Freebies - 2/3 - Kokabella

Inspiration through Free e-Courses

September 24, 2011 By Kokabella

I don’t know if you’ve had this issue or not, but for the first year and a half after getting married, then pregnant and then becoming a new mommy, I had a serious lack of creative inspiration. It always came naturally… and then it just STOPPED! Have you been there? How did you get your groove back? {Please do share with me below}.

What worked for me earlier this year were a few art, social media-related and yes, off-topic but challenging classes that were self-paced. I can’t speak loud enough [Read more...]

ShareBuffer

Filed Under: Freebies Tagged With: courses, free

Sand and Seashells for Friday’s Freebie

September 23, 2011 By Kokabella

Project Beach Daily @ Kokabella.com

How can anyone ever get bored with a camera in hand and eyes wide open? I see my life as [Read more...]

ShareBuffer

Filed Under: Freebies Tagged With: freebie, sand, stock, texture

Free Watercolor Texture Set

September 22, 2011 By Kokabella

If you love the look of watercolors but don’t know how to create them yourself, you’re in luck! [Read more...]

ShareBuffer

Filed Under: Freebies Tagged With: free, texture, watercolor

Illustrations for Free Commercial Use

September 5, 2011 By Kokabella

Here’s a few great websites for really great design elements.

Be sure to read the terms for use and leave a comment to say thanks to the designer for the sweet treats! :-) I’ve added their Twitter links too.

DeadWingDesigns offers some really great vector designs that can be used for your commercial use with no attribution required including bar codes, grunge swirls, kaleidoscopes and abstract circles. Follow them on Twitter.

Rob Bowen & Angie Bowen from DeadWingDesigns also have a really great blog site offering free vectors and helpful advice for design community. Freebies are available for both commercial & personal use with no attribution required. Follow them on Twitter.

Who doesn’t love Smashing Magazine?! It’s the very best resource on the internet for the latest news and resources in tech, design and social media. The freebies are awesome, too! Follow them on Twitter.

WebDesignLedger.com has some awesome posts on free brushes, vectors and other dreamy design freebies. As stated on their website; “The Web Design Ledger is a publication written by web designers for web designers. The primary purpose of this site is to act as a platform for sharing web design related knowledge and resources.” Follow WDL on Twitter.

Of course, you could always create your own vector art. Here’s a great tutorial.

Friends of Design have some great video tutorials for designing with Adobe Illustrator.

ShareBuffer

Filed Under: Freebies, Graphic Design

Vintage Paisley Art Textures

July 21, 2010 By Kokabella

Ohhhh I’m all about vintage today! I’ll have a few high resolution copies that you can download and use in your artwork. For now, have a look at them because I’m thinking that they’re pretty awesome! (I’m not proud!).