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35 Stunning Hi-Res “Public Domain” Astronomy Images

February 10, 2009 | Posted in Inspiration, Resources | 110 Comments »

In the wake of Shepard Fairey’s debacle with the AP over the rights to the image he used as reference/inspiration for his wildy popular Obama poster, I wanted to share a list of Public Domain Licensed images, in this case, astronomy. Fairey’s situation should hit home with all pixel junkies out there and remind us that we have to pay close attention to the licenses associated with the images we use in our design work. I’ve compiled a list of beautiful, inspiring astronomy images that all have a Public Domain License.

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BgPatterns Makes Tiled Backgrounds a Breeze

August 5, 2008 | Posted in Resources | 23 Comments »

There are lots of background image generator sites out there, but this one is just so easy and simple, I felt compelled to say something about it. I’m not sure how long it’s been around, but BgPatterns.com makes it super easy to make a seamless tiled background image. There are plenty of elegant controls for the user including rotation, texture, color, opacity and more. So if you’re in the market for a seamless tile, or just want to save a little time, I recommend this site to anyone.

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Resource: Lost and Taken – New Free Texture Site

July 7, 2008 | Posted in Freebies, Resources | 15 Comments »

We all love textures, right? I was recently emailed by a BittBox reader about a new texture site, LostAndTaken.com. It’s a blog style site and definitely worth bookmarking. All of the textures I downloaded for testing were a massive 3072 x 2048px, so I’m guessing the author has a pretty darn kick-ass camera. Oh yeah, and all of the textures are copyright-free and can be used for personal as well as commercial purposes.

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Found Freebie: Hi-Res “Acrylic” Photoshop Brushes

June 27, 2008 | Posted in Freebies | 34 Comments »

BittBox reader Jeffrey Gardner has offered up some of his Photoshop brushes over at his site, TheShoreways.com and asked me to help get the word out. There are 25 brushes in the set, and they are super high resolution, all around 2500px is size. Thanks Jeffrey, and everyone else, Click Here or on the image below for your downloading pleasure :)

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Design Resources Search Engine

April 11, 2008 | Posted in Resources | 45 Comments »

I stumbled onto a ‘Design Resources Search Engine‘ the other day somehow, and wanted to tell everyone about it. It’s basically a Custom Google Search Engine that only searches the best design blogs and sites out there, but it is quite handy if you like to find freebies, as I know a lot of you all do. Jump on over and give it a try. you might just find what you’re looking for. Also, if you look at the complete list of sites and you know of a good site to add to the list, you can suggest a site. Just click on the blog link at the bottom of the page and use the contact form in the footer.

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