FREE Chevron Seamless Patterns

 

Photoshop CC 300 dpi files - download link below.

Happy Friday! For about 30 seconds the other day I though I was all that AND a bag of chips! I was working in Photoshop and noticed one of the arrow shapes would make a great chevron pattern! You can see the single shape easily in the pattern on the right above.

THEN... I thought - I wonder if anyone else has thought of this. One Google search later and TA DA! Yep. lots of folks have.  :-) Yeah, well, it felt good for a few seconds. I have been using triangles and diamonds to create a chevron pattern - not an arrow shape...

SO just in case I am not the only one this is new to - you can download the Photoshop files here. (click) FREE for commercial and personal use. No strings attached. Have fun :-D

MORE free patterns Here: http://annietroe.blogspot.com/2014/02/free-photoshop-patterns.html

Do you want to know how I made it? This blog already has it spelled out: BrittanyMakes.

Let me know if you like these freebies! Make my week and follow my blog - thanks!

Happiness is a Kitty-Cat

Just a quick post to spread some cheer :-)

FREE Photoshop seamless patterns!

Free for commercial and personal use - Have fun!

Hey everybody, I got this idea to share a few seamless patterns of mine from the cool people on the Art Licensing Network Facebook group :-) Who doesn't love FREE and no strings attached! Woop!

Okay. Here is the link to the patterns above. The files are 5"x5 ",  300 dpi, Photoshop CS6.
CLICK HERE to go to the download page.

How to use:
In Photoshop open up one of the patterns you just downloaded.

Go to the menu bar, click EDIT: scoll to DEFINE PATTERN, click OK.

Now, open a new file in Photoshop. To keep it easy, make it 10" x10" at 300 dpi.

Let's fill it with the pattern you just defined!

Go to the menu bar, click EDIT: scroll to FILL...
In the dialogue box that opens (see image below) choose PATTERN in the drop down menu
in the Custom Pattern option - choose the new pattern you just defined, click OK!

TaDa! It filled your space with the pattern - Cool Beans!

Play with the size to fill and the resolution to see how that affects your results. You can also play with the other options in the dialogue box above and see what they do :-)

You can create your own custom patterns in any square size you like.

Would you rather see a video on how to do this? Here is the link - you can google more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL3cQy6cmsw
This link is also listed on my Useful Stuff blog page if you want to find it again.

So Doodlebugerz, What cha think? Like the freebies? Could you understand how to do it?
Make my day and follow my blog - Thanks!

Create Easy Photoshop Textures for Fast Rich Design!

Make them once - use them again & again.

It is fun to toss in some texture to give my designs for products some zip :-) It can be as simple as just having a layer of texture (shown in the Yorkie notepad above). Or I might only have texture in part of the image. I added swirls to the top half of the background in the pear paper plate above. (Click image to see it larger).

Not only does it make the image look richer - I use textures that I have made with more than one collection. I like that it speeds up designing/mocking up products!

Here is a good video about making photoshop brushes. It has a couple tips for the magic wand tool too.



There are LOTS of free brushes on the internet - be sure to check that is OK to use for commercial use. Some are only free for personal use.
http://www.creativebloq.com/photoshop/free-photoshop-brushes-11121140

Let me know if you are a photoshop brush fan :-D

FREE file transfer - Nifty grid ap - FREE watermark

 

I love FREE and I am a cheater pants.

FREE file transfer: Tara Reed posted this on her blog, but I want to make sure you all know about WeTransfer https://www.wetransfer.com/.  You can transfer up to 2 GB FREE - THAT my friends is very useful in the Art Licensing biz. I have a paid YouSendit account (now Hightail). I may just let it lapse. I don't mind and ad in exchange for FREE.

Nifty grid ap: Yes, I am a cheater pants and use this grid ap pictured above on my iPad. You may be getting used to my cheater pants ways, as I admitted to using black in this post http://anniesdoodlebugz.blogspot.com/2013/07/breaking-rules-do-you.html. Here is the link to AccuView $2.00 app https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/accuview/id407578464?mt=8

FREE watermark: My last post on copyright infringement - I'm famous in China led me to this gem. PicMarker. It is FREE. I haven't tried it out yet. http://picmarkr.com/. 

