Last year, I collected Over 100 Free Halloween Design Resources, and that post remains a favorite on this blog. This year, I didn’t have quite as much time to dedicate, but I have still managed to put together a list of over 50 MORE vectors, Photoshop brushes, icons, fonts, WordPress themes, etc. Hope you enjoy them.
Vectors
CSS Creme
11 icons. Available in .ai format. Released under the General Public License.
DaPino (Smashing Magazine)
14 icons. Available in .png, .jpg, .ai and .eps formats. “You can use the set for all of your projects for free and without any restrictions. You can freely use it for both your private and commercial projects, including software, online services, templates and themes. The set may not be resold, sublicensed, rented, transferred or otherwise made available for use.”
DaPino
3 icons available in .ai CS3, .eps, .png, and .ico formats. License: Attribution-Non-Commercial 3.0 Netherlands.
DryIcons
Terms of Use.
Halloween frame available in EPS format.
Halloween night background available in EPS format.
Here are some vector skulls.
Mulpo
Various skulls available in AI and EPS formats. Released under the General Public License.
Llen Design (DeviantART)
7 Vector Skulls and a bone in an EPS file. Can be used in Commercial and Personal projects.
Can be used in Commercial and Personal projects.
1 skull EPS as part of their Vintage Mega Pack Sampler.
Free T-Shirt Design 2. EPS file.
Free T-Shirt Design 4. EPS file.
Free Vector Pack 1. A skull is available as well as some vector textures and other elements. EPS file.
illustrator-labo (Vecteezy)
Some awesome Jack O’Lantern and witch hat designs. AI file. “Use and abuse it to your heart’s content, just don’t resell or redistribute it in any way.”
Gerberpernert (Vecteezy)
Cute little bat-winged character and witch. Zipped AI file. General Public License
Chrisdesign
Halloween party flyers created in Inkscape. Openable in Illustrator but the sunburst effect produced an error in CS3 for me. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License.
Jonny-Doomsday (DeviantART)
Frankenstein vector as an editable PDF file. Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Idee Montabili
Pumpkin box template in EPS file. Just the shape; you have to decorate it yourself.
Here is a little vector freebie of my own for you all. Feel free to use it in commercial or personal works. Just don’t forget to show Design Bliss some love.
EPS CS file. Just click to download.
Photoshop Brushes
Here are some free Halloween Photoshop brushes for you.
Infected Loser
Halloween 1
10 Photoshop CS2 brushes.
Halloween 2
10 brushes.
Halloween 3
17 brushes.
Skulls
11 brushes.
deathoflight (DeviantART)
Creepy Trees
12 large brushes. Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Spooky Trees
15 large brushes. Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Graphics-illustrations
Nice set of brushes but requires signing up for free membership to download. Terms of Use.
MofineDoll-stock (DeviantART)
20 Photoshop Brushes. Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Mel’s Photoshop Brushes
9 Jack O’Lantern/pumpkin brushes. Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License.
Digital Art Corner
10 Photoshop Brushes. “Redistribution is not permitted.”
Artistic-Ecstasy
8 Halloween Photoshop Brushes. “Please do not redistribute them as your own!”
Photoshop Tutorials
Want to ghoul up your designs for Halloween? Here are some Photoshop tutorials I’ve come across that might be useful.
First up, iMarc teaches us how to create a “Freakish Zombie in 11 Steps!”
Next, my favorite Photoshop tutorial site, PSDTUTS shows us how to create “A Slick Supernatural Text Effect.”
Photoshop Roadmap has gathered together 60 “Horror, Blood and Gore” Photoshop tutorials. Not for the squeemish, though.
Icons
Let’s keep the Halloween resources going with some free Halloween Icons.
Iconfactory
iPhonica Halloween – 10 icons for Vista or Leopard.
Trick or Treat – 4 icons for Vista or Leopard.
Jamie McCandless (Terms of Use)
Stone Ground – 22 OS X icons.
Boo-galoo – 12 OS X icons.
WarP o’Lanterns – 16 OS X icons.
Stock Photos
Perhaps the best find of this Halloween season are these skull reference photos by Jimiyo fro GoMedia.
15 high resolution shots of skulls cut out from the background already.
CreepyHalloweenImages.com offers hundreds of Halloween images under an attribution license. Here are just a few examples:
Bats
Clipart
Ghosts
Lanterns
Other Creepy Things
Fonts
Although I gathered up a lot of good font sources last year, here are some resources for Halloween fonts and dingbats that I have scrounged up for you.
HalloweenJoys.com
Various Halloween fonts.
TypOasis
Various “Creepy Fonts.”
dafont.com
We Inside. Skull and Skeleton dingbats.
About.com
A collection of Halloween fonts.
Dyers.org
Jon Dyers has put together a list of 66 Halloween fonts from various sites.
WordPress Themes
Interested in doing some blogging about Halloween? Well, here are 6 free themes for WordPress that you use to get you started.
Dining Table
Savvy Web Design
Halloween Town
Virtual Assistance for Business
Well, that’s it for 2008. Come again for more!
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May 9th, 2009
Nice design,almost all are good
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