We’re excited to bring you Part Two of our tips and tricks for authors to Getting Your File Approved! If you haven’t already, be sure to check out Part One, where we covered common technical problems and rejections. This week, we’ll be looking at design and licensing issues! These tips come right from the hard-working team members who review your files, written by the fantastic bgm, Ben Gibbin. Lets pick up where we left off!
This week, we’re proud to feature a two part series written by Ben Gibbin, known as our very own bgm, one of GraphicRiver’s hard working reviewers. Ben and the rest of the team have handled thousands of files between them, and as such, they know better than anyone what common mistakes to avoid and tips to follow to make the submission (and approval!) process as easy as possible. Ben shares his technical tips and basics with us today. Don’t forget to watch next week for Part Two!
Take it away, Ben!
As a reviewer on GraphicRiver, I’ve grown to know the Review Guidelines very well and reviewed more files than grains of sand on the beach. I’ve reviewed some truly awesome files and then, some that aren’t so good.
In the case of the latter, the files usually haven’t followed the guidelines. It’s absolutely imperative you follow them to the tee. And so, with that in mind we’ve decided to publish a helpful two-parter series on how to increase the likelihood of having your file approved to our wonderful marketplace. (more…)
DeltaForce brings us a stylish and clean set of modern backgrounds for December’s Free File of the Month! I enjoy the colors in this particular piece, and the style is a popular, current design trend. Grab your free file here and be sure to check out his other great files!
File: Abstract Backgrounds Pack 03
Description:
20 super nice abstract backgrounds with high resultion 4000×3000 pixels. you can use this backgrouds where you want this is customized to fit in any backgrounds, elements, videos and more… you can resize it without losing any quality. 20 super cool colors i .jpg and .psd format. this 20 web 2.0 abstract backgrounds is in high quality every .jpg file is 1 to 3 mb. you can easy change/add objects,shapes and colors.
You are granted ONE free usage of the item in a project either commercial or non-commercial. You may not use the file in multiple projects unless you purchase licences in the usual way. You may not redistribute the item in any way. If you need a different licence for this file, you may purchase it here.
A big thanks for the free file, DeltaForce! Here are some of DeltaForce’s other great files:
Don’t Forget the Other Marketplaces! More Free Files.
There’s only a few days left to pick up this month’s Free File of the Month! This month, we interview free file author KenSHinH! KenSHinH’s a fantastic member of the community with top sales and a popular series of packs and textures. Read on to find out more about this talented designer, grab the Free File of the Month for November…and don’t forget to check out his portfolio!
KenSHinH brings us a super-handy Free File of the Month this month, with his Fiber Backgrounds. Be sure to grab his textures and check out his other great files!
This month, we interview hqm! A familiar face in the community, hqm has been making news all over this month: contributing a great article on profiles, contributing our Free File of the Month for October, and we’re proud to announce he’s the newest reviewer on the GraphicRiver reviewing team! Read on to find out more about this talented designer…and don’t forget to check out his portfolio!
I’m a graphic designer from Jonkoping, Sweden. I´m a coffee junkie, freelance writer/designer who does a lot of work for swedish sites and companies. I also have an education in sales that I got from my former employer a few years ago so, I guess we could say that I´m a salesman that love art and design to the point that he creates it himself.
But I´m trying to widen my horizon a bit so right now I practice to write more English articles and tutorials. And as some of you readers may know that I have written a tutorial for this blog before. I guess we could consider it outdated at the moment since the re-design made some difference for it´s usage. But it was a fun experience and I would really like to do another one soon. In the last few months I have taken my spare time to working on the web for different purposes to the point of I have become quite a popular person online.
For a living I´m writing articles and do a lot of design work for a friends company. Other than this, I moderate and reviewing designs over at ReviewMyDesign that´s owned and operated by Simon North. Even if I don´t get paid doing it I think it´s one of the those things you can do on your spare time. It´s fun to help people and to give them more experience when it comes to design. (more…)
In 2007, Collis & Cyan created an initiative. One that combines the growing popularity of social networks and blogs with serious issues and awareness. Blog Action Day has a short but impressive history of uniting people all over the globe to link together, forming a massive chain of writers and readers to help raise awareness and discuss one common issue, we all share.
This year the Envato team passed Blog Action Day over to Change.org. Change.org is a site founded on the belief that people want to make a difference, people want to help. The website exists to inform and empower people to combat some of the most urgent issues of our time. Blog Action Day couldn’t be in better hands.
To celebrate this year’s theme of “Climate Change” I’ve poured through the GraphicRiver library for inspiration and selected some of the very best GraphicRiver files that celebrate the idea of ecological awareness, environmentalism, and generally going green. All these files are compiled in one helpful public bookmark collection for you to puruse: “GraphicRiver Goes Green.” Don’t forget to check out my top picks below!
It’s a new month and a new free file from GraphicRiver! This month, it’s a great web design tool from one of GraphicRiver’s most active authors, HQM. Lets take a look and be sure to grab his Artistra Series Form Pack… (more…)
The community voted, and we have our winners! It was a tight competition with five fantastic files to choose from, but our top two files came in with a whopping 76% of the votes between them. Please give your congratulations all the finalists, and especially to our two winners: Zeusbox and ChiStefan!
Check out Zeusbox and ChiStefan’s winning entries below. (more…)
It’s time to wrap up the Icon Set Competition! We had an amazing selection of great icons submitted! It was difficult, but we were able to narrow the list down to five excellent icon sets from GraphicRiver authors. Now, we need the community’’s help to pick the winners! Voting polls will stay open for one week, and the top two sets that receive the most votes will receive a $200 prize. Get your votes in now, and don’t forget to check out the rest of our awesome Icons category.
Here’s our finalists… (more…)
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