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Resources

Here are some resources that you may find useful throughout your Gimp and Photoshop adventures. I will list more as I come across them. Another great resource for virtually anything for Gimp and Photoshop would be DeviantART. It's not listed below because it covers everything.

For Gimp & Photoshop:

Brushes.

Brusheezy.
A website of free Photoshop brushes for you to download. (Yes, Photoshop brushes work in Gimp.)

Get Brushes.
A great website for free Photoshop brushes.

Obsidian Dawn's Brushes.
Free Photoshop brushes by Stephanie Shimerdla.

My Photoshop Brushes.
A collection of free Photoshop brushes.

Vectors.

Vecteezy.
A website of free vectors for you to use in Gimp, or any other graphics program for that matter.

GoMedia's Arsenal Freebies Page
The freebies page for GoMedia's arsenal. Many great free packs to choose from. I encourage you to buy the others if you like these.

Renders.

Planet Renders.

A great website for renders from video games, PC games, TV shows, movies, etc. You have to sign up for free to view the renders.

Anime Renders.
A website for free anime renders.

Textures.

TextureKing.
A free collection of textures.

Mayang's Textures.
A free collection of textures.


For Gimp ONLY:

Scripts.

Gimp FX-Foundry
An amazing set of scripts available free for the Gimp.

Gimp Plugin Registry.
The official repository of optional extensions for the GIMP.

Gradients.
130 Ultimate Layer Styles for Gimp.
These are the 130 ultimate layer styles for Photoshop by Dezinerfolio that I converted for the use of Gimp through the gradient tool.


For Photoshop ONLY:

Free Photoshop.
A free collection of virtually anything for Photoshop.

My Photoshop Brushes.
I know the title says brushes, but they offer more than that here.

Patterns:
Brusheezy.
I know it has brush in the name, but they also have patterns.

Free Photoshop.
A collection of free patterns.

Custom Shapes:
LadyOak.
A collection of free custom shapes.

Adobe's Custom Shapes.
Free user submitted custom shapes from Adobe.

Layer Styles:
LadyOak.
A collection of free layer styles.

Deziner Folio's Ultimate Web 2.0 Layer Styles.
A collection of web 2.0 layer styles by Deziner Folio.

Gradients:
Deziner Folio's Ultimate Web 2.0 Gradients.
A collection of web 2.0 gradients by Deziner Folio.

My Photoshop Brushes.
I know the title says brushes, but they offer more than that here.


Miscellaneous Resources.

Color Cop.
A free multi-purpose color picker.

Stock Images

Corbis

Getty Images

Odyssey Photo

Stock.xchng

eStock Photo

DDB Stock Photography

Photo Researchers

Photodisc (part of the Getty Images network)

Art Resource, NY

SuperStock

Tony Stone Images (part of the Getty Images network)

FPG International (part of the Getty Images network)

Woodfin Camp & Associates

apStockPhotos

ShutterStock

AP Imags

Comstock

The Bridgeman Art Gallery

Robert Fried Photography

Stock Boston

Chicago Pictures

The Image Works

Anne Flinn Powell Photography

Artists’ Rights Society

Victor Englebert Photography

Michelle Chaplow Photography

Tim Fuller Photography

Stock Montage

Hutchinson Picture Library

David R. Frazier Photography

North Wind Pictures Archives

Minden Pictures

Ken Karp Photography

Luis Delgado Photography

iStockPhoto

Bruce Coleman Photography

West Light

Newscom

FoodPix (part of the Jupiter Images network)

James Cooper Photography

Reuters Media Inc.

PhotoEdit

Stock Food

Magnum Photos

ASK Images

PictureQuest

Beranbaum Artist’s Representatives

Anita Grien Representing Artists

Free Stock Images

Stock Vault

everystockphoto

Big Stock Photo

Free Images

Free Digital Photos

Free Range Stock

Dreamstime

Free Photos Bank

PicFindr

Open Stock Photography

Photogen

Able Stock

Image Votex

Jupiter Images.

Tutorials

All of my tutorials, in order from newest to oldest. Enjoy.

Design a Holiday e-Card 

Hey I'm back. I haven't forgotten about the blog, I've just been busy lately. Anyway, today I'm going to teach you how to create a holiday e-card in Gimp that you can email, print off, etc for your friends, family, whoever you want to say "Happy Holidays!" to.

