A colleague of mine bought me this elephant figurine during his holiday trip. I felt that this would be nice if its illustrated out in vector. Hence, I gave it a try, and at the end, I came up with the vector illustration of the elephant, and also a wallpaper too. Wallpaper’s size is 1600 x 1200. Both are free for download.
Click here to download the vector illustration, and here to download the wallpaper.
While surfing the site, I came across some nice fonts that is free for download. I’ve preselected a few of the nice fonts to share it out with you guys. They’re a selection of serif and san serif typefaces. Do drop by my website often as I will gather more fonts for the monthly downloads.
Legendum
Legendum is a typeface not unlike MS’s Verdana. It has been made for optimal screen readibility. It is anti-aliased on Windows as well. It now contains all normal Latin characters as well as all Greek characters, plus punctuation. All are instructed. I use this permanently on my desktop, and have found it extremely nice to look at for longer stretches of time.
Garogier
Garogier is a typeface not unlike Garamond (hence the name). It will have optical size through its instructions (i.e. at low sizes, also when it is used on a high-resolution device such as a printer, the characters are changed slightly to increase readablity). This is supported by Windows 98 and up (this includes 2000 and XP). Freetype does not support it (yet).
Click here to download the photoshop action file.
I’ve learn this extreme contrast effect from a photoshop tutorial website. I’ll use another photo from our previous wedding photo shootout. You’ll be able to download the action file for Photoshop, at the end of the article.
First, duplicate a copy of the “Background” layer (original image). To duplicate, press Ctrl + J.
Desaturate this layer by clicking Ctrl + Shift + U. Duplicate another layer by clicking on “Layer 1″, and click Ctrl + J again.
With “Layer 1 copy” selected, change the blending mode to Screen, and Opacity 50%.
Duplicate the original “Background” layer. Click on the “Background” layer, and press Ctrl + J. Move the duplicated background layer to the top of the pallete. With the “Background copy” layer still selected, change the blending to Overlay.
With the “Background copy” layer still selected, press Shift + Ctrl + Alt + E to merge all the layers onto a brand new layer at the top of the Layers palette. This gives you “Layer 2″.
With “Layer 2″ selected, click Filter > Noise > Add Noise, and enter the value for each field. Ammount - 3%, Distribution - Gaussian, Monochromatic - checked. Click OK.
Then apply the sharpen effect by clicking Filter > Sharpen > Smart Sharpen. Enter the following value. Basic - Checked, Settings - Default, Amount - 60%, Radius - 1.0, Remove - Lens Blur, More Accurate - checked. Click OK.
With “Layer 2″ selected, change the blending to Soft Light, Opacity 60%.
To end this, you’ll need to create a Curves Adjustment Layer. Click on the New Adjustment Layer icon at the bottom of the Layers palette, and select Curves. Click OK. I’ve enhanced my picture with a vignetting effect. Shown below is the image of before and after applying the effect. Enjoy.
Click here to download the photoshop action file.
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