It’s January! Get free files from the Envato Marketplace

Envato is an Australian-based company that was started in 2006. Since that time, they’ve grown into a huge network of sites known as their Marketplace.

In the Marketplace, over 500,000 (and counting) sellers and buyers are treated to some fantastic goodies.

If you’re a creator, you can sell your eWares on one or all of the nine Envato sites:

3DOcean - royalty-free 3D models, textures, concepts, and materials and shaders
ActiveDen - royalty-free Adobe Flash and Flex files
AudioJungle - royalty-free music and sound effects that are completely Podsafe
CodeCanyon - scripts and components for a variety of languages and frameworks, currently including JavaScript, PHP, ASP.NET, and Java
GraphicRiver - royalty-free, layered Photoshop files, vectors, icon packs, Adobe add-ons and design templates
PhotoDune – royalty-free stock photography provided by photographers all over the world
ThemeForest - HTML templates as well as themes for popular CMS products like WordPress, Joomla and Drupal
Tutorials - tutorials and eBooks on topics like Design, Web Development and Computer Graphics
VideoHive - royalty-free footage and motion graphics as well as After Effects Project files

Envato gives away a free file each month in each one of its nine Marketplaces. Although many of the items are definitely worth buying, getting a little something free each month does sweeten the pot and make you keep coming back for more.

This month, the free files you can snag are as follows:

3DOcean – Red Blood Cells by 3alisha

Description: “A set of accurately made red blood cells. Materials and polygon count optimized for best visual results and best performance in animations and broadcasts.”

ActiveDen – YouTube Music Player by CodingJack

Description: “This file can be used to play YouTube music videos on your site. It is fully customizeable through XML and has several position options.”

See a preview.

AudioJungle – Positive Spirit by Tin_Pan_Alley

Description: “Bright and beautiful musical composition – in a genre light rock. The song consists of four parts: the beginning, development, deviation and the culmination. Musical instruments used in a song: a heavy guitar reef, a bass, violins, hand bells and atmosphere. The song has positive mood, dynamics and motivates activity.”

You can listen. The version you download won’t have the audiomark on it.

CodeCanyon – TextFX – A jQuery Text Animation Tool by CodingJack

Description: “TextFX is a jQuery text animation tool for animating a single line of text. It is built for easy usage, but also lends itself nicely to more advanced coders with it’s flexible script.

TextFX uses jQuery version 1.7.1″

GraphicRiver - Precious Photoshop Styles by Era89

Description: .ASL and .PSD included; works great with shapes and with small and big text; 100% scalable; fully editable; easy to use

ThemeForest - Your No1 Online Resume (Bonus: iPhone & Pdf Theme) by hogash

Description: “Your #1 Online CV, iPhone theme included & PDF Layout: Very easy change backgrounds; iPhone theme included (awesome); PDF theme included; 2 sets of icons (pixel & social icons); Print stylesheet; .png fix; Browser Compatibility IE (6,7,8), Firefox, Opera, Chrome, Safari; PHP Contact Form with validation; Easy status configuration; Automatic thumbnail generation; Custom fancy font; Social media links; Good documentation; Tooltips & Colorbox included; Business Cards design included”

See a live preview.

PhotoDune - Dark Ominous Clouds of Glory by Graphic-Studio

Description: “Dark Ominous Clouds of Glory. The same image I use on my Profile Page, just not as customized.”

Tutorials - Build your Own JavaScript Library by NetPremium

Description: “Over the course of the past few years, the JavaScript community has exploded exponentially. While technologies like Ajax certainly had something to do with the popularity of JavaScript, it it’s safe to say that libraries are the primary reason we’ve seen such astonishing growth in the community. No longer is the browser the playground of those who venture into JavaScript development and brave the disparate APIs supported by multiple browsers. Thanks to libraries, the differences between the popular browsers are minimized, making cross-browser development much easier than it used to be.

Both the tutorials and screencasts in this series were created by highly respected JavaScript developer and published author, Jeremy McPeak.”