Halloween may be only a few days away, but our designer friends can’t seem to get enough scary images. Here’s a collection of Halloween vectors and backgrounds to satisfy those last minute projects. Halloween Vector ©kjpargeter
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Combining Photos and Illustrations to Make Your Projects Shine
A tutorial by Art Director and founder of Pureworks, Victoria Jordan Photos and illustrations can work together in many ways to enhance a project. In this tutorial, we’ll discuss cutting and pasting vector files into Photoshop using the following photo and vector by Bigstock contributors Loriklaszlo and Adroach
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These Houses are Haunted!
We’re inching closer and closer to Halloween and we managed to scare up a lightbox of our best haunted house images for you. Each and every one of these would be a great complement to All Hallows Eve! Haunted House Photo ©jmbatt
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‘Tis The Season
Christmas, Kwanzaa, Diwali or Hanukkah? No matter what you celebrate or where you’re living, this series of holiday images has got you covered. Christmas Candy Canes ©iofoto.com
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Formats Galore: Using the Right File Type for Each Project
A tutorial by Art Director and founder of Pure Works Studio, Victoria Jordan Stock images are great for any range of projects, but certain projects require specific file formats. In this tutorial, we’ll go through the best formats for print and web, as well as some of the advantages and disadvantages of those formats using…
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See You in Phoenix: Bigstock at AIGA’s Pivot Conference
Going to Phoenix for AIGA’s Pivot Conference conference this week? We’ll be there from Thursday, October 13th through Saturday, October 15th, fully loaded with swag goodies, special coupons and an over-sized portfolio of some of our favorite images. Visit us at Booth #20 and say hi! For full details, please see the exhibitor schedule here:
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Chat with us LIVE on Facebook!
Live Chat is now available directly through Facebook! Just click on the “chat with us” icon on the left-hand side of our Facebook page and we’ll be delighted to answer any questions you have. If we’re away from our desks we’ll receive an email and get back to you ASAP. What a better time to…
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Backgrounds and Patterns and Textures, Oh My!
Backgrounds and textures have always been one of our most popular collections. Check out this lightboxof some of our favorite stock photo, vector and illustrated backgrounds. Colorful Circles ©orson
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Fall in Love with Bigstock and Win Great Prizes!
Fall is here, which means it’s time for our annual Fall in Love with Bigstock contest! Download any photo, vector or illustration between now and October 27th and we’ll enter you to win a $300 Amazon gift card or 100 Bigstock credits for more amazing images. Need some inspiration? Here’s a gallery of fall-themed images…
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Preparing an Image for Web vs. Print
Preparing an Image for Web vs. Print A Photoshop tutorial by Art Director and founder of Pure Works Studio,Victoria Jordan When you have a great stock photo, you want to make sure that the quality remains high no matter where it appears. In this tutorial, we’ll go through the requirements for both print and web…
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