Please bear with me for a bit as I’m completely updating TheDesignPlaybook blog… New LAYOUT, New TUTORIALS, New FREEBIES, and much more on the way soon… As always, thanks for stopping by and please return soon!
Photoshop Picture Frame Freebie
May 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Check out this simple little Photoshop picture frame freebie that’s fully-adjustable both horizontally and vertically. Just place your photo into the designated layer and you’re done. Don’t forget to check out the accompanying video demonstration below.
Illustrator Vintage Badge Freebie
May 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Here’s a Illustrator freebie file of a badge that’s built all within the Appearance Palette. It’s super customizable with easy one-click changes that are demonstrated in the attached video.
Halftone Distress Freebie
November 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Here’s a little package of four free halftone distress tiff’s that can be used in either Photoshop or Illustrator to distress your art. All files are sized to a little larger than letter size @ 300 dpi so they’ll work for most any project. Download link below…
Illustrator Vintage Screened Poster Effect
May 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
In this tutorial you learn how to crank out a really cool looking vintage screen poster effect with most any 1-color logo in your collection using only Illustrators Appearance Palette. This effect could be adapted for use on many different logo projects, poster layout, or even web graphics.
Illustrator Live Text Banners
April 22, 2011 By 2 Comments
In this Adobe Illustrator tutorial you’ll learn how to create a fully-editable text based banner all within the Appearance Palette. By combining multiple Fills and Strokes along with Shape Effects, Warp Effects, and Drop Shadows which are all built in to Illustrator you will have a easy to edit banner that could fit into all sorts of design projects.
Baseball Champions Vector Freebie
October 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Vintage Label Banner Freebie
January 29, 2009 By 3 Comments
Simple banner vector from an old beer label… Enjoy!
Photoshop Retro Grid Background
January 8, 2009 By 23 Comments
In this tutorial you’ll learn how to knockout a really cool retro background effect with Photoshop that can be slightly adjust to fit many different types of design projects.
Vector Splatter Freebie
December 27, 2008 By 2 Comments
Some actual paint splatters I traced in Illustrator for use on a t-shirt design.