Player Design
• Magic Lighting Effect
• Fake Model Photography

4. 30 Photoshop Video Tutorials – Learn from the Pros of Graphic Design

Sit back, relax. Watch and learn from the pros of graphic design, as they show you advanced Photoshop techniques, taking the simplest elements and creating something beautiful as well as tutorials on advanced drawing and illustration techniques.
Tutorial Examples:

• Fractals in Photoshop
• Mystical Moonlight Effect Photoshop Tutorial
• Basic DVD cover art tutorial

5. Photoshop Roadmap

Hundreds of Photoshop tutorials, plugins, downloads and other graphics related resources.
Tutorial Examples:

• Paint a sky with fluffy clouds and sunrays
• 15 Artistic Watercolor Effects Photoshop Tutorials
• Grunge text effect

6. Photoshop Support

Site features free Adobe Photoshop tutorials and links to free Photoshop brushes, plugins and resources, a blog with the latest Photoshop news, and tutorials by Jennifer Apple. Tutorial Examples:

• Mysteries Of The Favicon.ico — How To Create A Favicon In Photoshop
• Blog Tutorial – Tips For Blog Templates & Blog Design In Photoshop
• How To Wrap Text Around An Object In Photoshop

7. 60 Advanced Adobe Photoshop Tutorials

These are advanced techniques that require more than just technical knowledge of Photoshop, they require talent, Photoshop training, knowledge of design, layout, balance, color theory, etc. Tutorial Examples:

• Metallic Spiderman 3 Text
• Playing With Fire
• AHHHHH! Oy! Alien Invasion! A Photoshop Tutorial

8. 60+ (more) Advanced Photoshop & GIMP Tutorials

These tutorials offer an opportunity to harness your Photoshop skills, take your skills to the next level or simply learn something new.They are all relatively new tuts, and all come from the best and most professional of Graphic Designers. They make it look so easy!!! Tutorial Examples:

• Aqua Text Photoshop Tutorial
• Photoshop Tutorials: Colorful Light Burst Text
• Advanced Glow Effects

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