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.
An excellent resource for repeating background patterns / images, patterns such as these can be used for a host of things such as a web page background and blog backgrounds.
While looking for some nice resources i found some really cool online art and design magazines that provide some very interesting reading while i wasnt working, they contain alot of inspirational work and provide a good source of knowledge.
With the release of my 300+ hi-res grunge texture pack i thought id do a nice quick simple video tutorial to create a stunning grunge background using the colours from a photo on deviantart and a texture from the texture pack.
Here is a free Hi-Res texture pack that i have made over the weeks for you all to download, the pack contains over 300 grunge, worn, torn and weathered textures that i have taken in and around my house.
Flickr is a great tool but there are so many ways to view the images located on Flickr with these exciting mash-ups, some let you browse by specific colours while others let you browse by tags.
These days with such busy lives designers are increasingly pressured to produce great work, sometimes a push in the right direction is needed to get the right design inspiration, so here is a must know list of css galleries to get the juices flowing for that next project.