As in fashion and interior design, invitation styles come and go. Trends in fonts, colors, paper textures, inks, and processes change not just yearly but by the season as well.

When it comes to color rules, there are no rules. It’s true that some color combinations are more difficult to work with than others, and some look so great together that they seem to be made for each other. But if you develop a sensitivity to the properties of colors, you’ll find that your options are limitless.

This post has come about since the death of Director Tony Scott, He directed one of my favourite films of all time, that I had no idea he had directed until today! - True Romance.

Free for you to use and download are 18 various paper and cardboard textures

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I stumbled across these very clever and creative alternate disney movie posters over at TQS Magazine and thought I'd share them over here on Design Shard.

These vectors were created by taking rubbings of various objects such as walls and wooden panels with a black crayon on to A4 plain paper - once scanned and vectorised they have immediatly become usable assets for your artwork maybe in poster or t-shirt design.

These paper textures were scanned from an old manuscript that I bought - They have been scanned in at a high resolution and would be ideal for any project that requires a vintage look and feel.

The London 2012 Olympics is not only about the sport and athleticism but also about the art, listed are the promotional posters that have been designed and created by some of Britains iconic desingers for the Olympics 2012 and the Paralympics 2012.

You may have seen me tweeting over the past couple of days making these vectors from paint brush to Illustrator, well here they are for free download.

It's your chance to win a HP EliteBook 8740w Mobile Workstation continue reading for further instructions on how to enter.

The HP EliteBook 8740w has a very distinct grey metal finish to the outer casing which makes it look particularly classy and durable. its scratch resistant and also helps protect against general wear and tear...

A few Photoshop light effect tutorials that have caught my eye while looking over the tutorial sites, for me these produce the best results while using brushes, blurs and other media such as textures to create a top quality effect.

This week I put together some floral ornaments and decorations. I really hope you guys find a good use for these – I know you can create some great looking headers and website graphics with these.

Today we feature the amazing works of James White who mainly focuses on retro futuristic designs. His style is very distinctive and great to gain inspiration, as I'm sure you will all agree.