Welcome to my CarlsArt newsletter, your premium source
for free textures, tutorials, articles, plugins, models,
and resources for today's 3D and 2D artists and graphics
designers.

I'm Carl Johnson, founder of CarlsArt, and
I'm glad you joined. I will do my best to provide you
with all the resources, textures and tutorials you need
to make your job or hobby in 3D animation or 2D design or
even computer fine art, easy and fun.

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Carl Johnson
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carl@carlsart.com
http://CarlsArt.com

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P.S. From this point on, you'll receive at least
one high-quality texture per month. For your first
month, I'll be providing you with some added tutorials,
articles and resources, so, be on the lookout for my
next email! I've got to get you up to speed on what's been
going on around here! In the next issue, I'll provide a tutorial
on how to create your own super-detailed, high-resolution
spaceship and sci-fi textures, so watch for it.

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