Design Trend & Freebie: Oodles of Doodles

You may have been doodling since grade school but in the past few years the doodling concept has exploded in today’s pop culture. I’m not talking about simple kid doodles but sophisticated doodles that are showing up in tons of merchandise, advertising and countless other visual places. The doodley look is youthful, whimsical and at the same time edgy and urban as well. This design trend speaks to today’s teen demographic and is perfect for Senior Portraits. The next time you are shooting a senior portrait think about adding this cool doodle background from The Drop Shoppe to add a bit more pizzazz to your images.

There are several products in the store to help you get in the doodle-rific spirit like these A Touch of Whimsy Doodles from Carrie and Holly’s Whimsy Borders.

Inspiredology.com has some fantastic doodle inspiration that is worth taking a look at. Check out their Freedom of Doodle article to spark some creative ideas.

Last but not least to help your designs, enjoy this freebie Doodle It Set that contains 7 different doodle elements – so go get your doodle on! Link will expire on 9/27 and then product will be available in the Pink Ink Studios store.

July Design Trend Watch & Freebie

Following trends and staying current is one of the keys to a successful business. It’s important to stay on top of consumer trends and to strike when the iron is hot. Trends help keep your business stay relevant to the times.

I recently noticed the return of the peace sign & symbol in the design world although I’m not sure it really ever went away. It seems everything from clothing to home decor to jewelry is decked out in these fun loving peace icons. Even many major companies like Target, Pottery Barn Teen and Old Navy just to name a few have a ton of retro peace related products in their stores. Pottery Barn Teen has some great peace related ideas that would make awesome props for your photo shoots including pillows, 3D peace signs and various backgrounds.

So the next time you need to funk up your photo shoot or designs maybe you’ll consider incorporating some peace icons into your next project. And to help your designs get groovy you can download my Peace Symbol Brush Set for FREE! Link expires August 26^th. (Link has expired!)

I hope you enjoyed this Design Trend Watch report for July. Be sure to stay tuned next month for more pop culture trends to help your business stay up to date and in the know. If you spot any cool trends you want us to feature please leave a comment on this post.

April Freebie

This month’s freebie is a Thank You Card template by Tara Sroka Designs. This template is a fully customizable layered 5×7 .psd template with bleed where you can change the color of everything! Thank You font (Fling) is NOT INCLUDED. So feel free to use it for a wedding thank you or any type of thank you. Simply click HERE or on the photo to go to the download. Link will expire on 5/28/10 (link has expired).

P.S. Be sure to check your download folder because there might be a *coupon* in there for you – hint hint!

December Free Gift

Just in case you still need a last minute card for Christmas this months freebie is a Christmas Card from Tara Sroka! Even if you don’t need it now, use it next year or modify it for Valentine’s Day!

The card template is 4.25 x 6.25, semi-editable, and includes a back design to match. Fonts are not included. Just change the font and drop in your photo and you are set!! This card template will be for sale in the store after the freebie link expires on 1/21/10 in case you miss it.

You can download this freebie by going into our forums HERE (freebie is in the General Chit Chat Section)

And while you’re there, why not check out some of the new topics, or start a new one of your own!

Designer Freebie

This months freebie is a blog header from Carrie Bombria! The header is 835×278 pixels and includes 3 frames with clipping masks. You can customize the colors in the layers palette since the file is left as a .PSD and just add your own logo and voila!!

You can download this freebie by going into our forums HERE (freebie is in the General Chit Chat Section)

And while you’re there, why not check out some of the new topics, or start a new one of your own!

Author: Carrie Bombria of Carrie Ann Photography and designer at Pink Ink Studios

Texture Tuesday 5.19.09

This month’s textures are sponsored by our design team member, Kim Drury of MadiLu Designs!

Download our free texture action

http://www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/12hzv7

This free gift may only be available for a limited time. These are hosted at free hosting sites that handle the large amount of download bandwidth and have certain restrictions. Once it’s unavailable we can no longer provide it. Download quick!

Texture Tuesday 5.12.09

Designer Freebie

A 10×10 storyboard for you! Drag and drop your pics over each gray rectangle, resize, and group. File is .psd for Adobe Photoshop. Black border is for posting purposes only.

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=da3353fcf70711086e7203eb87368129e04e75f6e8ebb871

Designer Freebie

April’s Designer Freebie is courtesy of Kim Drury at MadiLu Designs.

Enjoy this 2×7 bookmark made just for new moms … a perfect leave behind at hospitals.

You can get this great freebie by clicking on this link.

http://www.sendspace.com/pro/x19s7a’

Be sure to check out the rest of Kim’s great templates in her store here as well!

Designer Freebie

March’s Designer Freebie is courtesy of Amy Kant

You can get this great freebie by clicking on this link!

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?jy2xzdunwnc

And be sure to check out the rest of Amy’s great templates in her store here as well!

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