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New Art and a New Blog

2012-02-29T06:25:00.001-05:00

I recently redesigned and moved my old RussoGraffix art site to Blogger. From now on I'll be posting all my art releases there, instead of here.

To celebrate the occasion, I have released 6 new CC-BY licensed works for you to use.
Click the images to visit the pages and get the files.

Free Website Banner Graphic: Night Sky

Free PSP Vector: Cube of Spheres

Free PSP Vectors: Dice

Free PSP Vector: Balloons

Free Images: Gold Coins

Free PSP Vector: 4-Leaf Clovers

Free Art Download: Like Us (CC-BY)

2011-09-29T17:56:00.001-04:00

(shown actual size)

What you get: This image with a transparent background in both PNG and PSP vector formats.

Font used is Cooper Black which you will need to open the PSP vector file.

Released under a Creative Commons Attribution license suitable for both commercial and non-commercial use.

This item has been moved to my art site.

Free Art Download: Bat (CC-BY)

2011-01-05T07:57:00.001-05:00

What you get:

This image in PNG format.
An additional image without the background (transparent) in both PSP vector and PNG formats.

Released under a Creative Commons Attribution license suitable for both commercial and non-commercial use.

This item has been moved to my art site.

Chop These Up and Have Some Fun (CC-BY)

2011-01-05T03:11:00.001-05:00

Here are a bunch of desktop wallpapers that I made way back when I thought 800x600 was the standard. Since desktop resolutions are much higher today, they really aren't suitable for that purpose any more.

I have decided to re-release them under a Creative Commons Attribution license, and let everyone have some fun chopping them up and turning them into new art. Just give credit by linking back here, anywhere that you display them or works created with them.

Click thumbnails for full size images.

Free Art Download: Blame Game (CC-BY)

2010-07-20T01:03:00.002-04:00

What you get: This image, about twice the size, without the watermark text, on a transparent background, in both PNG and PSP vector formats.

Released under a Creative Commons Attribution license, suitable for personal, non-commercial, and commercial use.

This item has been moved to my art site.

Blame Game by app103
Create mugs at zazzle.com

Free Image: Instant Photo (CC-BY)

2010-07-11T10:49:00.001-04:00

What you get:

This image (drop shadow is included), about twice the size, without the text, on a transparent background, in both PNG and layered PSP formats.

On the layered PSP, you can easily insert the image of your choice over the black area.

Released under a Creative Commons Attribution license, suitable for personal, non-commercial, and commercial use.

This item has been moved to my art site.

Number Icons (CC-BY)

2010-01-21T06:17:00.001-05:00

Big, beautiful, and easy to read, these icons will dress up any application or website, where you need some number icons.

Included in the set are the numbers 0-9 in PSD, PNG, ICO, BMP, and PSP formats.

The layers are preserved in both the PSP and PSD files, so you can use the color changer in your favorite graphics editor on the lower layer, to customize them to suit your needs.

The ICO files show big, bold, and beautiful in just about all versions of Windows, including good old Win9x.

These are actual size screenshots from Explorer (they also look great in the system tray):

Released under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution license, they are suitable for both commercial and non-commercial use.

This item has been moved to my art site.

Free FTC Disclosure Graphics from Louis Gray and Jeannine Schafer

2009-12-04T15:41:00.001-05:00

Ever since the FTC announced new disclosure rules for bloggers, which went into effect on December 1st of this year, many have been wondering how do it in an easy to handle manner.

If you are still fretting over exactly how to go about disclosing your relationships to the companies and products you write about and review, and do it with style, you can stop now.

Louis Gray and Jeannine Schafer have come up with a great tongue-in-cheek set of FTC Disclosure graphics that you can use for your blog posts.

A couple of examples:

To see the rest, the best, and download the entire collection (in various sizes), visit Louis Gray's blog.

And while you are at it, follow Louis Gray on Friendfeed and Jeannine Schafer on Twitter for lots of interesting news, discussions, and other cool stuff.

Free PSP Vector: Puzzle Piece (CC-BY)

2009-11-26T20:17:00.001-05:00

This is a simple puzzle piece vector in PSP7 format that can be used in a variety of creative ways. You can use it in logo art, or other projects. As a vector, you can easily change the colors and it can be enlarged as much as you want, without losing any quality.

Released under a Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY), it is suitable for personal, non-commercial, and commercial use. All you have to do is link back here to give credit.

Here are a few quick examples of use:

This item has been moved to my art site.

Free Buttons: Top Ten (CC-BY)

2009-06-15T13:25:00.002-04:00

A long time ago I created a set of buttons for use on my old art website, to number pages.

Back in those days, I was kind of careless and stupid concerning saving the original templates for my artwork. Instead I saved one blank button with a black background, to match that site, which means I can only use those buttons on sites with black backgrounds.

