If there’s one good thing that can come from living in the middle of nowhere, it’s the fact that we have lots of old and decrepit buildings around…ripe with awesome textures. These textures came from an old glass recycling plant that we have around here that hasn’t been open for decades I’m sure. I’m really tempted to sneak inside to see what kind of textures I can find inside too. Enjoy!

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I gotten a few emails recently about how to create a seamless diagonal pattern in Illy, so here we go! Illustrator comes with some default pattern brushes, but no diagonal love. Diagonal patterns are a bit more tricky to make than a simple horizontal, or vertical pattern, but with some rock solid alignment, and some manual input into the Transform palette, you’ll be making diagonal patterns in no time. Let’s get started.

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We’ve got some lucky people on our hands! I’d like to congratulate the winners of the free resources from ArtBox7.com. Matthew Miner was the big winner and will take home the complete set! The other 10 winners who will each get a vector pack, brush pack, and icon pack are: @echoenduring, @dauzu, Keshett, @haveinmindesign, @jenreed, @samjessup, jodi, Thorvald, Lexy, and Darryl. Thanks to ArtBox7.com for a great contest!

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The seasons, they are a changin’. Which means that it’s time for some fall leaf textures! If you like what you see here I posted a really big set of leaf textures last fall over on Lost and Taken. Enjoy and happy fall!

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