Jim Jamesson

Using ordinary photographs of common textures is a great way to kick start a foundation for a new website mockup. When I start my designs, I love laying down a background texture that compliments the mood of what the final product needs to portray, and then build the rest of the design up from that.

You’d be amazed just how many textures you can find simply walking around your house. I snapped a handful of images in just a matter of minutes. 

I’d like to offer up this last batch of background images free for any use; personal or commercial. While it’s true they are not amazing photos, they should work very well for utilitarian texture purposes in Photoshop. Perhaps someone out there can put them to good use.

Download Zip – 8 Free full-resolution concrete background/texture images

As a 13-year professional web veteran, I’m constantly being grilled with questions by young, budding, aspiring wannabe web designers.  Some are very skilled, some are not. Time and time again, I am asked about my office and computer setup. Apparently it seems that all new web designers think you need a downtown penthouse office and the latest 8-processor Mac Pro and 30″ monitors to produce a professional website.

I figured I would give you aspiring web designers a nice tutorial on the proper way to setup a web designers home office. Hopefully with this tutorial, any misguided souls will realize that you don’t need anything fancy or expensive. Read more »