Night Owl Society

Night Owl Society Logo.

One common denominator found in most Independent creatives (Freelancers) is their penchant for burning the midnight oil. Our creative juices tend to flow best under the shroud of darkness. We thrive in the quiet of night, we are night owls.

This unique demographic has inspired me to create the Night Owl Society.

Society Manifesto
The Night Owl Society manifesto sums up the personality and creative drive of it’s members. And was masterfully written by my good friend Maria Gudaitis.

“Our nocturnal tribe soars at midnight. We are the night owls – whose pixels, presses, polygons and projects flourish best under obsidian skies.”

If you’re passionate about your work, and your ideas fly best during the hours others tend to sleep than a membership eagerly awaits you.

Night Owl Creative Pack
Those who sign up for membership will receive a “Night Owl Creative Pack” which includes a stink-load of cool content and creative resources.

- Art Print • 8.5×11 (Shown Below)
This limited edition print was sponsored by Neenah Paper and is printed on their quality Eames Solar White Double Weave stock.

Night Owl Society Limited Edition Print.

The screen printing was done by the fabulous folks at Vahalla Studios. And each art print will be signed and numbered on the back.

- Night Owl Society T-Shirt
The original Night Owl t-shirt was offered for a limited time only for the first 40 members. You can still gird your creative loins with the graphic moniker of the Night Owl Society though via Zazzle.com where you can pick the exact size and style of garment you’d like it on.

- Night Owl Society Wallpaper
I’ve included wallpaper designs for your desktop workstation, laptop, iPad, iPod, or iPhone. This is included in the download link you’ll receive after you sign up for membership.

Night Owl Society Wallpaper Designs.

- High-Res Texture Set (Works in CS and above)
This texture set is titled “Craptacular” and includes “10″ real-world surface textures. Each textures comes with the original photograph so if you don’t like how I set up the resource files you can do it yourself. It also includes a layered PSD file (10×13 inches @ 315ppi) and a bitmap tiff file (10×13 inches @ 300ppi).

Large Sample Texture from Set.

These textures will work great for design layouts or illustration projects.

Remaining Nine Textures from Set.

- Drag & Drop High-Res Texture Set (Works in CS and above)
This easy to use texture set includes “4″ textures created from real-world surfaces. The set includes bitmap tiff files (10×13 inches and above) you simply place them into Adobe Illustrator, colorize, adjust transparency and blend mode settings and you’re ready to rock and roll.

Drag & Drop Textures.

The uses for these creative resources are only limited to your imagination.

Drag & Drop Textures.

If you like these make sure to check out my texture book Crumble. Crackle. Burn.

- Design Sample Source Files (CS4 or Above)
Not sure how to put these textures to use? No worries! The provided design source files included in the download will allow you to take a peek behind the curtains at Glitschka Studios.

Sample Usage of Craptacular Textures.

You’ll get an Adobe Photoshop CS4 file that you can deconstruct to see how I utilized the “Craptacular” textures to create the design above, and you’ll also get an Adobe Illustrator CS4 vector file showing how to use a drag & drop texture in a vector based design.

Deconstruct my Photoshop Source File.

Go under the hood of this design and see how I compiled textures, and adjusted layer settings in Photoshop to create a compelling texturized design.

Night Owl Society members get the following content via immediate download and by additional content listed below that will be shipped to you directly:

- Night Owl Membership Certificate
This framable certificate comes as a high-res PDF file. Simply print it out and sign it.

- VBT Sketch Pad
Why am I sending you a sketch pad? Because analog drawing improves digital building and design. It’s that simple. These sketch pads were printed by Copycraft.com and are branded with the title of my book Vector Basic Training.

- One PaperMate™ Flair Pen (Black)
My favorite pen to draw with is the PaperMate™ Flair pen. These pens are nice and juicy and don’t bleed too much making them ideal for doodling IMO.

- Glitschka Studio Tear Sheets
Glossy Off-set printed design sample sheets.

- Set of Keyboard Characters
Because my closet still has boxes full of Keyboard Characters I’m including a set in the creative pack. They’re fun colorful characters to infest your work area with inspiration.

- FREE Shipping
Last and not least you’ll get all of the above without any shipping cost. (Continental USA only!) If you live outside the continental states use one of the other two buttons below.

Night Owl Society Membership
Membership in the Night Owl Society is easy. Everything above (sans t-shirt) is a flat one time rate of $18. (Continental USA only!) Simply click on the Paypal.com button below and follow the onscreen instructions.

Remember when signing up for the Night Owl Society membership I need:
- Valid Shipping Address

Once your Paypal payment is processed you’ll be automatically forwarded to a web page where you can download all the content for your “Night Owl Creative Pack.” Once signed up you’ll also receive an email invitation to the exclusive Night Owl Society Facebook group where I’ll continue to post free download resources (For members only) moving forward. You can view the growing list of design resources here.

If for some reason you’re not automatically forwarded (Paypal can be hinky at times) just email me and I’ll provide you with the link myself. All content not included in the download links will be shipped to you directly.

Sign Up Now! (It’s a no-brainer.)
We look forward to welcoming you into our nocturnal tribe of creative individuals.

$18 – US Membership Order Button
Those living in the Continental USA.

$24 – Canadian Membership Order Button
Those living in Canada or Hawaii.

$28 – Worldwide Membership Order Button
Those living anywhere else in the world.

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