Free Goodies: Paint Textures

 Annora   |    25 February, 2010   |    Leave a Comment   |   

paint, textures

Free Paint Textures for your designing pleasure. Oh yes!

Everyone has spent the last month or so crying for the lack of free items, I know. So here you are, some funky peeling-paint textures. You can print these out and frame them for your living room, or you can download them and make your friends jealous with your growing free textures folder. Yay.
About the paint textures
There is nothing I like better than peeling paint. Seriously. I see it anywhere and I have to stop and just look at it. It is layers and layers of pure awesomeness.

Anyway, each of these 3 textures are .jpg’s and are in one size: 3872×2592. The total file size is only …

Ebook Myths #2 – “It’s okay if my ebook looks lousy. It’s free.”

 Charlie   |    1 February, 2010   |    2 Comments   

Question: When it comes to putting out your own ebook, is a standard Word template good enough?

Answer: Hahahahahahaha!

We are continuing today with the series on ebook design. This time we’re going to discuss the bare-minimum quality that ANY ebook should have. By bare-minimum we mean an ebook that at first appearance won’t make your audience laugh or feel they’ve been ripped off.

This post is based in part on an email I received and which got me thinking. Basically, the email said:

“Look, I really just need a cover. The inside doesn’t need to be anything special because it’s going to be a freebie anyway. People won’t be expecting much.”

Mmm…no.

First off, if your friend gave …