I know I keep going on about Bittbox, but it’s really not my fault that they keep on putting really great and useful stuff out there.
This time, Bittbox has joined forces with LostandTaken and have promised to release 5 free high resolution textures every Tuesday of the year.
Take a look at the first instalment here>>
Example:
Archive for November, 2008
idle hands
26Nov08the guys behind idle hands have been busy preparing for the next installment hitting the lounge bar @ bucks SU, on the 11th dec. with live painting from dirty30, goer and lenzie van dal. the best of hip hop, funk, breaks n electro, from the boys tommy gun and goodall with tony black holding tight [...]
children of the can
25Nov08holy sh*t, how have I been sleeping on this…
Children Of The Can: 25 Years of Bristol Graffiti documents the Bristol graffiti story from the early days of 3D’s New York-inspired work and John Nation’s grass roots influence at the Barton Hill Youth Club to the current crop of artists who have helped to make Bristol’s [...]
a collection of free typefaces
24Nov08think design blog have just posted a nice collection of free serif fonts.
some really elegant serif fonts are included and are well worth grabbing if you don’t already have them!
alongside this smashing magazine have recently posted up another great election of 15 free fonts. all of a really high quality, some really crisp fonts, Quicksand [...]
free vector set
19Nov08Smashing Magazine have just released a nice free set of vector swirls and flourishes.
The set includes 10 high quality vector illustrations, created with Adobe Illustrator and available as .eps source files.
They’re yours, free, to do as please with… apart from re-sell them!
Check the article here>>
tilt shift photography
17Nov08this seems to be a hot topic at the moment. after my follow up to the tilt shift tehcnique keith posted about, smashing magazine have posted 50 Beautiful Examples Of Tilt-Shift Photography. some great images on the various sites that are listed. i’ve not had a chance to check all of the sites, so i [...]
maketimetodesign-a-tee
15Nov08As some of you may or may not be aware, maketimetodesigns roots are heavily based in a company called obskure. Obskure started it’s life as a clothing label then moved in to holding regular nights and promoting artists in any way we could. we’ve sponsored some sick skaters and bmx’ers in our time and had [...]
artsprojekt X obey skateboards
14Nov08on another OBEY tip, shepard’s re-releasing some classic OBEY planks. alongside andy howell, the founder of new deal, underworld element (now element) and sophisto clothing. andy has recently started arts projekt and will be re-releasing some classic skateboard art along with some new boards from both.
obey print release
14Nov08monday the 17th will see OBEY release their 3rd collab with legendary photographer al rockoff. the print is entitled Duality of Humanity 4 and is part of the Duality of Humanity (DOH) Series. The print is an edition of 450 and will be $50 and can be bought here (on monday), along with [...]
how to make a hand-drawn font
14Nov08Another excellent post from Bittbox.
I’ve been toying around with font creation for a while but never actually finalised anything. I usually get to certain point then give up.
BUT after reading this brilliant tutorial over at Bittbox I’m going to give it another go.
Read the full tutorial here>>
The early stages of Bittbox’s very own Tire Shop [...]
