Space has fascinated mankind since the dawn of time. With myths and legends about the bodies in our solar system, and the sun (as well as other bodies) worshipped and revered as gods, all the way up through modern science, space has kept our attention and continues to hold mysteries. Astrophotography is the art of taking photographs of outer space, which can be accomplished from the ground using a camera, or using a camera and telescope, or from the air. Some of the best known astrophotographs are taken from the Hubble space telescope. But we can’t capture everything with just cameras yet, so many artists also use photomanipulation to depict the stars. Here’s some of the most eye-catching space photographs and manipulations to fascinate you: Hyakutake By Christian Klepp Comet By Paul Fleet Orbital Station By Marko Magister Orion nebula By Ilya Smirnov Pipe Stem Nebula By Paul Stewart Milkyway starfield By Stefan Holm Neutron Star Collision By Anton Fofonov Quick Creation By Andrew The Lunar By Daniel Joseph Rosette Nebula By Nelson Amorin Andromeda galaxy By Attila Bódi The stars talk about the past By Matteo Morino Rho Opiuchi By Álvaro Pérez & Jose M. Pérez. Brothers Horsehead Nebula (IC 434) By Álvaro Pérez & Jose M. Pérez. Brothers Andromeda galaxy By YASUAKI SEGAWA the Moon By Alessandro Lo Piccolo Comet moving passing planet earth By Johan Swanepoel Earth sunrise over cloudy ocean with no stars By Johan Swanepoel Upper halv of moon By Kenneth Thunø Todays moon By Kenneth Thunø Restless Wanderer By Levin Dieterle Lunar By Jon D Lunar Landscape By Daniel Robb Incredibly beautiful spiral galaxy somewhere in deep space By Vadim Sadovski Pleiades By YASUAKI SEGAWA Elephant’s trunk nebula By Álvaro Pérez & Jose M. Pérez. Brothers Drifting By James Sanny space By viaphototest 4K Planet Earth By James Cawley Untitled By Dima Gnyloryba Related Posts Abstract Art in the Simple Leaf Crystal Clear Glass Photography The Art of Flour Blinged Out Metallic Automotive Photographs Windows: More than Just an Opening in Photography

When most people think of shopping bags, they just think of plain plastic or paper bags that are used to carry goods after purchase for convenience and protection. However, the simple shopping bag has the potential to be so much more. The shopping bag can be one of the best ways to get free advertising, in a sort of "word of mouth" manner that is unspoken. With clever branding and design, others will notice the shopping bag and potentially be inclined to shop at the store as well, or at least investigate the brand further. In this post, you’ll find some creative and innovative shopping bag designs that get it right: Wine Bag Fitness Bag Empty Stomach Bag Beer Crate Bag Yuelan Liu Bag Moo Shoes Bag Woolsteria Bag Gnome Bread Bag Volkswagen Bag Plastic Bags Kill Bag Related Posts Fitting Examples of Packaging Design Branding & Identity Design Mockup Templates Login & Signup Form Free PSDs to Download Deliciously Creative Food Logo Designs Awesome Free Fonts You Should Download

Today I’m sharing a set of 5 high resolution seaweed textures. They are abstract and very detailed, and could serve as a nice background or a design element. As before they are free for both commercial and personal usage, enjoy! Download all textures as ZIP from copy.com (53Mb) Did you like these textures? Let us know by leaving a comment, and you can even post a link if you used them in your artwork. Related Posts Free Texture Friday - Raw Red Meat Free Texture Friday - Greenery Free Texture Friday - Vintage Paper 8 Free Texture Friday - Wooden Chips Free Texture Friday - Dark Grunge

