Design Shard » Freebies http://www.designshard.com Design blog for web designers and designers to gain inspiration and resources Sun, 18 Dec 2011 14:12:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 12 Free Original Subtle Grunge Vectors – Vol 1 http://www.designshard.com/freebies/12-free-original-subtle-grunge-vectors-vol-1/ http://www.designshard.com/freebies/12-free-original-subtle-grunge-vectors-vol-1/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:43:20 +0000 Max Stanworth http://www.designshard.com/?p=4634 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 immediately become usable assets for your artwork.

Download The Vector pack

Download Link: Download Now! (73mb – 12 Adobe Illustrator CS3 Files )
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This Vector Pack Was Inspired By

The below poster created by Double Merrick – as you can see the subtle textures used in the background create a realistic worn feel which hopefully the ones I’ve created replicate.

Vector Preview

Below are the vectors that are included in the pack – jump back to download link

Download The Vector pack

Download Link: Download Now! (73mb – 12 Adobe Illustrator CS3 Files )
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Something I Created

As a further example below is a poster that I created using these free vectors notably the distressed background – If this was ever printed I’m thinking gold foil!

Let me know if you find them useful either on twitter @designshard or in the comments below, thanks in advance.

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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.

You may also like these 20 Free Original Hi-Res Stained Paper Textures that I created.

The Textures On Flickr

You can preview all these textures in the Flickr set before you download any of the files below or simply use them directly from Flickr, the choice is yours.

Download The Textures (Rapidshare) (6mb Zip File)

rs-design-shard-old-paper-textures.zip

Download The Textures (Mediafire) (6mb Zip File)

mf-design-shard-old-paper-textures.zip

Make a donation?

If you found these useful feel free to make a donation of any amount, it will encourage more freebies such as these, and im eternally greatfull for all your support!

Additional info:

  • Scanner: Epson Perfection 3490
  • Quantity: 8 Images
  • Resolution: 2000px by 2752px
  • Contains: Old Brown Paper Textures

Usage Terms

Free to use for commercial and non commercial work no credit or link back needed, but please don’t redistribute or sell them as your own.

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Mediafire Download (3.22MB Zip File)

Download Free Vector Pack – Paint Splatters Vol 1 (see the preview below)

Usage Terms

Free to use for commercial and non commercial work no credit or link back needed, but please don’t redistribute or sell them as your own.

Additional info:

  • Scanner: Epson Perfection 3490
  • Quantity: 8 .EPS files (Illustrator CS2+)
  • Resolution: Vector
  • Contains: Paint Splatters Vol 1

Make a donation?

If you found these useful feel free to make a donation of any amount, it will encourage more freebies such as these, and im eternally greatfull for all your support!

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Free floral vector ornaments

Download Links

You only need to download one of the files below.

Additional info:

  • Quantity: 9
  • Contains: floral & decorative Ornaments
  • Created in Illustrator CS4
  • Size 1.3 Mb

Usage Terms

Free to use for commercial and non commercial work no credit or link back needed, but please don’t redistribute or sell them as your own.

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Download the Photoshop Fractal Brushes

You only need to download one of the files below.

Additional info:

  • Quantity: 8
  • Resolution: 2500 x 2500
  • Contains: fractals
  • Created in Photoshop CS4
  • Size 27.1 Mb

Usage Terms

Free to use for commercial and non commercial work no credit or link back needed, but please don’t redistribute or sell them as your own.

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You might also enjoy:

Additional info:

  • Quantity: 15 Images
  • Resolution: 3264 x 2448
  • Contains: Various plants and shrubs
  • all 14.08 mb

Download

The download links are all the same… so you only need use one of the links below to download the pack!

Usage Terms

Free to use for commercial and non commercial work no credit or link back needed, but please don’t redistribute or sell them as your own.

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This is the second attempt to get these textures on the blog, since i scanned them in months ago the electricity cut out while i was about to save them and i lost the scanned images! so ive sat down and got them all scanned back in for you.

These were created by soaking A4 pieces of paper in a tray filled with food colouring and then left to dry in the sun. The edges are most concentrated while the middle of the paper has a sort of tie-dye effect.

