As it has been snowing here during the past week, so I dared to step away from my computer, put on my snow boots and ventured outside. I wandered around my little village taking snaps of the waterfront, picturesque country lanes and the garden. I have a few textures that I have taken and thought that I would share them with you. I’m not sure if they will be of any use to anyone but here they are any way!

The latest free file available over at Graphic River is a beautiful texture pack by graphic designer, Wyeko. I’m definitely going to download it after I finish this post and I hope that you take the opportunity to do also!

File Includes:
* 12 textures
* 2750×2240
* jpeg format

I’m pleased to announce that a couple of my vector graphics have been published in a new book, Vintage Style graphics by Angela Patchell. The book is a style source book with 100′s of vintage design ideas and palettes for graphic designers and artists to use in their design and artwork.
The chapters are split into vintage patterns, colour palettes, borders and line art, fonts and calligraphy, vintage posters, textures and illustration.
An attached cd gives the …

Here’s a collection of ten of the latest Photoshop patterns found from around the web. All patterns are free to download but please do check the individual artist’s usage requirements. Most of the patterns are from DeviantArt, please do take the time to leave a comment. It gives great encouragement to designers (for me too)!

Malibu Surfin’ by Camxso

Set 6 by Pervoi

Seamless Paper Patterns by WebTreats

16 Patterns by Ransie

Today’s post is a floral vector pattern it is free for both commercial and personal use. I have uploaded a simple black and white image so that you can play around with hue, saturation etc.
Have fun!
File Format: eps
File Size: 2.2mb

Following my recent trend for offering free geometric art and optical Photoshop brushes I thought that I would offer some optical grunge patterns. They are free to use for personal use, if you would like to use them commercially then I am happy to accept a Paypal donation towards my work. There are eight patterns in the set, four of which have grunge treatments applied to the main image.