Lots of different materials are used in automotive manufacturing, such as plastic, steel, carbon fiber and aluminum. However, some of the main components are made of metals, which can give strength to the vehicle but also provide a shiny surface. For automotive enthusiasts, the metallic equipment in a car is some of the most fun to look at and tinker with. And for photographers, it’s one of the best subjects to photograph because it can reflect light and draw the eye and contrast against the color of the vehicle. Here’s some examples of blinged out automotive photographs: The Car By Nicolas Marguerie vintage By Matthew Ross Shelby GT H By Steven Ellis Tired By altlmor Cars By MANGUER SYLVAIN cars By Gabor Medzihradszky Old Car in a Garage By Robert Patterson Morning Light By Ronnie Conlin oysteinwestliephotoweb By Oystein Westlie Retro cars By Alexander Minin Goodguys 4th Spring Lone Star Nationals Auto Show By Carl Licar BatSide By Tobias Hellström The Transporter By Andre Schmidt The Spirit of Ecstasy By Bruno B 2 Miura By holger droste Buick By holger droste The Scream By Bragi Ingibergsson - BRIN Steel cat — Jaguar E-Type / XK-E By Alexander Voss The Eyes By Bragi Ingibergsson - BRIN Classic Citroen By Cris Kalangis Logo By Shriram Kulkarni BMW e60 By Pavel Tkachuk La P’tite Peugeaot By Nicolas Marguerie Jaguar XJ 2013 By Dmitriy Zhuravlev Red By Robert Giulietta By Nicolas Marguerie Lamborghini By Marko Zirdum Reventon By Jay A Zonda By Jay A The Intimidator By auto bellisima Related Posts Abstract Art in the Simple Leaf The Art of Flour Windows: More than Just an Opening in Photography 10 New Years Celebration Photographs Photographers at Work in Pictures

In web design, managing user attention is incredibly important. Users typically have very short attention spans, and aren’t interested in reading large amounts of text. So when creating text for your website, it’s important to both maintain a visual hierarchy and utilize text effectively. By using heavy weight or large text, the user’s attention can be drawn to the most important aspects of the site, and by using progressively smaller text, it establishes a visual hierarchy of importance for the eye to follow. The most common place for big text to appear is in the header, because the header is also the first thing the user sees. In this post, we’ll look at some examples of big header text in web design: Evolve Pollen Surprisingly Richard Hill Black History Visionare Elespacio The Cut Mextures Festival Intercult Related Posts Powerful Examples of Volcano Photography Fun Text Effect Tutorials You Have to Try Photoshop Typography and Text Effect Tutorials Useful Infographics Templates to Download for Free Awesome Typography Graphic Designs

Hey guys, todays set of textures is vivid, green and fresh. I shot these various plants with my 100mm macro lens and the color and depth is great. Hopefully you can find good use for them. Enjoy! Download all textures as ZIP from copy.com (58Mb) Did you like these textures? Let us know by leaving a comment, and you can even post a link if you used them in your artwork. Related Posts Free Texture Friday - Raw Red Meat Free Texture Friday - Seaweed Free Texture Friday - Wooden Chips Free Texture Friday - Dark Grunge Free Texture Friday - Vintage Paper 8

Plastic is one of the most important materials on the planet, as it’s widely used in everything from cutting edge technology to 0.99 toys at your local toy store. Because plastic is not broken down by water, it is far superior for any application where the object may come into contact with moisture, and plastic is also one of the cheapest materials to make. The wide variety of uses for plastic means there’s tons of different objects out there to choose from when looking at getting creative, and they can be molded, shaped or placed into a variety of forms, making it great for artists and photographers especially. Photographers especially love being able to use plastic objects as props and for other items to include in photographic scenes. Here’s some creative and fun examples: Follow Me By wilianto Colourful Plastic By Ray Huntley Panic in the garden! By Luis Bonito A Picture Speaks a Thousand Words By Richard Bland Drinking Straws By Francesco Martini Men at work ! By ARCHIE MCKINNON Play Ground By Kent Mathiesen Plastic dragons By Robert D. Kusztos Toys of childhood By Sam Dobson Plastic Parade By Sonja Schick Hangers By Mustafa Tiryakioglu Despicable Me By Mustafa Celebi Straw land By Dreamscape "Hey you! make me laugh" By Julien Taillez listen all y’all, it’s a sabotage! By ionut jay Color of life By Polina Rabtseva 47 By Julien Taillez Lara By Julien Taillez Abandoned chair By James Billings Plastic curve By Jérôme Le Dorze Inside By Heidi Westum Watch out, it’s gonna….. By Dave Flynn Cubetas By Carlos Duran Soccer Game By Jesus Camacho Buttons By Jamie Folk hlava By Roman Holy Afterparty By Roman Semenov Lady in the crowd By Frank Raebiger dolls By ian mcintosh ..german behavior.. By Martina Epping Related Posts Free Texture Friday - Grunge Plastic Free Texture Friday - Scratched Plastic Creative and Innovative Designs for Bags Blinged Out Metallic Automotive Photographs Free Texture Friday - Subtle Scratches

