Author: Max Stanworth

Iam the creator and editor of Design Shard, I created this blog to post my inspirations, work and free resources that I hope others find interesting too you can also follow me on twitter @designshard.

The Film Posters of Director Tony Scott – Tribute

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.

August 20th, 2012 Posted in Inspiration 4 Comments Continue Reading

18 Free Hi-Res Paper & Cardboard Textures

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

July 17th, 2012 Posted in Freebies 6 Comments Continue Reading

9 Web Hosting Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them

If you're ready to move off Blogge and onto a web hosting service, you've probably got a lot of other things on your plate as well. The world of web hosting can be complex and confusing, but we're looking out for you.

July 16th, 2012 Posted in Web Design 9 Comments Continue Reading

10 Extremely Creative Alternate Disney Movie Posters

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.

April 12th, 2012 Posted in Inspiration 13 Comments Continue Reading

12 Free Original Subtle Grunge Vectors – Vol 1

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.

December 7th, 2011 Posted in Freebies 6 Comments Continue Reading

8 Free Original Hi-Res Old Brown Paper Textures

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.

December 1st, 2011 Posted in Freebies 3 Comments Continue Reading

The Artists Of The Official London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Posters

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.

November 7th, 2011 Posted in Inspiration 5 Comments Continue Reading

Free Vector Pack – Paint Splatters Vol 1

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.

October 18th, 2011 Posted in Freebies 3 Comments Continue Reading

Comment to win a HP EliteBook 8740w Mobile Workstation

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

October 11th, 2011 Posted in General Comments Closed Continue Reading

HP EliteBook 8740w Mobile Workstation Review

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...

October 10th, 2011 Posted in General 2 Comments Continue Reading

12 Top Quality Photoshop Light Effect Tutorials

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.

March 1st, 2011 Posted in Tutorials 52 Comments Continue Reading

15 Awesome 3D Text Effect Tutorials

I like to think that this is a list of some of the more high quality 3D text effect tutorials out there, Some of these aren't for the faint hearted as they use programs such as Xara and 3DS Max.

May 31st, 2010 Posted in Tutorials 41 Comments Continue Reading

25 Examples of Clean and Well designed Web Sites

Ive been looking around the web to try and find some examples of clean well structured sites, this maybe a unique layout or just simply presented well with some good typography, spacing or an initial great first impression of the site, here are jsut a few of what im liking.

October 17th, 2009 Posted in Inspiration 128 Comments Continue Reading

10 Free Original Hi-Res Fully Stained Paper Textures

These were created by soaking A4 pieces of paper in a tray filled with food colouring and then left to dry in the sun.

October 5th, 2009 Posted in Freebies 56 Comments Continue Reading

5 Free Hi-Res Stock Picture Frame Images

We had some old picture frames in bags so I took the opportunity to take photos of them and remove the backgrounds and the actual paintings in Photoshop and create some stock .png images

September 3rd, 2009 Posted in Freebies 62 Comments Continue Reading
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