Archive for October 18th, 2008

There are thousands of Photoshop brush directories online and hundreds of thousands of brushes- most of which are great to look at and even better to use. The vast majority of brushes are free to use for personal projects. Commercial use is where the rules differ. Some sets require you to buy a license; others merely ask that you request permission to use the art commercially.

But if you don’t want to pay and are too antisocial to contact people through email to ask them a question, there are some brushes out there that you can freely use in your commercial projects. I’ve listed ten of my favorites below.

Note: At this time, the artists have all specified on their sites that these brushes can be used freely in commercial projects. Double check before you download to make sure they haven’t changed that policy.  

Crack Brushes III by Hawksmont (15 brushes) 

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I’m not afraid of snakes, frogs, lions, tigers or bears. I’m not afraid of palmetto bugs (tropical cockroaches with ‘roid rage). Until about a month ago, I didn’t think I was afraid of spiders. Ben converted me to a fear/hatred of spiders. Australia has spiders that look like what happens if you screw around with radiation in a B movie from the ’50s.

Don’t believe me? Behold the face body of pure evil: 

Toowoomba Funnel-Web Spider (aka Pure Evil) 

For the brave of heart, some more Australian monstrosities behind the cut: 

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Saturday tidbits for the attention-span impaired:

• That damn Krugman beat me to it.

• Three polls in the space of a week show Obama and McCain neck-and-neck in — wait for it — North Dakota.

• Here we go again:

Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Saturday accused Democratic rival Barack Obama of favoring a socialistic economic approach by supporting tax cuts and tax credits McCain says would merely shuffle wealth rather than creating it.

Right now, there are more than a few voters thinking “…and the problem with that is…?”

• Why oh why does Sarah Palin hate Baby Beluga?

• Bug. Biiiiiiig bug.