In the download you’ll find a free vector pattern and a PNG thumbnail of the pattern. As always, the patterns are seamless so they’ll repeat on all sides.

Here’s a sample of the pattern:

Cool, how can I use the download?

• You can use the downloads for personal or commercial projects
• A link back here would be appreciated but it is not required
• You may not sell or redistribute the downloads in any way, shape, or form
• You may not create derivatives of the downloads for resale or distribution
• Visit the License and usage info page for full Terms and Conditions of use

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Happy New Year to everyone. I hope the first freebie of 2010 will be useful for your vintage designs.

In the download you’ll find a free vector pattern and a PNG thumbnail of the pattern. As always, the patterns are seamless so they’ll repeat on all sides.

Here’s a sample of the pattern:

Cool, how can I use it?

• You can use the pattern for personal or commercial projects
• A link back here would be cool but isn’t required
• You may not sell or redistribute this vector pattern in any way, shape, or form
• You may not create derivatives of this pattern for resale or distribution
• Visit the License and usage info page for full Terms and Conditions of use

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They’re seamless so they’re ideal for backgrounds or large area fills. In the download you’ll find:

• 3 EPS files that you can load into Adobe Illustrator (or your favorite vector editor) and edit to change the scale, colors etc.
• 3 PNG thumbnails that you can use right away in your web designs or load them into your Photoshop pattern library (Edit->Define Pattern)

And here’s a sample of each free pattern:

Hope you like them. Have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year :D

Cool, how can I use the download?

• You can use the downloads for personal or commercial projects
• A link back here would be appreciated but it is not required
• You may not sell or redistribute the downloads in any way, shape, or form
• You may not create derivatives of the downloads for resale or distribution
• Visit the License and usage info page for full Terms and Conditions of use

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Three cute Christmas characters including Santa, snowman and reindeer.

There are 2 download available. The first one contains:

• An EPS vector file that’s compatible with most versions of Illustrator. All the vector characters are on separate layers so it’s easy to edit.

And the second download contains:

• 3 individual 24 bit transparent PNGs. Download this if you don’t need the vectors.

Cool, how can I use the download?

• You can use the downloads for personal or commercial projects
• A link back here would be appreciated but it is not required
• You may not sell or redistribute the downloads in any way, shape, or form
• You may not create derivatives of the downloads for resale or distribution
• Visit the License and usage info page for full Terms and Conditions of use

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These free camouflage patterns are great for military designs. So hop to it soldier and download ‘em right away!

They’re free to use in your personal and commercial work. In the download you’ll find these files:

• 3 EPS files that you can load into Adobe Illustrator (or your favorite vector editor) and edit to change the scale, colors etc.
• 3 PNG thumbs that you can use right away in your web designs or load them into your Photoshop pattern library (Edit->Define Pattern)

Here’s a sample of each pattern:

Cool, how can I use the download?

• You can use the downloads for personal or commercial projects
• A link back here would be appreciated but it is not required
• You may not sell or redistribute the downloads in any way, shape, or form
• You may not create derivatives of the downloads for resale or distribution
• Visit the License and usage info page for full Terms and Conditions of use

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They’re seamless so they’ll repeat for ever and ever. In the download you’ll find:

• 3 EPS files that you can load into Adobe Illustrator (or your favorite vector editor) and edit to change the scale, colors etc.
• 3 PNG thumbnails that you can use right away in your web designs or load them into your Photoshop pattern library (Edit->Define Pattern)

And here’s a sample of each free pattern:

You’re free to use these in your personal or commercial designs. See this for more details…

Cool, how can I use the download?

• You can use the downloads for personal or commercial projects
• A link back here would be appreciated but it is not required
• You may not sell or redistribute the downloads in any way, shape, or form
• You may not create derivatives of the downloads for resale or distribution
• Visit the License and usage info page for full Terms and Conditions of use

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I was lucky enough to get a Google Wave invite a few weeks ago. When you first start using it there’s quite a steep learning curve. Here’s a few articles and videos that I found useful when first starting out.

Google Wave Simplified: How it Basically Works

A good starting point if you’re still not sure what all the fuss is about!

