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Free Wallpaper! Silence

Silence strip I feel like my mind races at 120 mph ninety-five percent of the time, but before it gets in gear, I try to find some peace and quiet. This means as soon as I get up I try to isolate myself. I close the door and avoid family ( I have a big one). It helps me prepare for the day ahead. I get some meditative reading done, put things in perspective, affirm what I’m grateful for, and review my tasks for the day. One day this past week, it hit me, even if surround myself with silence, it’s still not quiet. I can still hear myself breathe and feel my heart beat. Yay for being alive! So that inspired me to create this wallpaper I call Silence. It took approximately 3 hours in Photoshop. Enjoy! Feedback is welcome.

: Size 640 x 960

: Size 1680 x 1050

This source image was taken by Belovodchenko Anton aka african_fi from sxc.hu.

The main brushes I used are a part of a Bittbox Freebie: 5 Abstract Porous Brushes.

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by pindsha21 on March 31, 2013 • Permalink

Posted in Art, Graphic Design, Personal Work

Tagged bittbox, digital art, free wallpaper, freebies, heart, photo manipulation, photoshop, postaday, Shavanna Pinder, silence, silence quote, typography

Posted by pindsha21 on March 31, 2013

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2013 Free Wallpaper & the Best of 2012

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Happy New Year Everyone! I’m excited for the year 2013 and I hope you are too. Thanks goes out to my new subscribers and to the ones that have stuck with me for the past 3 years. 2012 was a major year for me filled with highs and some powerful lows, but I’ve learned that it’s how you respond to those lows that makes a difference. I accomplished some of my goals from last year and some will be a continuous effort, like blogging more (at least once a week) and producing a monthly wallpaper. Here’s my design for the month of January celebrating the new year. I wanted something strong and dark, but at the same time pops. I also wanted something that both genders could appreciate. My wallpapers so far have leaned toward the feminine. The font I used was Old English Text MT and the outlines were constructed in Illustrator and brought into Photoshop.

2013 Free Wallpaper 1920 x 1080

Whether it’s due to color profiles, some system setup, or the fact that I’m working at different scales, the image in my psd file is slightly different from the final result. I’ve included a screenshot. I like the stronger red tones.

A new year triggers a review of the previous in a culmination of “Best of” lists. Here are a few “Best of 2012″ from some blogs I follow:

From up North – Best of Digital Art & Typography

Line25 – Best Web Designs of 2012

Good.is – The Best Smart Products of 2012

Architnect’s Top 12 for 2012

Blogspoon Graphics – Greatest Tutorial Hits of 2012

Digital Arts – Best Creative Tech for 2012

JUST Creative – Popular Posts of 2012

Wising Everyone a Bright
and Prosperous New Year!!!

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by pindsha21 on January 5, 2013 • Permalink

Posted in Architecture, General Interest, Graphic Design, Personal Work, Technology, Tutorials, Web Design

Tagged 2013 wallpaper, best of 2012, digital art, free wallpaper, happy new year, illustrator, old english font, photoshop, typography

Posted by pindsha21 on January 5, 2013

http://pindsha21.wordpress.com/2013/01/05/2013-free-wallpaper-the-best-of-2012/

I’m Not Dreaming of a White Christmas

Even though I lived in Chicago for five years, I’ve never experienced a White Christmas, but I’m not complaining. If I never saw snow again I think I would be just fine. I grew up and now live in a warm climate. I can’t imagine not being able to sport a t-shirt and shorts if I want on Christmas day. There are plenty of places that have nice weather during “winter” yet they are very rarely represented. In movies and advertisements Christmas isn’t Christmas without snow. People sing phrases like “walking in a winter wonderland” or “chestnuts roasting on an open fire.” Try sitting around an open fire in 80 degree weather. Well I made something for the warm climates; a free Beach Christmas Wallpaper. Enjoy and leave a shout out below if you will be someplace warm this Christmas.

Wallpaper Resolution 1680×1050

Wallpaper Resolution 1920×1080

I didn’t document the creative process but here are some of the source images I used found around www.sxc.hu:

beachsource4 beachsource3 beachsource2 beachsource1

P.S. technically this is the free wallpaper for the month of June. I’m still a bit behind…

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by pindsha21 on December 7, 2012 • Permalink

Posted in General Interest, Graphic Design, Personal Work

Tagged beach christmas, digital art, free wallpaper, photo manipulation, photoshop, postaday, snow, warm climate, white christmas, winter wonderland

Posted by pindsha21 on December 7, 2012

http://pindsha21.wordpress.com/2012/12/07/im-not-dreaming-of-a-white-christmas/

Are You Up for the Challenge?

For the past year Fotolia has featured exciting artwork from some of the best French artists, 10 to be exact, in their TEN Collection. Now they are challenging us to take on those artists by creating work that is just as awesome. To make the contest even more interesting there is over $300,000 worth of prizes up for grabs. Got your attention?

Each artist had a theme and used pictures from Fotolia to create a stunning psd. We must pick an artist, revamp their theme, and use at least 3 images they used in our own psd file. Fotolia has provided all the artists’ images. We can use images from any of the TEN and our personal images as well. I wrote about these four artists: Leroy (travel), Elroy (money), Joolz (food), and Neopen (lifestyle). So I would like to stick to what is in their files. Right now I’m leaning toward the food theme, but I’ve still got time to decide. The contest ends October 10, 2012. Are you in?

Click Here to Enter the Contest

Here’s a breakdown of the prizes:

The grand prize winner will receive the following prizes:

- a feature in an international advertising campaign;

- a copy of Adobe^® Creative Suite^® 6 Master Collection;

- a Wacom Intuos5 Touch M tablet;

- a 1 year Fotolia subscription (100 downloads / month);

- 1,000 “TUTO credits” for use on tuto.com;

- a wide size PVC print order on Amkashop.com;

Nine runner-ups will receive following prizes:

- a Wacom Intuos5 Touch M tablet;

- a 1 year Fotolia subscription (25 downloads / month);

- 100 “TUTO credits” for use on tuto.com;

- a graphic bag from Amkashop.com;

Four additional entries will be selected to each win a copy of Adobe Photoshop CS6 Extended. These entries will be selected by Fotolia, and will take Facebook community votes into account.

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by pindsha21 on September 20, 2012 • Permalink

Posted in Graphic Design

Tagged contest, digital art, fotolia, photoshop, postaday, prizes, ten collection

Posted by pindsha21 on September 20, 2012

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Free Wallpaper: Night & Day

Here’s May’s free wallpaper. I’ve been a bit MIA these past couple months. Life’s been a bit hectic, but I’m playing catch-up. With this wallpaper my challenge was to be a bit more edgy/dark and to make something that can appeal to both men and women. My past wallpapers have been particularly girly (especially Beauty) and my style is more bright and happy. Well, this time I feel like I’ve just missed the mark. The concept is night and day and it was inspired by the image of the girl in the middle meditating. I wanted two very distinct environments with an air of mystery and desolation. It’s still a bit on the “bright side” and would probably draw a female’s attention first, but I’m getting better at photo manipulation (my bright side). Composition, execution, and filling the space are points I need to improve on. I can’t wait to compare all the wallpapers at the end of the year.

Nevertheless, here is Night & Day. I’ve provided 2 different resolutions because I now have a new laptop with a screen size of 1366 x 768. My former pc was 1440 x 900. I’ve also included a few screenshots of the process and close-ups.