Just a reminder that today is the last day to get your name in the drawing for the free business cards we are giving away tomorrow, compliments of UPrinting. Two winners will be randomly selected from the list of commenters on the original post linked here. 500 business cards to each of the selected persons who left some feedback for us, and there is still time for others to get their name in for consideration. We will be using a random number generator to select the winners, so everyone’s chance …

As someone with an avid online presence, and who is doubly an addict of Monty Python, I have a problem. I’m conflicted, and I can’t seem to sort it out. For years before I ventured online I was heartily enjoying daily doses of this zany madcap mayhem from the creative geniuses that are the Pythons. I would delight in the sheer senselessness of their skits, and all would be right with the world. Then I logged on to the world wide web, and something happened that I was unprepared for …

Well we just had our first article published with Smashing Magazine, and we couldn’t be happier. It’s almost surreal that this has happened so fast for us, or at least that’s how it feels on this end. We have been in contact with them for a few weeks, exchanging some ideas and working out some of the finer points with the piece they have used. It’s part of their Monday Inspiration series, and the article that we put together covers concert posters and the designers we found inspiring. Check out …

So our Monday freebie is ready for the masses, and this week, we have a grunge corners and edges photoshop brush pack for all of our readers who have an appreciation for the grunge. Well, and the photoshop. So enjoy the set and know that we have more coming next week. As always, these brushes are free for commercial and non-commercial use!

Another week has come and gone, and what a busy week it’s been here at Arbenting. We hope that we were able to make up slightly for our absence the previous week, and thought we’d take this opportunity to let you know some of the things we’ve got coming starting tomorrow. The photoshop brushes we mentioned were coming this week, will go up Monday, so technically, we were off a day. But they are coming! We also have another humor post coming up (not saying who, but one of us …

Part 1 - Afterthought Typography, Blogs and Websites
Part 2 - Good Type Gone Bad, Tutorials and Tools
Part 3 - The Kerning Curve, Free Fonts and Other Resources
If pictures speak a thousand words, are the ones literally a part of the design that important? Most designers know that the answer, is a resounding yes.

Vlad Studio cleverly incorporates type into the design of their wallpaper, The GiddyUp Tree and The Bickham Script Tree.

Recently, Arbenting was lucky enough to twist Andrew Houle of My Ink Blog’s arm into doing an interview with us. We were so excited when he agreed that we immediately sat down and put together a list of ten questions that we felt were befitting this honor that Andrew had bestowed. His answers were nothing short of spectacular, and we are proud to present them to you, as our first ever online design interview.

The team at Arbenting is back with another installment of the Wednesday Weekly Spotlight to inject a bit of inspiration into your mid-week humdrum.