I have created plenty of brushes and textures based on halftone dots previously on Spoon Graphics, but halftone lines are a fantastic alternative pattern that can add detailed retro effects to your artwork. This new collection of free halftone lines textures features 10 high-resolution graphics with a distressed appearance, made of evenly spaced diagonal lines […] The post Download My New Set of 10 Free Halftone Lines Textures appeared first on Spoon Graphics.

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Howdy fellows! Here's another amazing round-up of web HTML and PSD templates and UI kits for you to inspire or feed your web, mobile, and hybrid designing. As always, there are lots of styles and cool concepts here, all according to the usage you need it for – restaurants, eCommerce, marketing, mobile apps, real estate, education, project managing, CMS dashboard, and as a bonus, a great cinema, video, and multimedia production flat icon set. Scroll along it all and don't forget to take with you what you need! One important information before you read on: All the following elements are freely usable though some will require registration to download and not all are suitable for commercial use. More detailed license information is provided individually but keep in mind that it’s always best to double-check licensing before you actually use a resource, at least commercially. Urku: Clean Portfolio HTML5 Template Creator: Pixeden Features: Multipage, several grid layouts for portfolio showcasing, clean style, based on Aurora grid, CSS layouts, full responsiveness License: Free for personal and commercial use ZMarketing: Responsive Business HTML Template Creator: Zerotheme Features: Responsive, for marketing matters, grid system, hover descriptions over images, home, about, contact, event, and menu pages. License: Free for […]* You might also be interested in the following articles20 Fresh and Free HTML and PSD Templates plus GUI Packs: December 201520 Free HTML, PSD and GUI Templates: August 2014 Edition22 Fresh Free Templates in HTML/CSS and PSD: February 2015 Edition20+ Fresh and Free HTML and PSD Templates plus GUI Packs: August 2015Colorful Autumn: 20+ Free HTML/CSS, PSD and GUI Templates (October…Refreshing Like September Rain: 20+ Free HTML/CSS, PSD and GUI…

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The freelance economy is growing every day. In mid-2015 more than 15.5 million people in the United States classified themselves as self-employed, and Fast Company reported that projections show that number could increase to 60 million by 2020. While these numbers are good for you and show support for freelancing as a career choice, there […]

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