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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/atom10full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><!--Generated by Squarespace V5 Site Server v5.13.156 (http://www.squarespace.com) on Mon, 20 May 2013 16:03:36 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0"><title>Lost and Taken</title><subtitle>Lost and Taken</subtitle><id>http://lostandtaken.com/blog/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://lostandtaken.com/blog/" /><updated>2013-05-20T15:58:42Z</updated><generator uri="http://five.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace V5 Site Server v5.13.156 (http://www.squarespace.com)">Squarespace</generator><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/LostAndTaken" /><feedburner:info uri="lostandtaken" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><feedburner:emailServiceId>LostAndTaken</feedburner:emailServiceId><feedburner:feedburnerHostname>http://feedburner.google.com</feedburner:feedburnerHostname><entry><title>Eight High Speed Water Textures</title><id>http://lostandtaken.com/blog/2013/5/20/eight-high-speed-water-textures.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LostAndTaken/~3/DdDI1bmYckI/eight-high-speed-water-textures.html" /><author><name>Brant Wilson</name></author><published>2013-05-20T15:57:42Z</published><updated>2013-05-20T15:57:42Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US">&lt;p&gt;Beautiful in their own right, these high speed water textures may be niche, but they'll work perfect when you need them. This texture set was created by Dustin Schmieding, you can kind more of his textures at &lt;a href="http://valleysinthevinyl.com"&gt;Valleys in the Vinyl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unsigneddesign.com/ltupload/Full%20Size/LT_HighSpeedWater_01.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.unsigneddesign.com/ltupload/Preview%20Size/LT_HighSpeedWater_01.JPG" alt="Eight High Speed Water Textures" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LostAndTaken/~4/DdDI1bmYckI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</summary><feedburner:origLink>http://lostandtaken.com/blog/2013/5/20/eight-high-speed-water-textures.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><title>Eight High-res Rust Textures</title><id>http://lostandtaken.com/blog/2013/4/19/eight-high-res-rust-textures.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LostAndTaken/~3/zHCBgBWhRlY/eight-high-res-rust-textures.html" /><author><name>Brant Wilson</name></author><published>2013-04-19T18:08:14Z</published><updated>2013-04-19T18:08:14Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US">&lt;p&gt;High resolution rust textures are always good to have up your creative sleeve. They're perfect for adding an urban and/or grunge feel to your designs and photos. Enjoy this set of eight free rust textures from Lost &amp;amp; Taken!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unsigneddesign.com/8_Rust_Textures/Rust_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.unsigneddesign.com/8_Rust_Textures/thumbs/Rust_1.jpg" alt="Eight High-res Rust Textures" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LostAndTaken/~4/zHCBgBWhRlY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</summary><feedburner:origLink>http://lostandtaken.com/blog/2013/4/19/eight-high-res-rust-textures.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><title>Early 20th Century Paper Textures</title><id>http://lostandtaken.com/blog/2013/4/11/early-20th-century-paper-textures.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LostAndTaken/~3/HfV4ZFH3DeU/early-20th-century-paper-textures.html" /><author><name>Brant Wilson</name></author><published>2013-04-12T04:34:21Z</published><updated>2013-04-12T04:34:21Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US">&lt;p&gt;High-res scans of vintage papers are my favorite kinda of textures. They're useful in so many different ways and really help bring character to your creative work. These free textures were taken from early 20th century books and then scanned in at high-resolution, ready for you to put to work. Enjoy!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unsigneddesign.com/8_Vintage_Paper_Textures/Vintage_Paper_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.unsigneddesign.com/8_Vintage_Paper_Textures/thumbs/Vintage_Paper_1.jpg" alt="Early 20th Century Paper Textures" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LostAndTaken/~4/HfV4ZFH3DeU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</summary><feedburner:origLink>http://lostandtaken.com/blog/2013/4/11/early-20th-century-paper-textures.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><title>Stockfresh.com Giveaway - Get the Taste of High Quality Stock Images</title><id>http://lostandtaken.com/blog/2013/4/9/stockfreshcom-giveaway-get-the-taste-of-high-quality-stock-i.