Set 4 – Taken at Queensland Beach, Lunenburg County I’ve found lots of free textures over the years, and have gleefully made use of them, with little more than a silent “thanks” to the photographers who took the time to take the pictures. So, to add a tangible “thank you” to the intangibles ones, here  [ Read More ]

Set 3 – Taken at Point Pleasant Park, Halifax I’ve found lots of free textures over the years, and have gleefully made use of them, with little more than a silent “thanks” to the photographers who took the time to take the pictures. So, to add a tangible “thank you” to the intangibles ones, here  [ Read More ]

Set 2 – From various places in Halifax, NS I’ve found lots of free textures over the years, and have gleefully made use of them, with little more than a silent “thanks” to the photographers who took the time to take the pictures. So, to add a tangible “thank you” to the intangibles ones, here  [ Read More ]

Set 1 – Taken at Lewis Lake Provincial Park, outside Tantallon NS I’ve found lots of free textures over the years, and have gleefully made use of them, with little more than a silent “thanks” to the photographers who took the time to take the pictures. So, to add a tangible “thank you” to the  [ Read More ]

Went on a hunt for textures today. Took some nice pics (aside from forgetting to turn off the date stamp… grr…) and will be posting a few here for FREE download.

Just a collection of links to various photography basics and lighting web sites and videos… nothing truly earthshattering in terms of information, but still… very useful stuff to know… http://www.clarkvision.com/imagedetail/eye-resolution.html Digital Photography Basics (.org) Digital Photography Basics (.com) Cambridge in Colour Digital Photography School – Basics Building a Digital SLR System Photo Pursue Basics 13  [ Read More ]

A collection of ‘cheat sheet’ and short cut keys: Nobel Desktop Shortcut Guides (CS2-CS5) Using Adobe Bridge (O’Reilly – PDF) Brigham Young University – Illustrator, Photoshop, Illustrator Acrobat CS5 Quick Reference Card (PDF) Illustrator CS5 Quick Reference Card (PDF) Photoshop CS5 Quick Reference Card (PDF) InDesign CS5 Quick Reference Card (PDF) Timesaving PS Shortcuts and  [ Read More ]

A collection of links to tutorials and resources on the often touchy subject of Graphic Design theory… 45 Lessons on Graphic Design An Introduction to Graphic Design Graphic Design (Wikipedia) Graphic Design Basics 8 Elements of Design: Line – A line is simply a series of dots, or points, in space. That line can be  [ Read More ]

While getting ready for my next NSCC Music Business class (covering graphic design with Illustrator), I ran across a few collections of links to Illustrator Tutorials… well over 200 of them! There are a few repeats, but over all, it’s a great collection of useful, if slightly older, tutorials. 40 Tutorials for Working with Shapes  [ Read More ]

Digging into a little 3D research lately… specifically, 3D Studio Max and some tutorial sites. Tutorialized 3D Total Tutorial Sphere 3DS Max Resources ForCG 40+ Tutorials for 3DS Max CG Arena Good Tutorials Ultimate Collection of 3DS Max Tutorials 3DM3