Copy Shop
The Copy Shop has everything you need to recreate the gritty, low-fi aesthetic of photocopied designs, including actions, textures, templates and more!
Resources
Many hours have gone into crafting these tools and resources, making them the biggest and best downloads available on Spoon Graphics. If you want to create truly great effects within your designs, purchase my design resource products:
Washed & Worn Deluxe
Capture the authentic cracked surfaces of old t-shirts where the printed graphic has flaked away from being washed and worn over many years
Acrylic Design Toolkit
Everything you need to add artistic painterly effects to your designs in one huge toolkit, including textures, patterns, vectors, brushes and more!
More great tools and resources
I'm busy making more great products for you, but in the meanwhile here are my most used tools, including my favourite fonts, my go-to creative assets, and the products and services I use in my daily life as a designer. These are the tools and resources that I personally rely upon in my own creative toolbox to work smarter and more efficiently. I hope you find them useful too! If you decide to purchase some of these products yourself, I'll receive a small cut of the sale at no extra cost to you.
50% off My Favourite Fonts
I've always been a bit of a snob when it comes to fonts. I just can't stand the awful kerning and bad quality of many free fonts available on the web, so I've spent years building a library of pro-grade typefaces to call upon. I've managed to secure a 50% discount on my go-to favourite fonts. If you want to enjoy my most-used typefaces in your own projects too, check out this special custom bundle at Design Cuts.
Essential Creative Assets
I make use of all the free design resources I share here on Spoon Graphics in my own work, but I also rely upon a few trusty resources from other creatives that form an integral part of my toolkit.
Paper Textures
Paper textures are a staple of my design work! This particular pack has loads of high resolution, clean, rough & aged paper textures all in one place.
Illustrator Brushes
Illustrator brushes are the secret ingredient to creating authentic looking illustrations. Each set helps you create a whole new illustrative style.
Grunge Brushes
I've been using Liam Mckay's Subtle Grunge Photoshop Brushes in my work for over a decade. They are perfect for creating distressed effects.
Print Mockups
Never present your print designs to clients—or in your portfolio—as flat graphics. Simulate how the finished print will look with mockup templates. This pack contains every product you'll need.
Apparel Mockups
You don't have to own a t-shirt store to need apparel mockups, just putting your art on a tee makes it 10x cooler! These photorealistic mockups that wrap your design around every wrinkle are the best.
Brand Book Template
Creating a killer presentation for a brand design is almost as important as the concept itself. This brilliant template pack makes it easy to create stunning style guides and brand guidelines.
Products and Services
My rickety old 2012 iMac is my number one most used piece of hardware, but I'd recommend you opt for something a little more up to date! Here's a few other pieces of hardware, software, products and services that allow me to do what I do.
Wacom Intuos Pro
Every designer needs a pen tablet! The pen provides much finer control for all kinds of design tasks, not just illustrative work. The touch feature of my Wacom Intuos Pro has also been a miracle cure for my wrist problems caused by mouse use.
Blue Yeti Mic
My Blue Yeti microphone has helped me record great quality voiceover audio for my video tutorials for a number of years. Accessorise it with an arm mount and pop filter, then turn down the Gain and get real close for lovely smooth vocals.
Adobe CC
The Adobe suite of design software is the industry standard, so it's what I use on a daily basis. The Creative Cloud subscription has put an end to having to constantly buy each new release, so now I always have access to the latest versions!
Design Cuts Bundles
My toolkit has been stacked full of top quality design resource products over recent years, and it's all thanks to the unmissable deals from Design Cuts. Every bundle contains a collection of best-selling tools with massive discounts of 98-99%, which save you thousands of dollars off the regular price.
Email Newsletter
There would be no point putting so much effort into my content if nobody knew about it, which is why my email newsletter service from AWeber is so important. AWeber helps me keep in touch with my audience by managing my mailing list, while complying with important data laws to keep everyone's details safe.
Stock Images
Shutterstock is my go-to library for stock images. Whenever I need a royalty free photo to use within a design, there's always plenty of high-resolution images to choose from. Being a subscription service means I can conveniently grab as many images as I need, without having to buy them on an individual basis.