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Here are what we believe are the best Photoshop brushes released in August 2010 by the talented artists and members of the Deviantart community. Most of these brushes are free for non-commercial purposes. As in any freebies, make sure to check the terms of use set by the individual authors or creators when using these brushes for your artworks, especially if you intend to sell them or exhibit them somewhere. We suggest that even if authors do not require to credit them in your work, it is always a nice gesture to give credit where credit is due. Read Best Design News

Having an arsenal of quality Photoshop brushes is essential to every designer’s tool box. That is why, every month the Best Design Options team make sure to present fresh and quality brushes that you can use in your designs. For the month of July 2010, here are our top picks when it comes to free Photoshop brushes. This collection includes more than 300 quality brushes composed mostly of fractal art, abstract designs, decorative and many more. Read Best Design News

Retro and vintage style never go out of style. From music to fashion and design, vintage look remains a favorite. For photographers, creating vintage effects in pictures or photographs can be achieved in many ways. One is through the use of certain filters while others apply the vintage effect in Photoshop. The easiest way to do this in Photoshop is through Photoshop actions. Using Photoshop actions automates the process through a set of action that you can use in Photoshop. Read Best Design News

To set the summer mood, we decided to have a round up of the best photoshop brush sets that include mostly summer graphics–from pictures of beaches, sand, surf boards, hibiscus, sea shells and star fishes. I hope you will find these brushes useful. You can create a scrapbook of your summer vacation photos using some of the brushes here or maybe create a personal blog that serves as a journal of your summer escapades. Read Best Design News

As a way to start the new month, we are proud to present the best Photoshop brushes released in June 2010. We know designers are always on the lookout for brushes that they can use for their projects. Since there are thousands of brushes released every month, our monthly roundup of the best Photoshop brushes from around the web therefore is a way to update you with the latest quality free resources that you can take advantage of. Read Best Design News

It has been a long while since we had our last post about textures. Since it is almost summer and most of us are looking forward to spending a nice summer holiday in a beach, we decided to come up with a refreshing post about quality water textures that you can use for your design projects. Water textures are useful in creating 2D and 3D designs, for photo manipulation or even as a background for websites. The textures that you will find in this post include water surface textures, ripples, water droplets, rain drops, icy water, splashes and many more. All of these textures are free for personal projects although there are some that you can use even for your commercial projects as long as you credit the creator of these water textures. Read Best Design News

Time once again for our monthly roundup of the best Photoshop brushes from around the web. For the month of May 2010, we gathered together a total of 25 fresh and quality Photoshop brushes that you can use and experiment with. The varieties of these brushes range from floral, decorative, grunge, splats, water and much more. Read Best Design News

Many people consider doodle art as something that anyone can do and therefore not really “art”. However, with the popularity of scrapbooking and the internet, doodle art has evolved as a legitimate art form. In this post, we gathered together a total of more than 500 photoshop brushes contained in 45 sets that make use of doodle art. You can use them to add some personal touch in your designs especially in making scrapbooks or personal greeting cards. These brushes are also very useful in creating kids-related stuffs or making cool scenes. Read Best Design News

Nothing feels better than having a business card that you designed yourself. Since your business card reflects your business or personality, a stylish and well-designed business card therefore is important to the success of a business or a freelance career. Here are 25 easy-to-follow design tutorials that could help you just in case you are planing to design your own business cards. Each of these design tutorials comes with a source file where you can use as template to design your own version. be very creative and we hope you will find these design tutorials useful as well. Read Best Design News

There have been hundreds of free Photoshop brushes of good quality havebeen released in the month of April 2010. So we will not let this month pass by without coming up with a list of the best free Photoshop brushes that we found online. We picked these brushes based on size or resolution, creativity as well as uniqueness of the brush sets. Read Best Design News