Next time you’re invited to one of those “Ugly Christmas Sweater” parties, wow the crowd with your knowledge of snowflakes, sweaters, and other Christmas icons. Enjoy the following yuletide facts, and have a very happy holiday.
GREAT GIFTS FOR THE COLLEGE STUDENT IN YOUR LIFE
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College students always seem to need stuff. With Christmas right around the corner, now’s a great time to combine the list of stuff they need with stuff they actually want. We proudly present some cool gifts for the college student in your life. Each one is from our store on CafePress.com. Happy shopping.
College students always seem to need stuff. With Christmas right around the corner, now’s a great time to combine the list of stuff they need with stuff they actually want. We proudly present some cool gifts for the college student in your life. Each one is from our store on CafePress.com. Happy shopping.
A BUN TRACK MIND: LOVING THE HOT DOG
July is a big month for the hot dog. Not only is it a staple at most Fourth of July cookouts, but July 23rd is International Hot Dog Day. But, why tell you what you already know?
The point is, we love hot dogs (yes, even veggie ones). We love them so much that we can’t stop thinking about them. It seems everywhere we look, we see hot dogs.
Welcome to our world …
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‘Summerize’ Your Look with Our Free Image
This week’s free image is bursting with vibrant color, just in time for summer! Capture all of the joy of a new season right here, without ever having to put flowers in your hair. The image comes to us from contributor Viorel Sima. Viorel’s collection of photos has everything, from bananas to businessmen. For more images like this…
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It’s a Tie: Fun Facts for Father’s Day
Stumped for a Father’s Day gift? Consider that solid (or striped) stand-by, the tie. Not only do ties make sweet presents, but there’s some impressive trivia about the neck-hugging marvel that just may surprise you. Some of these fun facts are proudly presented in our infographic below. Happy Father’s Day! Images used in this post: …
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House of Carbs: Bigstock Struggles with National Donut Day
Inspired by some of our most favorite donut images, our team got together to share their struggles with everyone’s favorite holiday, National Donut Day. Enjoy this behind-the-scenes look at our team, our troubles, and our baked goods. Have a fun Friday, everyone!
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Creating Simple Animated Gifs in Photoshop: Part 2
A Photoshop tutorial by Art Director and founder of Pureworks, Victoria Jordan. In this tutorial, we’re going to build on what we learned in the first tutorial about animated gifs with more complex movement. We’ll do this using the following two stock images from Bigstock contributors Elenamiv and NesaCera The first thing I’m going to…
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Eggs-citing Easter Photos
We’ve been scrambling all morning to get this brand-new collection of Easter egg photos out to you, but ultimately, it was over … easy. (Give us time, we’ll think of a few more egg puns.) Truly, we’re shocked the decorators of these eggs didn’t crack under the pressure. (Told ya.) Hard-boiled and bold, these images…
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Plaid-Men!
Sometime late last night, a memo went out to all the young gents at Bigstock declaring Tuesday March 20th “Plaid Day.” OK, not really, but we couldn’t resist a quick photo op for this ridiculous coincidence. And while we’re at it, here’s a gallery of some stellar plaid photos and vectors to help you plan…
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Turning Your Sketches into Vector Art (with robots!)
Turning Your Sketches into Vector ArtBy Karl Rosencrants, Bigstock Contributor When creating new illustrations, brainstorming often happens by sketching using paper and pencil. Sometimes it can be hard to transfer those sketch ideas into vector art. Here I will outline two different ways to turn your sketches into vector art. The first step is to…
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