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25+ Super Useful Paper Textures

After working a while on a project that I need some textures, I remembered how important it is to have good resourcers at hand. I went looking for some paper textures, and it took me some time, so I thought it would be a good idea to make a selection of the best I found.

Thanks to Andrew for featuring “Future” in MyInkBlog Flickr Group Showcase VI

Thanks to Chad for feauting”Senses Heightened”, “Change”, and “Spilling Nova” in Inspiredology Flickr Group Showcase 6

40+ Creative and Colorful Postcard Designs

In celebration of the very talented yet underrated Behance network designers, we’ve sorted and created a list of the top creative and colorful postcard designs from the site. If you think we missed someone whose postcard designs are worth mentioning on the list, feel free to let us know!

Photoshop CS4: A Picture Worth a Thousand Words

I love Photoshop techniques that offer all kinds of possibilities for experimentation—and the following tutorial is a perfect example of one of those techniques. In this issue, we’re going to take a portrait and replace the person’s image with text (think 2009 Grammy posters).