Visit site: Google Wave Simplified: How it Basically Works

The Complete Guide to Google Wave

Google Wave is a new web-based collaboration tool that’s notoriously difficult to understand. This guide will help. Here you’ll learn how to use Google Wave to get things done with your group. Because Wave is such a new product that’s evolving quickly, this guidebook is a work in progress that will update in concert with Wave as it grows and changes.

Visit site: The Complete Guide to Google Wave

Don’t Miss These 5 Things About Google Wave!

Explains how to embed video, MP3s, websites and other things into Google Wave.

Visit site: Don’t Miss These 5 Things About Google Wave!

Google Wave Cheat Sheet

A great list of commands to use in Google Wave.

Visit site: Google Wave Cheat Sheet

Google Wave Extension List

A useful list of gadgets, robots and browser extensions for Google Wave.

Visit site: Google Wave Extension List

6 Tips For Using Google Wave On Your First Project

Real life experiences of using Google Wave on a live project. Shares some of the early lessons learned and offers tips.

Visit site: 6 Tips For Using Google Wave On Your First Project

How To Post To Twitter From Google Wave

To be able to post to Twitter from Google Wave, you must use a Google Wave bot called Tweety or Twitbot. Here’s an article explaining how to do just that.

Visit site: How To Post To Twitter From Google Wave

Ten gadgets to make Google Wave more productive – and fun!

Gadgets change how you interact with waves, whereas robots process your input in some way or pull in data from another service (such as Twitter or Wikipedia). Robots are generally more powerful, but Gadgets are more fun. Here’s some really useful ones.

Visit site: Ten gadgets to make Google Wave more productive – and fun!

5 Google Wave Gadgets that You Will Most Likely Use

Some handy Wave gadgets that you should find useful.

Visit site: 5 Google Wave Gadgets that You Will Most Likely Use

Useful Videos

In my spare time I love to paint. I was finishing a couple of paintings for an exhibition last week and had some acrylic paint left over. Normally I’d just chuck it away but this time I thought I’d use it to create some Photoshop brushes.

Here’s the result. A set of 12 high resolution brushes (mostly at the maxium size of 2500px) that you can load into Photoshop and use to add a few authentic brush strokes to your designs. As always, you can use them in your personal and commercial work. Hope you find a use for them.

In the download you’ll find:

• An ABR file that you can load into Photoshop CS2 and above

Here’s a preview of the brushes:

Cool, how can I use the download?

• You can use the downloads for personal or commercial projects
• A link back here would be appreciated but it is not required
• You may not sell or redistribute the downloads in any way, shape, or form
• You may not create derivatives of the downloads for resale or distribution
• Visit the License and usage info page for full Terms and Conditions of use

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It may be a little early for Christmas but it’s never too early for snow. Here’s a set of free vector snowflakes that you can use to decorate your seasonal designs. As always, you can use them in your personal and commercial work.

There’s a choice of downloads this time:

• The first contains vector versions of the Snowflakes (an EPS file that you can load into Adobe Illustrator or your favorite vector editor)
• The second version contains 9 24 bit transparent PNG files that you can use right away

Cool, how can I use the download?

• You can use the downloads for personal or commercial projects
• A link back here would be appreciated but it is not required
• You may not sell or redistribute the downloads in any way, shape, or form
• You may not create derivatives of the downloads for resale or distribution
• Visit the License and usage info page for full Terms and Conditions of use

Download Vectors
Download PNGs

As always, they’re seamless so they’ll repeat for ever and ever. In the download you’ll find:

• 3 EPS files that you can load into Adobe Illustrator (or your favorite vector editor) and edit to change the scale, colors etc.
• 3 PNG thumbnails that you can use right away in your web designs or load them into your Photoshop pattern library (Edit->Define Pattern)

And here’s a sample of each free pattern:

Go forth and funkify :D

Cool, how can I use the download?

• You can use the downloads for personal or commercial projects
• A link back here would be appreciated but it is not required
• You may not sell or redistribute the downloads in any way, shape, or form
• You may not create derivatives of the downloads for resale or distribution
• Visit the License and usage info page for full Terms and Conditions of use

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