About our design elements...

Presently, there are hundreds of files, in several categories, available for download. These files are FREE for your Personal Use.

Descriptions of these categories and files follow immediately, with an explanation of our Policies & Rules after....

Gradient Lovelies!

The initial category is gradients. All, of which, were created using PaintShop Pro Version 8.01. An experienced artist can modify these files to fit any graphics program without too much of a problem.

We are extremely confident that these gradients will prove to be some of the most beautiful and most functional on the internet!

There are unusual gradients such as, "Day Lily" and "Watermelon"; one-click fills like; "Compact Disc", "Grass Blade" and "Light Bulb"!

Our designers, like any in this profession, must create what seems to be an endless variety of gradients, which are a quick and easy way to give depth to many objects.

Gradients such as; "Sunset", "Storm Lights", or, "Sky Noon" are meant to be used as backgrounds upon which to build your image, however, they are useful for additional applications as well. We use them in web design, texture creation, logos, etc.

The variety and quality of these files create the potential for this section of design elements to be one of the busiest download areas of our site, so, don't miss out on a single one of them. Be certain to check back often for new additions to this area. You may do so by going to our New Site Additions notification page.

Favored Vector Shapes

What we perceive as another extremely high-traffic section, will be our vector shapes.

As time goes on, we will be uploading increasingly more intricate and complex shapes! Our designers predict that ours will be some of the most sought-after vector shapes offered anywhere on the Internet! Most casual graphic-persons appear to possess an aversion to working with vector art. This is one way we choose to assist the less experienced. At the same time, colleagues will benefit from our collection of vector shapes, too.

These vector files are in either, PSP (paintshop pro) version 7.04, or, Windows Metafile. Therefore, they are accessible to those working in a variety of programs.

REMEMBER: To our professional acquaintances and colleagues, we are always available to fulfill your special requests pertaining to any design category, or service which we offer!

Texture Fetish!

Textures are a mainstay for any person who creates graphics!

Here, we offer hundreds of original and exciting textures. The majority of them are unlike any found elsewhere on the internet and all are original textures created by our designers for in-house and client projects. Most are 200ppi resolution so they may be suitable for a more diverse range of applications.

Just a Note...

All of our Free for Personal Use files are available for purchase, as well. Any files that have been purchased will no longer be available on our site. If you are interested in purchasing any of our files, please contact our office by going to our Contact Point page and selecting your preferred means of communication. Your will receive a prompt reply to all requests.

During site maintenance and traffic checks, we are able to define the most popular areas and downloads of our site. If we detect a sufficient increase in response to any of the Gratis Design Element categories, we will increase our efforts in that area.

In the near future, it is our intentions to add still more categories to this department. These will include; mask files, brush tips and bump maps. Also, an exciting new category will be "Framery"! Our designers have accumulated a vast collection of frame works for photographs, scrap-booking and other purposes. This collection is extremely extensive and is guaranteed to out-shine any other to be found on the Internet! So, stay tuned...

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Gratis Design Elements - General Policies

Please, do not overlook the following information! We will attempt to keep this as simple as possible.

ESP Links

We, at ESP, do not want to sound abrasive when we tell you that downloading and using a Link Back is not an option, but rather, mandatory, in the event that anyone uses any file from our site. This is true regardless of the reason for use, as, countless man-hours have been invested into these resource files.

Giving us the proper credit will insure that these files remain Free for your personal use.

BEFORE you download and use any file, please read this information and, also,refer to our Terms of Use.

The information below covers issues not found detailed in our Terms of Use.

We ask that you, please, do NOT alter the names of the images/files.

Some designers have included their initials, or, ESP has included its initials in the filename. This is only natural as we are the creators of these files. As anyone would, we feel that it is fair to let the creator(s) of the image/file retain credit for their creations.

As for the use of any of our downloadable files, it is important that you adhere to the following restrictions:

I. Do not transfer any of our files to another person.
If someone you know may be interested in them, please direct them to our site.
If you have misplaced or lost one or more of our files, please return here to download it/them once more.

II. Do not offer any of our files for download from the internet.
This includes offering them to others via CD, Discs, or, E-Mail.

III. You must provide a link back to us if you have used any of our files in the creation of your site, or, any elements thereof:
Links must be displayed on any site, and every page of any site, which features any of our products in any form.
For example; if, within a page, any of our textures, gradients, or any other design elements have been used in the creation of any graphics present on that page.

IV. You must not link directly to files on this site!
This applies to all files which we offer.

V. In a Group Setting:
Our files are not to be offered to any Group.
If the Group Owner wishes to do so, he/she may submit a request in the Visitors' Lounge.
This request should be specific as to which files are desired and should provide the url of the Group.
If permission of use is granted, the files must be downloaded from our site and uploaded to the Group's Server.
Realizing that Yahoo! has opted to discontinue archiving capabilities of its Groups, and that others may soon follow suit, we still cannot allow others to link to files stored on our server.

The following should be a given:

VI. Do not claim any of our products as your own creations.

VII. Do Not Alter the original file/image.
We do not claim to be the best designers in existence. There will be those of you who may feel that you can improve upon certain files which you have downloaded from us. There is no doubt that improvements are possible in most things. If this is the case with our files, please, just delete ours and make your own.

VIII. Do not sell any of our products.

IX. Do not sell anything which you have created using our products.

X. Do not use any of our products on any items that you sell.

XI. Always give us a By-line credit, or, link, if at all possible.

Please, go to our ESP Links page and choose whichever design you prefer from the choices you will find there. To download the Link, simply click it and immediately a zip file will begin to download to your hard drive. The HTML Code is included in the enclosed Readme File. If you have any questions pertaining to the HTML or how to place our link on your page, please contact us.