Typography is a crucial part of design, but it’s also a type of design all by itself. Art can be created out of, or surrounding text, to create a typographical composition that expresses not only a word but also a concept or idea. Usually, typography graphic designs include the use of a single or word or short amount of text, created out of a font, colors, textures or objects in order to enhance or reinforce the idea behind the text. Here’s some creative and awesome typography graphic designs: Typography by Rachel-Speed We Dont Work, We Play by Max Kuwertz Steampunk Typography by Alex Beltechi I Feel It In My Bones by Zac Jacobson Steampunk Typography by aharmon ADICT by Chris LaBrooy Ball Till You Fall by Chris Seabrooks I Don’t Care I Hate It by Chris Piascik The Best Is Yet To Come by Miguel Harry MyPlanet by Amit Jakhu Related Posts Impactful Websites with Big Typography Creative Typography Poster Designs Illustrator Tutorials for Text Effects Fun Text Effect Tutorials You Have to Try Awesome Free Fonts You Should Download

We all love the dark side of textures don’t we? Today I’m sharing a set of five large dark grunge stone textures that I shot earlier this summer. You can use them as you want, personally and commercially. As before, you can download the whole set from the copy.com link below. Enjoy! Download all textures as ZIP from copy.com (52Mb) Did you like these textures? Let us know by leaving a comment, and you can even post a link if you used them in your artwork. Related Posts Free Texture Friday - Dark Red Grunge Free Texture Friday - Rusted Door Free Texture Friday - Grunge Wall 3 Free Texture Friday - Greenery Free Texture Friday - Grunge Wall 2

The industrial revolution is largely considered one of the most important events in human history, and directly responsible for many aspects of modern life. Simply put, the industrial revolution was based around the development of mechanical manufacturing, mass production, interchangeable parts and efficient creation of goods on large scales using raw materials. Industry and manufacturing are some of the largest business sectors around the world, with factories, warehouses, production lines and manufacturing centers being hubs of economic growth and activity, and frequently resulting in the development of urban centers surrounding them. Industry comes with some unique features though, such as pollution, dingy/dirty environments, noise and other grunge elements, that, while frequently unpleasant for the local environment, make for great photography subjects: melt shop (steel works) By Robert Industrial Region By kenji kikuchi steel works By Robert Industrial Nightfall 2 Color By Harald Mario Kocher centrale thermique By Sven Fennema Frevar by Night By Jan-Vidar Bakker Bremerhaven By Victor Knötzel casting steel By Robert Industrial Light By Niels Christian Wulff Industrial Nightfall 1 By Harald Mario Kocher Men on fire By Browni Aromatic Hydrocarbon By Andreas-Joachim Lins Tin Traditional industry By Haitham Elmerghani The Furnace By Beno Saradzic Old industries…. By Andrea Cavaliere Old Industries By JAVIER ESTRAVIZ photography BASF 2 By Markus Stollenwerk They are coming for us… By Ulf Härstedt Industries By Diyon Perez Untitled By Katya Gonova Industrial By Dennis Einecker Industrial By Gerry Langer Industrial By Jonathan Thomas industrial By Jens Alemann Industrial By Hugo Nidáguila tapping By Viktor Macha Go Away By Henrique Zorzan Greenhouse Effect By Judy W Gas refinery plant By U. Midtgaard Industrial Heaven By Marc Duiker Related Posts Blinged Out Metallic Automotive Photographs Chaos and Disorder in Photography Windows: More than Just an Opening in Photography Abstract Art in the Simple Leaf Deliciously Creative Food Logo Designs