Jo's Web - Creative Bits and Bobs http://josweb.co.uk/blog Photoshop tutorials, free downloads, typography, photography, art and design news Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:01:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 en 905936http://www.feedburner.com Tiled Backgrounds Designer http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/josweb/~3/338013494/ http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=264#comments Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:57:50 +0000 admin art and design newsbloggingfree downloads http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=264 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Tiled Backgrounds Designer", url: "http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=264" });]]> bgpatterns
Do you ever run out of ideas when trying to create a new and interesting background for your web designs?
Well, BGPatterns offers an online generator where you customize colors, textures, patterns, sizing, rotation… Preview it live on the page, save it, or download it.
It’s pretty good and well worth a look. You can also view the top rated patterns and recent uploads.
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]]> http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?feed=rss2&p=264 http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=264 Grunge Brick Photoshop Brushes [Flickr]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/josweb/~3/326653839/brickphotoshopgrungebrushesspiralpixelFri, 04 Jul 2008 08:41:14 -0500tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/2636554278deed.en<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/josweb/">spiralpixel</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/josweb/2636554278/" title="Grunge Brick Photoshop Brushes"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3058/2636554278_92e7ed92bb_m.jpg" width="240" height="162" alt="Grunge Brick Photoshop Brushes" /></a></p> <p>Here's a collection of 18 grunge brick and crack Photoshop brushes. They are free to use for personal projects.<br /> I have more free resources available at Jo's Web - <a href="http://www.josweb.co.uk">www.josweb.co.uk</a><br /> If you decided to use them, then I would really like a link to: spiralpixel.com<br /> Thanks!<br /> have fun and let me know what you think of them<br /> Jo<br /> Download: <a href="http://gojol23.deviantart.com/art/Grunge-Brick-Phtotshop-Brushes-90630241">gojol23.deviantart.com/art/Grunge-Brick-Phtotshop-Brushes...</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/josweb/~4/326653839" height="1" width="1"/>2008-07-04T14:41:14-08:00http://www.flickr.com/photos/josweb/2636554278/ Grunge Brick Photoshop Brushes http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/josweb/~3/326662511/ http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=263#comments Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:39:52 +0000 admin free downloadsphoto effectsphotoshop brushes http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=263 > ]]> Grunge Brick Photoshop Brushes
Here’s a collection of 18 grunge brick and crack Photoshop brushes. They are free to use for personal projects.
If you decided to use them, then I would really like a link to: http://www.spiralpixel.com
Thanks!
Have fun and let me know what you think of them,
Jo
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]]> http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?feed=rss2&p=263 http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=263 wales [Flickr]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/josweb/~3/323154002/mountainswalessnowdoniaspiralpixelMon, 30 Jun 2008 05:36:35 -0500tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/2624526296deed.en<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/josweb/">spiralpixel</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/josweb/2624526296/" title="wales"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3083/2624526296_9e90efc16b_m.jpg" width="132" height="240" alt="wales" /></a></p> <p>My trip to Snowdonia, North Wales. Pics are available for free download at: <a href="http://www.morguefile.com/archive/?author=gojo23">www.morguefile.com/archive/?author=gojo23</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/josweb/~4/323154002" height="1" width="1"/>2008-06-30T11:36:35-08:00http://www.flickr.com/photos/josweb/2624526296/ My Trip To Wales http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/josweb/~3/323154003/ http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=262#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:35:03 +0000 admin free downloadsphotography http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=262 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "My Trip To Wales", url: "http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=262" });]]> wales
Hi Folks!
Some of you out there may have been wondering where I am or have been! Well, I took a trip to North Wales to Snowdonia National Park. The weather was very changeable from sunny to rain, rain, rain! well that’s the beauty of Wales for you! I have uploaded a few free shots of lakes, rocks and the majestic mountain of Trefyn (well the foot anyway).
You are free to download the from my space at Morguefile.
Have fun! They are all pretty large in size so you should be able to grab some interesting textures or indeed just enjoy the pics!
Off to do some web updates and then I’ll be back with some more free downloads.
Byeeeee!

