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Review: M.I.A. – MAYA
This time, the revolution will NOT be Googled.
Interview: Shawn Hilgart of We Cant Stop Thinking – Designers for Fall Out Boy, Boys Like Girls, & Q101
Third World Timmy sits down with Shawn Hilgart of We Cant Stop Thinking to talk about nerdcore topics–zombies, vampires, flash, skynet, html5, and the like.
Free Photo Realistic T-Shirt Mockups
While browsing through Emptees a few days ago I came across a talk post about some new mockups. To my surprise, they were quite good–and free!
Concert Photography: The Action Blast @ The House of Blues Chicago
The Action Blast played their first show at The House of Blues in Chicago, and I was there to take a few photos after some happy hour boozing this past Friday. My steady hand prevailed thanks to my bullet-proof Irish drinking genes, and The House of Blues spacious photo pit.
Razor Blade Custom Photoshop Shape Download
A shape we used for our Peaceful Revolution T-Shirt that may be of use to some of you out there. It’s a saw-blade, or a razor blade that we traced in Photoshop. It’s kinda awesome.
Guitar Pick Photoshop Custom Shape Download
One thing we give with every shirt purchase from our online store is a free guitar pick! If you’ve been lucky enough to meet us in person, you probably got one attached to your business card as well. If you’d like to get a custom guitar pick shape to design your own guitar pick, free free to use our template:
Oswald Vs. The Braineaters
Dr. Oswald Hobbes, our resident music-snob, puts down his headphones long enough to take on the greatest threat known to man: muthafuckin’ zombies.
Where to turn when designing from nothing? How about “cool”?
I almost quit the idea of starting my own clothing line altogether when I first started out because I literally didn’t know what to design. What could I put on my t-shirts? No one likes a shirt with just a logo on it–unless you’re Nike. I didn’t like semi-offensive parody shirts. I couldn’t use band names. I couldn’t afford any sort of licensing to use comic book superheroes. Essentially I was left with NOTHING.
Manage, find, & install photoshop brushes easily with Brush Pilot
AssaultBLOG’s top three trafficked pages to date are still the Photoshop custom brushes and brush dynamics tutorials I wrote within a few weeks of each other. Since then, my brush collection has grown to over a thousand brushes, and sometimes I just wish there was an easier way to manage them. Luckily, now there is with Brush Pilot.
Interview with Paul Baines from Buy-Tees.net
When we released our summer line of shirts we put out the word that we were looking for some honest reviews of our new work. Of all the reviews we received, one particular site stood out–so we decided to interview the brains behind the operation, Paul Baines from Buy-Tees.net
Timberooni live on Watch Tee V – SEO Tips & Blog Strategy
I recently took an hour out of my day to figure out how Ustream works and do a live broadcast with some SEO and Blog Tips for all the small t-shirt and apparel websites out there. It went live on Ustream, and is now found at Watch Tee-V.
Tutorials, Resources, Music, & Downloads – Best of AssaultBLOG
Rather than do what most design blogs do in creating a list of resources, I’ve created a list of our best posts that some of our newer visitors may have missed. Here you’ll find our best SEO tips, Photoshop Tutorials, MySpace Themes, Wordpress Themes, and even some lists of tips for bands and startup t-shirt companies.
How to float to the top of Google Search Results, without paying
Seems like too many websites and brands start up from scratch, and get absolutely NO WHERE. Without the blitzkrieg of press releases and public relations broo-haha, it can be damn hard to get relevant traffic to your site, especially with no money. Here’s my comprehensive guide for getting traffic to your site when you have no fan base, no tribe, no cult following, no page rank, no domain age, no public relations, and most importantly, no money.
