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Freebie Friday: Typo Poster

typo-poster

Designers often have unused drafts laying around collecting dust. I figured it’s time for me to start posting some of the files I’ve created but never used so at least someone can benefit from them. I’ll attempt to get one up each Friday so you have the weekend to play with it.

Today’s freebie is a basic & clean typographic poster that can be used for just about anything. It’s setup as 8.5″x11″ with a 1/4″ bleed but everything is adjustable. The text background is simple to change or adjust using only the direct selection tool and the appearance palette.

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Freebie: Photoshop Record Mockup Template

Vinyl Record Photoshop Template

A friend of mine was talking about a small run of vinyl he was having made for his latest album and it sparked my curiosity. I’ve never designed a vinyl album cover and thought I’d give it a whirl. Unfortunately, my friend already had his designed (he’s an artsy kind of guy) so I made a fictitious one.

I searched around the net to find a template to use and found that the free ones weren’t very good and the good ones weren’t free. While a couple bucks for a good template is reasonable, I figured it wouldn’t take long to make one.  So I did and figured I’d share it.

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