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]]> http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?feed=rss2&p=262 http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=262 Nuclear Boy Online Now! http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/josweb/~3/313661065/ http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=261#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:47:17 +0000 admin art and design newsmy artphotography http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=261 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Nuclear Boy Online Now!", url: "http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=261" });]]> Nuclear Boy
I’m really proud to present my latest web design project, Nuclear Boy. Now you know where i’ve been for the last week or so! This project was a breath of fresh air as I was free to experiment with grunge techniques. I have created all of the graphics including the photography. The frame is made from my free graffiti brushes.

I used my Canon digital camera for the photo shoot and then applied textures and blending techniques to achieve the required look.

Please take some time to take a trip over to nuclearboy.net and enjoy your tour! There’s music to download and we plan to add merchandise over the coming months. So if you’d like a skull t-shirt watch this space!

Nuclear Boy

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]]> http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?feed=rss2&p=261 http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=261 Nuclear Boy [Flickr]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/josweb/~3/313645459/musicgrungewebdesignnulcearboyspiralpixelTue, 17 Jun 2008 03:32:07 -0500tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/2586918092deed.en<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/josweb/">spiralpixel</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/josweb/2586918092/" title="Nuclear Boy"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3068/2586918092_ac184ccbd1_m.jpg" width="155" height="240" alt="Nuclear Boy" /></a></p> <p>Here's some graphics from my latest web design project: <a href="http://www.nuclearboy.net">www.nuclearboy.net</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/josweb/~4/313645459" height="1" width="1"/>2008-06-17T09:32:07-08:00http://www.flickr.com/photos/josweb/2586918092/Nuclear Boy [Flickr]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/josweb/~3/313645460/musicgrungewebdesignnulcearboyspiralpixelTue, 17 Jun 2008 03:32:07 -0500tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/2586918086deed.en<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/josweb/">spiralpixel</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/josweb/2586918086/" title="Nuclear Boy"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3090/2586918086_b22719ca5a_m.jpg" width="205" height="240" alt="Nuclear Boy" /></a></p> <p>Here's my latest web design, it's for an upcoming artist from Essex, U.K named Nuclear Boy!<br /> <a href="http://www.nuclearboy.net">www.nuclearboy.net</a><br /> I had great fun and a feeling of freedom whilst designing the site. I also designed all of the graphics including the frame which is made from my graffiti brushes which you can find my site <a href="http://www.josweb.co.uk">www.josweb.co.uk</a><br /> I also did the photo shoot and applied Photoshop techniques to them to achieve the grungy look required by the client.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/josweb/~4/313645460" height="1" width="1"/>2008-06-17T09:32:07-08:00http://www.flickr.com/photos/josweb/2586918086/ 50 Essential Photoshop Text Tutorials http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/josweb/~3/305325206/ http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=260#comments Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:49 +0000 admin photoshop tutorialstext effects http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=260 > ]]> typo2
Here’s 50 of the best Photoshop text tutorials, kindly put together by Vandelay Website Designs.
It’s a great collection and well worth a bookmark!
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]]> http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?feed=rss2&p=260 http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=260 The Photoshop Anthology - FREE to Download http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/josweb/~3/303695137/ http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=259#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:26:11 +0000 admin art and design newsfree downloadsphotoshop tutorials http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=259 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Photoshop Anthology - FREE to Download", url: "http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=259" });]]> site
That’s right! No catches, no samples. For a LIMITED TIME only, a COMPLETE COPY of Corrie Haffly’s Brilliant Photoshop Web primer is free to download.

Overview

It’s about time that someone came up with a Photoshop book aimed at web geeks — not print designers!

SitePoint’s first full-color book, The Photoshop Anthology: 101 Web Design Tips, Tricks & Techniques is brimming with tried and tested real-world Photoshop solutions that will add impact to your next web design project. If you’ve ever been stuck for inspiration, have puzzled over just how to create a shiny aqua-style button, or wanted to create that seamlessly tiling background image you saw on a site recently, you need a copy of this book.

Look inisde - almost 300 pages of full color web techniqueAuthor Corrie Haffly has drawn on her extensive Photoshop experience to show you how to create a multitude of web graphics, ranging from buttons and backgrounds to text and images. Corrie also explains techniques that can greatly improve your workflow and make working with Photoshop more efficient, including batch processing and the automation of repetitive tasks.

