textures

  • Free Texture Friday – Subtle Grunge

    Free Texture Friday – Subtle Grunge

    Today’s textures are a highly useful collection of subtle grunge images created by mixing various paper, concrete, and grunge textures together in photoshop. They’re perfect for adding just a little bit of vintage or real-world feel to your designs and illustrations. Enjoy and happy holidays!

  • Free Texture Friday – Vintage Paper 3

    Free Texture Friday – Vintage Paper 3

    It hasn’t been too long since I last released a set of paper textures on here, but they’re just so useful and ubiquitous I thought I’d share a few more with you guys. These textures are perfect for adding a vintage feel to nearly any design, illustration, or scrapbooking endeavor. Hopefully you can find some…

  • Free Texture Friday – Bokeh

    Free Texture Friday – Bokeh

    The holiday season brings a lot of joyful things to the world, one of my favorites: christmas lights. There’s something incredibly nostalgic about them, they remind me of the cold days of winters’ past. These bokeh textures were made by taking out of focus pictures of a set of christmas lights. Hopefully you guys can…

  • Free Texture Friday – Subtle Tan Grunge

    Free Texture Friday – Subtle Tan Grunge

    This friday I’ve got a highly useful set of subtle grunge textures for you, all in tan hues. They’re a mix of paper and grunge textures layered together in Photoshop. Hopefully you guys can find some good uses for them in your work, enjoy!

  • Free Texture Friday – Peeled Paint

    Free Texture Friday – Peeled Paint

    Today I have a set of 5 peeled paint textures that were shot on an old fishing boat (Yes, the same one where I shot the Gritty Paint on Wood Textures). These weathered white paint textures are perfect as grunge overlays on your photographs and designs. I hope you can find good use for them.

  • Free Texture Friday – Vintage Paper 2

    Free Texture Friday – Vintage Paper 2

    This Friday’s set of textures is a highly useful set of vintage paper images sourced from early 20th century books. They’re perfect for overlaying onto your designs to give them that nice subtle vintage feel, hopefully you can find some great uses for them in your work. Enjoy!

  • Free Texture Friday – Etched Stone

    Free Texture Friday – Etched Stone

    These etched stone textures were taken from an abandoned, century old schoolhouse located all by itself out in the country near where I live. I feel the carvings in the stone hold an incredible amount of history, and the children that made them are probably old, and grey haired by now. Hopefully you can find…

  • Free Texture Friday – Rust 4

    Free Texture Friday – Rust 4

    Rust textures are always useful for adding interesting elements to your designs and illustrations. Today I’ve got a selection of unique rust textures that were taken from an abandoned bridge I found out in the countryside around here. Hopefully you can find some good uses for them in your work, enjoy!

  • Free Texture Friday – Old Books

    Free Texture Friday – Old Books

    There’s a tiny bookstore near me that has an entire room full of late 19th and early 20th century books, each one typically costs less than a dollar or two. I could spend hours in there searching through the old novels discovering naturally worn paper textures. I also love reading the inscriptions and notes made…

  • Free Texture Friday – Muddy Wall

    Free Texture Friday – Muddy Wall

    I drove out to a wetlands wildlife reserve near where I live and wandered around in the woods for a while looking for textures. I came across this tall hill that looked like it had been sliced down the middle, with the roots showing from the trees that were on top. I thought it made…

  • Free Texture Friday – Grey Grunge

    Free Texture Friday – Grey Grunge

    These textures came from a big manhole cover at the local zoo that had a lot of cool rust and eroded effects. They’re subtle enough to incorporate into many of your designs and illustrations. Enjoy!

  • Free Texture Friday – Gritty Paint on Wood

    Free Texture Friday – Gritty Paint on Wood

    Today I got a free set of gritty paint textures on old wood. I found some old fishing boats that are slowly rotting away, and I couldn’t resist. You can never have too many grungy textures, and these will be excellent for backgrounds and overlays. Enjoy and please leave a comment if you like them!