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LostAndTaken/~3/TU982Ur4_DM/stockfreshcom-giveaway-get-the-taste-of-high-quality-stock-i.html" /><author><name>Brant Wilson</name></author><published>2013-04-09T14:36:44Z</published><updated>2013-04-09T14:36:44Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US">&lt;p&gt;One of the indisputable facts of the design world is that delivering high quality projects requires top notch resources. And the giveaway below will give you a sense of how a high quality stock image can increase your chances of getting picked to do a job.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Thus, we&amp;rsquo;re more than happy to announce that Lost &amp;amp; Taken joined forces with &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://stockfresh.com/"&gt;Stockfresh&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; in order to give a &lt;strong&gt;$50 credit&lt;/strong&gt; for one of our visitors. The credit can be used to buy any stock images that one wants from their website.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LostAndTaken/~4/TU982Ur4_DM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</summary><feedburner:origLink>http://lostandtaken.com/blog/2013/4/9/stockfreshcom-giveaway-get-the-taste-of-high-quality-stock-i.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><title>Affordable Stock Photos and Vector Illustrations Now Easier than Ever</title><id>http://lostandtaken.com/blog/2013/4/4/affordable-stock-photos-and-vector-illustrations-now-easier.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LostAndTaken/~3/o3Pid_nUzcE/affordable-stock-photos-and-vector-illustrations-now-easier.html" /><author><name>Brant Wilson</name></author><published>2013-04-04T20:33:46Z</published><updated>2013-04-04T20:33:46Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US">&lt;p&gt;If you work in webdesign or graphic design, you know that &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;visuals&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; make up for about &lt;strong&gt;80%&lt;/strong&gt; of the success of nearly any project. A good picture instantly catches your eye and &amp;ldquo;forces&amp;rdquo; you to read the presentation, text ad or instructions. Also, an image that perfectly targets your audience can make you stand out on the market and push you way ahead of your competition.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now picture finding a website where you can buy photos that fit your every need: great quality, great price and a great range of images to choose from. If this sounds more like a beautiful dream, then you haven`t checked out &lt;a href="http://www.stockfresh.com"&gt;stockfresh.com&lt;/a&gt; yet.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stockfresh.com"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: windowtext;"&gt;&lt;span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;img style="width: 550px;" src="http://lostandtaken.com/storage/image1.png?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1365108293207" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LostAndTaken/~4/o3Pid_nUzcE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</summary><feedburner:origLink>http://lostandtaken.com/blog/2013/4/4/affordable-stock-photos-and-vector-illustrations-now-easier.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><title>7 Splotchy Duotone Textures</title><id>http://lostandtaken.com/blog/2013/3/31/7-splotchy-duotone-textures.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LostAndTaken/~3/eZFUkadbAco/7-splotchy-duotone-textures.html" /><author><name>Brant Wilson</name></author><published>2013-04-01T01:25:27Z</published><updated>2013-04-01T01:25:27Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US">&lt;p&gt;Bright and colorful, yet grungy at the same time these splotchy duotone textures are a perfect addition to your creative arsenal. This texture set was created by Dustin Schmieding, you can find more of his textures at &lt;a href="http://valleysinthevinyl.com"&gt;Valleys in the Vinyl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unsigneddesign.com/ltupload/Full%20Size/LT_SplotchyDuotone_01.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.unsigneddesign.com/ltupload/Preview%20Size/LT_SplotchyDuotone_01.JPG" alt="7 Splotchy Duotone Textures" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LostAndTaken/~4/eZFUkadbAco" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</summary><feedburner:origLink>http://lostandtaken.com/blog/2013/3/31/7-splotchy-duotone-textures.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><title>Seven Ethereal Stained Textures</title><id>http://lostandtaken.com/blog/2013/3/22/seven-ethereal-stained-textures.