Following the proven step-by-step, problem-and-solution format used in other SitePoint Anthology books, this title is packed with best-practice, innovative, and little-known techniques that produce amazing-looking graphics for your web sites.

The book’s full-color layout and large format (8” x 10”) make this one of the most usable and enjoyable Photoshop books available.

Download access is provided to all of the Photoshop (PSD) files used in The Photoshop Anthology: 101 Web Design Tips, Tricks & Techniques, so you can use them in your projects immediately.

It’s only free for another 9 days so go grab it! - off you go!

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]]> http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?feed=rss2&p=259 http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=259 Graffwriter - Online Creation Engine http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/josweb/~3/296477439/ http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=258#comments Fri, 23 May 2008 10:32:44 +0000 admin art and design newsfree downloadstext effectstypography http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=258 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Graffwriter - Online Creation Engine", url: "http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=258" });]]> GW_Intro
GraffWriter™ online studio uses graffiti style alphabets, images, effects & concepts from the official Graffiti Fonts® collection to allow users to create customized artwork for any purpose.

They also supply some great graffiti fonts for use within their site, you can also buy fonts from http://www.graffitifonts.net/. The graffiti generator is free for personal use, I’ve had a quick play around and I think that it’s fun and easy to use.

jw



You might also like to check this out:
Murder Death - Graffiti Creator
Stainer1’s - Graffiti Supplies

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]]> http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?feed=rss2&p=258 http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=258 What Have I been Up To? - Part 2 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/josweb/~3/295068367/ http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=257#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 14:23:04 +0000 admin art and design newsbloggingmy art http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=257 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "What Have I been Up To? - Part 2", url: "http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=257" });]]> Gregg & Gregg
Gregg & Gregg
Web site redesign for artists Jon and Anthony Gregg - http://www.greggandgregg.co.uk

Pyrography Stool
Pyrography Work
A beech stool, commissioned for a christening gift. You can see some more of my work at - http://www.firestarterpyrography.com

Web Banner
Web Banners
One of the web banners that I have designed for Innovative Construction Solutions Inc.

At present I am in the process of designing two new websites, so watch this space and i will show you them in due course!

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]]> http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?feed=rss2&p=257 http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=257 Web Banner [Flickr]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/josweb/~3/295068368/webbannerspiralpixelWed, 21 May 2008 09:19:11 -0500tag:flickr.com,2005:/photo/2510709633deed.en<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/josweb/">spiralpixel</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/josweb/2510709633/" title="Web Banner"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3109/2510709633_bf6aa2c5a5_m.jpg" width="240" height="31" alt="Web Banner" /></a></p> <p>Web banner for Innovative Construction Solutions Inc<br /> You can see some more of my work at <a href="http://www.spiralpixel.com">www.spiralpixel.com</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/josweb/~4/295068368" height="1" width="1"/>2008-05-21T15:19:11-08:00http://www.flickr.com/photos/josweb/2510709633/ Graffiti Creator http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/josweb/~3/290075692/ http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=256#comments Wed, 14 May 2008 10:01:19 +0000 admin free downloadsimage effectsphotoshop tutorials http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=256 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Graffiti Creator", url: "http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=256" });]]> ImageShack
Seen this?

The Graffiti Creator allow you to generate your own graffiti-styled texts.
Select the font you like best and click the image or the load button to start.
Once loaded you can start typing in texts and see how the program generates pure magic for you, use various tools to further enhance your text to reach maximum look.

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The following link is well worth a look too!
Murder Death - Graffiti Creator

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]]> http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?feed=rss2&p=256 http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=256 16 Free RSS Buttons http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/josweb/~3/288751071/ http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=255#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 15:08:48 +0000 admin art and design newsblogging artfree downloads http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=255 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "16 Free RSS Buttons", url: "http://josweb.co.uk/blog/?p=255" });]]> ImageShack
Here’s a free psd file for to play around with, the set includes 16 round textured rss buttons. My last set has been very popular so I thought I’d do a few more.

Have fun, play around, change the size, add shadows, strokes and if you decide to use any please leave me a comment on DeviantArt as I love to see how they were implemented.
Also don’t forget to give credit to: http://www.spiralpixel.com
Many thanks!

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