BB Free Font: Blox Demo Version

Hey everyone, I’ve got a free font for you to download, and before you start blowing up the comments, let me explain why it’s a “demo” version. I recently started to sell some fonts on MyFonts.com as a secondary source of income. I have a contract with MyFonts, and giving away a demo version is the only way to still be able to share something with you, without violating my contract. Make sense? Ok, anyway the demo version only means its not the full version, you may use this font for personal and commercial projects.

BB Free Font: Blox Demo Version

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101 Reasons to Follow Me on Twitter

I’m not gonna lie, I’m addicted to Twitter. I’ve compiled a list of reasons why you should follow me on Twitter, not only because I think it’s silly how hooked I am, but because it can help build the community here at BittBox and help me connect to you in real time. Here we go :D

101 Reasons to Follow Me on Twitter
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Freeware Find: DrawBerry - A Free Vector Editor for OS X

I recently found a little gem in the ever-growing list of software of the Apple site. DrawBerry is a free vector graphics editor for OS X. It has a slick, Pixelmator-like interface and is pretty easy to use. It’s not as powerful as Inkscape, but it’s much more lightweight and it’s very easy to use. Some features to note are, layers, opacity, blending modes, history, fill shapes with images, SVG support, shape alignment tool, and much more. Check out the video below, and screenshots to get a closer look.


DrawBerry from Jay Hilgert on Vimeo.
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Best of BittBox Part 1: High Resolution Photoshop Brushes

I’ve been making high quality freebies here at BittBox for a little over a year and a half (19 Months). There are 94 posts in my Freebies section, and I thought I’d make a list for people to see all of my stuff in one place. I know how people love lists, so I’m making some of my own. These aren’t all of my freebies, just the cream of the crop. We’ll Kick the series off with my High Resolution Photoshop Brushes. Happy Downloading, here we go :D

Free High-Resolution Photoshop Brushes:

Free Hi-Res Watercolor Photoshop Brushes Watercolor Photoshop Brushes »

I am happy to announce BittBox’s first set of Photoshop Brushes (Free). I’m constantly going back and forth between Illustrator and Photoshop in my projects, and I’m starting to pretty much make everything from scratch. I often have trouble finding brushes…

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Photoshop 101: Button-Mode Actions

I guess this could also be categorized as a workflow tip, but it’s good to know, no matter what you want to call it. I’d like to take a second to show you about Photoshop’s (and Illustrator’s) “Button Mode” in the actions palette. If you aren’t familiar with actions, they are customizable tasks that save you time and make you more productive by eliminating redundant tasks. I haven’t written an article on Actions themselves yet, but here is a nice one I found on the web.

Photoshop 101: Button-Mode Actions
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