I really liked those buttons a lot, so I recreated them from scratch today, in much better quality than the originals.

(shown actual size)

With transparent backgrounds, they can now be used on any color website. I also made a set with a slight drop shadow, so they would stand out more on lighter backgrounds.

Released under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution license, suitable for both personal and commercial use. Just give credit by linking back to this site on any page that you use them, or in your about box if you use them in a desktop application.

Besides using them to number pages, I think they would be great for numbering items in all those “Top 10” lists that so many bloggers seem to be fond of.

And in case you want to do a top 20 list, I have included .psp and .psd source files of both versions, so you can edit and make more buttons (or change the font).

This item has been moved to my art site.

font used on buttons: Adorable

Free Bird Icons (CC-BY)

2009-06-13T18:21:00.003-04:00

Perfect for linking to your Twitter profile or any other purpose in which you’d need a bird icon.
In 16 assorted colors, so you can dare to be a little different and match the colors of your website.

Also included in the full set, are the original Paintshop Pro vectors (.psp).

Released under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution license, suitable for both personal and commercial use.

This item has been moved to my art site.

Blue Bird by app103
Make a custom t shirt on zazzle

Free Website Buttons: Black Chrome (CC-BY)

2009-06-07T22:36:00.006-04:00

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A set of 12 buttons in PSD, PNG (with and without shadow), and Paintshop Pro PSP and TUB formats. (They should work in any version of Paintshop Pro, v7 and newer.)

Set includes:

light bulb
contact
information
awards
about (male)
about (female)
home
help
rss
privacy
news
one blank button for you to customize in any way you choose

Icon images on the buttons were created by Yusuke Kamiyamane (from his Fugue Icons set). Chrome bezel buttons were made by me.

The entire button set is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license and can be used free, for any personal or commercial projects.

This item has been moved to my art site.

Free Header Graphic: Peachy

2009-04-05T05:31:00.001-04:00

Just messing around again, and created another graphic for you to use.

The sample is shown at 50%. Click to see it full size (800x250).

The font used is Aldridge Script SSK.

Zip file includes PSD, PSP, PNG (blank), and JPG (blank).

Download link can be found on my art site.

Free Paintshop Pro Brushes: Algae

2008-12-24T02:35:00.001-05:00

This is a set of 50 algae brushes for Paintshop Pro version 7 and up.

They were created from images in the public domain and can be used in any way you wish.

The original images are some remarkable photographs taken by Anna Atkins (1799-1871) and appeared in the book Photographs of British Algae.

If you would like to see the originals, they can be found in the New York Public Library's Flickr Commons collection.

Download link can be found on my art site.

Free Website Graphics: Header Images

2008-09-23T17:51:00.000-04:00

Playing around in Paintshop Pro again!

Inspired by the trend on a lot of the design blogs to use flourishes and swirly looking things, I decided to take a crack at it and create a pack of images that would be suitable for anyone that designs Wordpress themes, website templates, or just if you want to use it on your own website or blog. Commercial use is OK, do as you wish, just don't offer them for download (together or individually) or claim you made them. You have to make something with them.

There is a total of 60 PNG images in this pack:

1 image with a transparent background
1 image with a white background
29 images with various gradient backgrounds
29 matching gradients images to be used as page or element backgrounds.

Sample shown at actual size:

Samples with some of the gradients (reduced size):

Download link can be found on my art site.

Font used for sample text is Adorable.

Free Clipart: Foodstuff

2008-09-12T11:19:00.003-04:00

I decided to make some clipart and share it. Perfect for a food related site or blog, you may use these any way you wish. Use them to decorate your site, create a logo, make a banner, insert them into posts, printed newsletters, restaurant menus, etc.

There are 26 different images, each with dropshadow, png format, each in 2 styles, both transparent and white backgrounds.

If you like these, let me know and I'll make more. If you use them on your site or blog, share a link so I can see.

Shown at 50% of actual size:

Based on Bon Apetit Font

Download link can be found on my art site.

Silver Buttons

2008-05-19T16:05:00.004-04:00

Another batch of blank buttons for you to have some fun with.

The zip file contains a variety of sizes from 23x23, to 600x23.

Included is a number of formats: .bmp, .gif, .jpg, and .png.

These buttons may be used for both non-commercial and commercial purposes.

You may use them on your website, in your applications, or whatever you wish.

You may alter these buttons to suit your needs in any way you desire.

Download link can be found on my art site.

Pretty Swirly Buttons

2007-12-16T09:46:00.002-05:00

I was just messing around with some stuff and made some pretty buttons I don't really have a use for at the moment.

You are welcome to use them in your website designs, if you like.

The samples you see here are 50% of the actual size. The buttons are in PNG format with a transparent background, no drop shadow, and no text.

If you would like to use the same font I used, it's Harrington.

Download link can be found on my art site.