Apparently my server’s hard drive is failing, so it’s going to have to be replaced : ( It might take up to 24 hrs, so the Box might be down for the next day or so. When I return from this dilemma, I’ve got an awesome set of vectors for everyone. See you in a day or so.
Thank you all for rolling out for the Box’s 1st Birthday contest. With over 1500 people involved, the odds weren’t in anyone’s favor, but every contest has a winner. Congratulations to Philip J., of Southern California! He was the lucky winner of the iPhone, and he so graciously sent me the image below. (ok, I asked him to). And congratulations to Sean Farrell, of Canada. He was the winner of the GoMedia vector pack! Thanks to everyone for participating, and I’m going to try and make the prizes even better next year (and more of ‘em).
Here’s the first round of workspaces from a bunch of you BittBoxers. If you don’t see your pic in this batch, don’t worry, I’ll be posting workspace pics every once in a while from now on. Take a look. There are some very interesting spaces out there! Thanks to everyone who uploaded their photos! You can see them all at the BittBox User Workspaces group at Flickr.
I while back I told you how to get a free vector once a month from iStock. Well Vectorstock.com gives a vector away each month as well. This month’s vector is actually pretty decent palm tree silhouette landscape. You must sign up/create an account in order to download the freebies. In fact, you won’t even be able to see the free vector until you create an account. Don’t forget to check back once a month. iStock lets download previous months’ free vectors, but I’m not seeing previous downloads on Vectorstock.
If any of you have noticed anything weird lately around the Box, or are having trouble loading the RSS feeds, please give it a day or two. I just migrated BittBox to a brand new dedicated server, and it can take up to 3 days before the transition is totally done. Sorry for the inconvenience.
~Bitt
Workspaces are always interesting, and I’d like to give all of you a chance to share with us! You’ll find a few photos of my workspace below, but I’d like to see yours. I’ve started a BittBox User Workspaces group at Flickr where you can add your images. You can also email photos to me at contact(at)bittbox.com if you like. Once we have enough to look at I’ll make a special post. You can include your name and what you do with the photos if you wish. (makes it a little more interesting)
Remember, to add a photo to a group on flickr, first upload your image, join the group, then go to your image page and (right above your photo) click “send to group” and choose BittBox User Workspaces from the list.
It seems that most of you seem to LOVE my Photoshop brush sets, so this inspires me to make more. In this set you’ll find grungy textures, as well as some rocky cracks. There are 12 brushes in the set, and they are all 2500px. Available for CS3, CS1, and in PNG format for everyone else. All of these brushes were made from the images of the textures I gave away in a previous post. Hope you like them, and don’t forget to upload your designs to the BittBox User Showcase group over at Flickr. Brush previews after the jump.
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