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LostAndTaken/~3/5RrTkk7Mz30/seven-ethereal-stained-textures.html" /><author><name>Brant Wilson</name></author><published>2013-03-22T15:27:50Z</published><updated>2013-03-22T15:27:50Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US">&lt;p&gt;These seven stained textures are perfect for giving your work a uniquely textured feel that would help it stand out from the crowd. This texture set was created by Dustin Schmieding, you can find more of his textures at &lt;a href="http://valleysinthevinyl.com"&gt;Valleys in the Vinyl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unsigneddesign.com/ltupload/Full%20Size/LT_EtherealStains_01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.unsigneddesign.com/ltupload/Preview%20Size/LT_EtherealStains_01.jpg" alt="Seven Ethereal Stained Textures" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LostAndTaken/~4/5RrTkk7Mz30" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</summary><feedburner:origLink>http://lostandtaken.com/blog/2013/3/22/seven-ethereal-stained-textures.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><title>Seven Simple Grunge Textures</title><id>http://lostandtaken.com/blog/2013/3/16/seven-simple-grunge-textures.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LostAndTaken/~3/eGM743iwvSY/seven-simple-grunge-textures.html" /><author><name>Brant Wilson</name></author><published>2013-03-16T08:20:00Z</published><updated>2013-03-16T08:20:00Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US">&lt;p&gt;Subtle and simple grunge textures are always great to have in your creative arsenal. They're versatile enough to use in many different styles of design and photography work. This texture set was created by Dustin Schmieding, you can find more of his textures at &lt;a href="http://valleysinthevinyl.com"&gt;Valleys in the Vinyl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unsigneddesign.com/ltupload/Full/LT_SubtleGrunge_01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.unsigneddesign.com/ltupload/Previews/LT_SubtleGrunge_01.jpg" alt="Seven Simple Grunge Textures" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LostAndTaken/~4/eGM743iwvSY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</summary><feedburner:origLink>http://lostandtaken.com/blog/2013/3/16/seven-simple-grunge-textures.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><title>Burned &amp; Bleached Cardboard Textures</title><id>http://lostandtaken.com/blog/2013/3/6/burned-bleached-cardboard-textures.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LostAndTaken/~3/UyV-Ka6l2dk/burned-bleached-cardboard-textures.html" /><author><name>Brant Wilson</name></author><published>2013-03-06T09:25:13Z</published><updated>2013-03-06T09:25:13Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US">&lt;p&gt;Today we've got a unique set of burned and bleached cardboard textures for you. These textures are perfect for giving your designs that extra bit of flare. This texture set was created by Dustin Schmieding, you can kind more of his textures at &lt;a href="http://valleysinthevinyl.com"&gt;Valleys in the Vinyl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unsigneddesign.com/ltupload/Full/LT_BurnedBleachedCardboard_01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.unsigneddesign.com/ltupload/Preview/LT_BurnedBleachedCardboard_01.jpg" alt="Burned &amp;amp; Bleached Cardboard Textures" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LostAndTaken/~4/UyV-Ka6l2dk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</summary><feedburner:origLink>http://lostandtaken.com/blog/2013/3/6/burned-bleached-cardboard-textures.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry><title>Seven Grayscale Frost Textures</title><id>http://lostandtaken.com/blog/2013/3/6/seven-grayscale-frost-textures.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LostAndTaken/~3/6dM_I9PdEog/seven-grayscale-frost-textures.html" /><author><name>Brant Wilson</name></author><published>2013-03-06T09:13:38Z</published><updated>2013-03-06T09:13:38Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US">&lt;p&gt;Today we've got a set of seven grayscale frost textures for you. They offer just the right amount of grunginess to go well with many different styles of work. This texture set was created by Dustin Schmieding, you can find more of his textures at &lt;a href="http://valleysinthevinyl.com"&gt;Valleys in the Vinyl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unsigneddesign.com/ltupload/Full/LT_GrayscaleFrost_01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.unsigneddesign.com/ltupload/Preview/LT_GrayscaleFrost_01.jpg" alt="10 Simply Subtle Grunge Textures" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LostAndTaken/~4/6dM_I9PdEog" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</summary><feedburner:origLink>http://lostandtaken.com/blog/2013/3/6/seven-grayscale-frost-textures.html</feedburner:origLink></entry></feed>