You may also like these 20 Free Original Hi-Res Ink Stained Paper Textures that i also created.

Dont forget to keep checking Texture Lovers too for free textures from around the web.

The Textures On Flickr

You can preview all these textures in the Flickr set before you download any of the files below or simply use them directly from Flickr, the choice is yours.

Rapidshare Download (28mb Zip File)

http://rapidshare.com/fully-stained-paper-textures.zip

Mediafire Download (28mb Zip File)

http://www.mediafire.com/fully-stained-paper-textures.zip

Make a donation?

If you found these useful feel free to make a donation of any amount, it will encourage more freebies such as these, and im eternally greatfull for all your support!

Additional info:

  • Scanner: Epson Perfection 3490
  • Quantity: 10 Images
  • Resolution: 2550px by 3509px
  • Contains: Fully stained paper textures

Usage Terms

Free to use for commercial and non commercial work no credit or link back needed, but please don’t redistribute or sell them as your own.

SHOW ME WHAT YOU MAKE

Post a link in the comments to your work where youve used the textures, you dont have to but it would be nice to see them being used somewhere. Also let me know if you like them !

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Yup that’s right they have transparent backgrounds so there pretty much ready to be used, check them out below from flickr.

Rapidshare Download (12.36mb Zip File)

http://rapidshare.com/files/274710877/Stock-Picture-Frames.zip

Mediafire Download (12.36mb Zip File)

http://www.mediafire.com/file/zdmo3j5ttkz/Stock-Picture-Frames.zip

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If you found these useful feel free to make a donation of any amount, it will encourage more freebies such as these, and im eternally greatfull for all your support!

frame5-png

frame4-png

frame2-png

frame1-png

frame3-png

Usage Terms

Free to use for commercial and non commercial work no credit or link back needed, but please don’t redistribute or sell them as your own.

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He also released 15 Free Original Hi-Res Concrete Textures a few months ago and some great Cardboard Textures on his own blog.

concrete-preview

concrete-sample-3

In total there are 20 hi-resolution (3648px by 2736px) Concrete textures with yellow paint, cracks and dirt details , download links are below as well as a few samples.

Rapidshare Download (65mb Zip File)

http://rapidshare.com/files/255939162/Yellow_Concrete_july-2009_hellogreenstar.com.zip

Mediafire Download (65mb Zip File)

http://www.mediafire.com/?yjaydjyn4zy

Additional info:

  • Camera: Kodak Easyshare V1073
  • Quantity: 20 Images
  • Resolution: 3648px by 2736px
  • Contains: Grunge Concrete, Cracks

Usage Terms

Free to use for commercial and non commercial work no credit or link back needed, but please don’t redistribute or sell them as your own.

A Closer Look

Below is a sample of 3 of the 20 textures in the pack.

concrete-sample-1

concrete-sample-2

concrete-sample-4

Show us what you make!

Post a link in the comments to your work where you’ve used the textures, you don’t have to but it would be nice to see them being used somewhere. Also let us know if you like them!

Keep a look out for more freebies that Robert has to offer, he will be releasing a host of textures and other freebies on his blog but you can also follow him on Twitter.

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wallpaper-preview

To create this wallpaper I actually followed a great tutorial by Fabio Sasso over at abduzeedo to create a realistic water effect in C4d, I took the idea a little further and added splashes and some crazy cool smoke textures by Caleb Kimbrough.

Download The Desktop Wallpaper

Sorry if I don’t have your resolution, if there’s enough people who want a certain resolution ill may make one.

Download iphone Version

Two versions for your iphone at 320×480

Show me your Desktop

If you’ve used this wallpaper on your computer or phone or any other device for that matter, feel free to post a link in the comments below.

User Submitted

These people have kindly taken a picture of the wallpaper on their pc, mac, phone etc

Sam @sjlwebdesign – Visit Website

slj-wallpaper

Robert @hellogreenstar – Visit Website

hellogreenstar-wallpaper

Simon @thewebsiteplace – Visit Website

thewebsiteplace-wallpaper

Andy @Andy_Morley – Visit Website

andy-wallpaper

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