Design a Halloween Pumpkin Wallpaper

Alright I know I promised you guys a 3d abstract wallpaper tutorial, but I decided I liked the pumpkin idea better (Halloween is in a week...so why not?). Anway, today I'm going to teach you guys how to create a Halloween pumpkin wallper in Gimp based on a Photoshop tutorial by Alvaro Guzman at PSDTuts.

 Create a SciFi Work of Art

Alright today I'm going to teach you all how to create a sci-fi movie poster in the Gimp.

 Create a Fiery Space Explosion

Here's a new tutorial in Gimp for ya guys. Today I'm going to teach you how to create a fiery space explosion in Gimp based on a tutorial by Collis at PSDTuts.

Design an Apple iPhone Advertisement

Let's be honest. I like Apple, I really do, but what keeps me from buying Apple products is the fact that it's just too expensive, and nothing is upgradeable. I do like the looks of Apple products, though, except the iPod. I prefer my Zune. But doesn't that iPhone look slick? (It's expensive, too.) But anyway, let's design us one of those fancy iPhones in Gimp.

 Create a Worn Vintage Popart Design

Pop art, vintage, and grunge are some of my favorite types of styles. They're back and you see them everywhere. Well, today I'm going to teach you how to create a worn vintage pop art design in Gimp based on a tutorial by Alvaro Guzman at PSDTuts. BTW, this is also my 100th post! Yay!

Make a Vector Poster Like my Rubber Ducky Poster

Alright, so today I'm going to teach you all how to make a vector poster like my rubber ducky poster, titled "Kicking Ass and Taking Names."

 Car Vector Tutorial

After being away for so long, I've finally decided to make another tutorial for you guys. You may have seen some of my vectors I've made on my DeviantART. If you haven't, well, go check 'em out. Today I'm going to show you how to make a vector like my Car Vector piece.

 Create Grunge-Vector Style Snowboard Art

I love making vector-grunge based styles that can be used for design in Photoshop. So today, I'm going to show you how to make them in Gimp. We are going to attempt something I made in Photoshop a while back.

Create a Cool Music Logo on a Grunge Background

Today I will show you how to create a cool music logo on a grunge background, based on a tutorial for Photoshop by Kyle Perro at PSDTuts.

 Photo Montage Tricks

Alright today I am going to teach you how to create one of those colorful photo montages usually used in advertising. The original tutorial was written by Ian Keltie, a Newcastle-based commercial artist, for Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. 

Create an Urban Style Piece of Artwork

Today I will be showing you how to create an urban-style piece of artwork in Gimp based off of the tutorial by Markus at PSDTuts. This is personally one of my favorite styles that I have been wanting to learn how to make, so I figured why not try a Photoshop one in Gimp? It gives it that creative and challenging aspect to it.

Quick Grungy Poster

Here is the Quick Grungy Poster tutorial that was originally written for Photoshop by Fabio at PSDTuts.

 Multicolor Glowing Floral Image

A video tutorial on how to make a multicolor glowing floral image in Gimp.

CD Case Tutorial

Alright, so here is a CD case tutorial inspired by my Software Box Tutorial. This one is actually a bit easier to make.

 Userbar Video Tutorial

A video remake of my userbar tutorial.

iPod Dancer Video Tutorial

I didn't realize how popular my iPod Dancer Tutorial would get, so I decided to make a video tutorial of it.

Smiley Tutorial

Anyway, today I'm going to teach you how to make smilies in Gimp. This is a very easy tutorial.

 Web 2.0 Badges

Today I will be teaching you how to make Web 2.0 badges in Gimp. Pretty simple to catch on I must say.

 Creating Software Boxes

Here's that tutorial I promised on how to make a software box.

 Create an iPod Dancer 

You know those iPod commercials where the people are black and the earbuds are white and they are dancing and such? Well, I had this crazy idea, literally two seconds ago. I decided, hey, why not make a tut for all to see about how to make the little dancers with white earbuds in Gimp? So I did.

Create a Userbar 

I have finally decided to show you how to make userbars today. I make a lot of them which you can see at my dA...you'll have too look for them in my gallery.