DinPattern - Free seamless patterns » News http://www.dinpattern.com A design resource for seamless pattersn, brushes and wordpress themes Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:08:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 What should DinPattern work on? http://www.dinpattern.com/2011/05/27/what-should-dinpattern-work-on/ http://www.dinpattern.com/2011/05/27/what-should-dinpattern-work-on/#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 17:40:56 +0000 Evan Eckard http://www.dinpattern.com/?p=621 I’m starting to hit a wall in terms of design and style. And I need your help! What kinds of patterns do you like to see more of?

The vibrant, playful stuff like Panda Madness and Green Monsters?

The complex and intricate patterns like Giza and Octo Redux?

The minimal and simplistic patterns like Ruby Soft or Bamboo?

Something else in general? Color palettes you’d like to see? More vintage or grunge type patterns?

What usage types would you like? More web, print or other stuff?

Do you want more wallpapers, fabrics, hi-res art, vectors, etc?

Let me know!

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Green Monster fabric

]]> Green Monster is now available for purchase in fabric form thanks to Spoonflower.com. The fabric looks great, and can be printed on a wide variety of fabric types. Choose how many yards you need, and Spoonflower will print it up and send it out to you. Each monster face prints around 5 inches in diameter, and is vibrant greens and yellows. Great for kid’s windows, quilts and more. Enjoy! The photo shown below is a yard’s worth of fabric.

Green Monster fabric

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Download all here (.zip)

Or download each individually by clicking on the previews below


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]]> I got the chance to try out a rather awesome filter plugin for photoshop recently called Filter Forge. The plugin allows you to texturize and apply distortion and effect filters to artwork. You can download even more free filters (over 7000) from the software site directly into your workflow to try out new looks. I really dig the “seamless tiling” feature in the application to easily create tile ready patterns, and to work with existing seamless patterns. You can edit and tweak preset patterns or create new ones on the fly easily. You can see one example of “Bones” using the “Carved Leather” filter from the plugin.

I found a lot of good filters under the creative directory to use. A lot of vintage and grunge type effects, as well as lighting, geometric and fine art style sets. The version I tried out is 1.0, but it looks like there’s a beta version of 2.0 available to try out on the site. The software is available in 3 editions to purchase (the more expensive versions have greater functionality), but all editions allow unlimited filter downloads from the site.

As a graphic artist and visual designer, I can see a huge usage of Filter Forge in all types of artwork. In fact, the vintage type filters would work great for some record covers… Below you’ll find some examples of “Bones” using some of the downloaded patterns through Filter Forge. Feel free to right click and save any of these for art or some awesome wallpapers.

I’ll definitely be using this plugin quite often. I recommend downloading it and giving it a spin.

]]> http://www.dinpattern.com/2010/04/28/experimenting-with-patterns-and-filter-forge/feed/ 3 BONES hard cases and DinPattern wraps http://www.dinpattern.com/2009/12/13/bones-hard-cases-and-dinpattern-wraps/ http://www.dinpattern.com/2009/12/13/bones-hard-cases-and-dinpattern-wraps/#comments Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:32:22 +0000 Evan Eckard http://www.dinpattern.com/?p=308 BONES Nintendo DS Case from Slappa]]> Slappa has released a line of BONES (or SKULLS as they call it) wrapped hard cases for Nintendo DS, Sony PSP and DJ-grade headphones. So make sure to pick a couple up, and check back often to see more DinPattern wrapped cases and bags from Slappa.

More DinPattern wraps available from DecalGirl

The nice folks at DecalGirl gave me my own page to show off available DinPattern art. Get and gadget or device (or even motorcycle) wrapped in some select patterns. Patterns like Bones, Overly Rosie, Humidor and a few others are ready to go. Also check out “Dead Army” for XBOX and console wrapping.

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]]> http://www.dinpattern.com/2009/07/29/define-that-pattern/feed/ 2 DinPattern’s “Simply Ornate” WordPress theme available http://www.dinpattern.com/2009/07/06/dinpattern%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9csimply-ornate%e2%80%9d-wordpress-theme-available/ http://www.dinpattern.com/2009/07/06/dinpattern%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9csimply-ornate%e2%80%9d-wordpress-theme-available/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:11:04 +0000 Evan Eckard http://www.dinpattern.com/?p=152 “Simply Ornate” is a minimal, streamlined wordpress theme that comes in multiple flavors. The theme features an ajax sidebar with latest comments, tags and posts, along with the ability to link up your flickr account. The theme is easy to turn on and use, and looks sharp to boot. Check it out here; and go here to download.

]]> http://www.dinpattern.com/2009/07/06/dinpattern%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9csimply-ornate%e2%80%9d-wordpress-theme-available/feed/ 0 News and Tutorials are on the way http://www.dinpattern.com/2009/07/06/news-and-tutorials-are-on-the-way/ http://www.dinpattern.com/2009/07/06/news-and-tutorials-are-on-the-way/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:52:25 +0000 Evan Eckard http://www.dinpattern.com/?p=150 DinPattern will now be featuring articles, news, inspiration and tutorials from here on out. They’ll be published as they get written up. Enjoy!

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