• Have any of you tried PicMaker?
• Do you watermark your images? I don't, but I am thinking about it.

Let me know what you think of these websites and aps. You all are the best!

 

Pottery Addiction

We Dig Painting Pottery!

Hey everybody. I have been getting a good response with the last two pottery post so thought I would share our latest creations! I will included links at the end if you want to see the older pottery posts.

I painted the ladybug bowl above. I used red sprinkles paint on the inside of the bowl just to mix it up a little. My daughter painted the mug and two bowls. She does like patterns! I like the handle of the mug. I haven't tried to blend colors on pottery, but that is one of her favorite things to do :-D

If you are looking for even more pottery painting ideas - check out my Pinterest board http://pinterest.com/anniedoodlebugz/pottery-painting-ideas-ceramics-clay/

Bumblebee dish post: http://anniesdoodlebugz.blogspot.com/2013/06/bumblebee-dish.html

Initial Dish & Nautical Bowl: http://anniesdoodlebugz.blogspot.com/2013/08/pottery-painting-ideas-nautical-and.html

Leave me a comment - let me know if you like this type of post.

Breaking the Rules - Do you?

 

When mixing color, I break these two rules - sometimes.

1. Don't use black in a painting.
2. Don't mix more than three colors together at a time.

The above two rules were taught in classes I took way back when. I see them pop up in art books & on blogs. I have done this when I paint with guache AND in the above pear palette knife acrylic unfinished painting.

Black was mixed in to get the darkest green you see above. There, I admit it. If you are new to painting, just use very small amounts of black at a time. It is a strong color and you won't need much when your are mixing. In other paintings, I have made a lovely mud out of several colors.

NOW, I think these rules are great. They help keep me from over mixing paint. Not using black can give a painting more interest and help to limit your palette.

Am I the only black-user-mud-maker out there?

Flip book Portfolio

Click here to see my portfolio on my website - also you can click the bold words in the post below to visit more links.

FlipSnack, One of the Many Free Aps from SnackTools

In my post last week on palette knife painitng and art licensing, I included a link to my portfolio. This generated questions about how I made my portfolio into a flip book.

I have used some of SnackTools aps and widgets in the past for some of my graphic design clients. I forgot about FlipSnack for creating flip books, until I heard Leslie Saeta talking about it for her flip book portfolio on her radio show "Artists Helping Artists".

FlipSnack is free up to 15 pages and I believe the free version has a small add/watermark on it. I paid $20 (10 points) to get more pages (up to 500) and no ad. There is also a subscription service if you want to make more than three flip books and or change your flipbook frequently. I plan on changing mine just twice a year, so I went with the flat fee.

It was very easy for me to set up. I already have my portfolio in InDesign and just saved it as a low resolution PDF file. NOTE: If you are using Microsoft Word - you may want to test uploading a single PDF file - I am guessing that you will need to use other software to generate the PDF.

If you can save it as a PDF/x file - It will help it run smoother. I read this in the FAQ after I had already uploaded the file :-(

It seems to run decently on my html5 website and pretty good on the iPad.

Hope this helps answer your questions! 

You might also like this post - New flip book with hyper links: http://annietroe.blogspot.com/2013/09/new-flip-book-with-hyperlinks.html

Art and Design Source Book is Out!

 

Get Inspired!

Read a couple articles - LOOK at all the art in the ads etc. HERE

Shameless Plug! Check out my snowman in Parcai Designs' ad (my agent -  page 74) AND My monsters shown in the article - "Focus on: Children's illustrations". - page 77.

If you are going to Surtex on Sunday - Let's meet up :D

Thanks for reading & sharing ~Annie

Origami Jumping Frogs Galore!

Getting Ready for Surtex 2013

For those of you who are not familiar with Surtex - it is THE art licensing show for artists to connect with buyers www.surtex.com.

My agent Parcai Designs has booth #765. I am making small jumping origami frogs to hand out to people as I walk the floor. Notice I have written the booth number on each frog :-) I haven't counted, but I have in the ball park of 250 frogs so far - wonder how many I will get done before the show?!

Hugs! ~Annie

Business Card - New Design

Looking Good!

Just a quick post to show off my new business card design and a round sticker to go on the back directing people to my agent's booth - Parcai Designs. FUN STUFF!