Passion & Art - Free for the Taking?
Passion for art, photography, creativity, friends, family and many other things - hopefully, I can share a little of that. There's lots of cool stuff on the net, and some of them are places where you can list your work for sale, for free and earn a little money from cards, posters, artwork and other creative endeavours. Some of them are places where you can GET free stuff, like free textures or stock photos, or photoshop brushes, and some of them are places where you can meet other artists and learn from them.
If you miss this lens, you've missed some cool free stuff!
Art and Photography - great images, great links.
Sell your work, buy work, get stuff free!
From cool places to sell and display your work, to some awesome free stuff. For artistis, for photographers, for 3d imagers - some places and free stuff you just won't want to miss.
- Free-3d-Textures
- Lots of free textures for using in 3d imaging & game engine programs, as well as for using in your collages and other art project. The site also contains free photoshop brushes, free png files, free stock photos & backgrounds, some free calendar templates for photoshop, photoshop tutorials and tutorials for beginners in digital photography.
All-in-all, lots of free stuff! Download, read, learn.
See the slideshow below for some samples of the textures you can get here, for FREE (did I mention, they're free?) - Photography Blography
- Photography & Photoshop tutorials and other interesting related stuff - on the move towards information on wedding photography, especially for those who aren't professional wedding photographers - those who do photography for friends and family on the cheap. Lots of helpful information to help you give professional results.
- The Untapped Source
- Artwork for everyone. High-end prints from many up-and-coming artists of all types. Sign up free and get an approved account to sell your own work. This is a place where the staff offer great support to the artists, as well as to the customer.
- My Redbubble Gallery
- art, photography, graphics, cards, prints, etc. - excellent community for artists in many venues - digital art, graphics, illustration, photography, painters, drawings and even some great exposure for writers and poets.
Sell cards, posters, prints - framed, laminated, mounted and matted, and get to know thousands of people in the redbubble community. Not just forums, but groups, contests, places to learn, write your blog - basically a do-all kind of place. - Royalty Free Photos, Download Stock Photos and Images stock photo download royalty free
- Cheap stock photo download royalty free - high quality images for just $1 - $2 each. Royalty free stock photos, low cost, available for purchase and download. Photographers, submit photos - designers, download photos for a buck or two. Stock photography user community.
- Helen Bascom at VISIONARIES
- The coolest Helen I've ever known - you'll want to meet her!
- People to Watch
- Some great artists to have a look at.
- Studio 34 with Elf Evans
- Great stuff - go have a look.
Free Textures from Free-3d-Textures.com
Samples of the free textures you can get at Free-3d-Textures.com
Sample texture - reds and black
More Sites to Sell your Stuff
A few more interesting places to sell your own work, or buy the work of other peeps, or get free stuff from others to include in your own artwork.
- Cutcaster - Clips, Videos, Animations & Images
- Buy, bid, negotiate - Cutcaster offers you the ability to get the prices you want for your videos and images, and offers buyers the opportunity to negotiate directly with you.
- Feature Pics
- Gracey on Feature Pics - sign up to sell your images; purchase images - excellent support from the staff on this site.
- Free Textures & Stuff
- Download free textures - some are prepared for use in 3D programs (sized to 512 X 512, seamless), some are suitable for backgrounds or inclusion in other artworks. There's also some free blog header's for blogger, some free png objects on transparent backgrounds too.
- J. Gracey Stinson: Home: Zazzle.com Gallery
- The fun side of photography and design - here lies the creative intent.
Writers & Books
Some great writers: new and upcoming, and some tried and true :)
- Timothy Goodwin
- Writer of fantasy, sci-fi, fantasy-horror; among other genres - go have a looksee - he also is a pretty good 3D artist.
- Amber Elizabeth Fromm
- Singer, songwriter, poet - also a beauty. Have a read.
- Joseph Donais
- One of the most talented poets I've had the pleasure of reading - deep thoughts, beautiful prose. You can't miss this work! The ever eloquent Joseph...can also be found using the nic "dreadfulbride" - don't get excieted, it's the name of a ship.
- MichaelTravis - RedBubble
- Interesting writer, and some cool imagery.
Free "Forever" Calendar Template for Photoshop
Although not exactly a tutorial, I've prepared another calendar template in psd format for photoshop users. Any graphic or editing program that will open a photoshop file (psd format) can make use of this highly customizable and useful calendar template.What makes this such a useful calendar is the fact that you can use it over and over again, every year. Each calendar date (the numbers 1 through 31) are on a separate text layer in this file. Because they are on their own layer, you can use them for 2010 the way they are arranged right now. But, in 2011 you simply rearrange the layers with the dates so the numbers coincide with that year and you now have a calendar template for 2011...or 2012 and so on.
One calendar template you can use, forever. A little like a perpetual calendar, but you'll have to arrange the numbers every year yourself.
There are any number of ways you can customize this calendar - put in a simple background image and reduce it's opacity for something like the yellow bridal rose above.
...or you can decorate each month individually with your own graphics, or fancy brushes, or even your own (or your children's) artwork.
Missing from this calendar are any holidays - every culture has a different set of holidays and special festivals, so these were intentionally left out so anyone could use this calendar and customize it with the holidays and special days their traditions follow. The text used on this template is bastardusSans, which you can get from urban fonts (free)
To download the full sized template go to this page http://free-3d-textures.com/tutorials-photoshop/forever-calendar.html
It also contains a little more information, and a link to get the font.
by JGracey
Photographer, digital artist, wife, mother, grandmother - I guess that sums it up. (more)
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