textures

  • Examples of Textures in Graphic Design

    Examples of Textures in Graphic Design

    Continuing our series on textures, in this post, you’ll find examples of textures in amazing graphic designs. Textures are useful for a variety of purposes, so if you want to learn how to use them, check out our post Unleashing the Power of Textures. These graphic designs will get you inspired to use textures in…

  • Inspiring Examples of Textured Web Designs

    Inspiring Examples of Textured Web Designs

    Earlier this week, I wrote a post about Unleashing the Secret Power of Textures, and this post serves as an inspirational follow up that is full of examples on how textures can be used. Textures are a great way to enhance a web design, so here are some great examples of textured web designs. The…

  • Unleashing the Secret Power of Textures
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    Unleashing the Secret Power of Textures

    Textures are one of the most overlooked aspects of web design and graphic design. While textures initially came to popularity as a method of applying surface detail to computer graphics, they have since expanded and become useful for other styles of digital art as well. Historically, textures were simple images that were mapped onto a…

  • Free Texture Friday – Rust

    Free Texture Friday – Rust

    Rust textures are some of the most ubiquitous and venerable resources out there. They’re perfect for adding a grungy feel to anything from web designs to illustrations to photography. I also use them fairly often when I make my subtle grunge textures. I hope you guys find them useful!

  • Free Texture Friday – Grunge Metal

    Free Texture Friday – Grunge Metal

    Today I’ve got a set of grungy metal textures for you. These would work perfect for adding some nice grunge texture to your next background or design. If you guys have any requests for textures you’d like to see here just leave me a comment with some ideas, thanks!

  • Free Texture Friday – White Grunge

    Free Texture Friday – White Grunge

    This is a set of subtle, white grunge textures that I put together in Photoshop. They’re inspired by all of the snow we’ve received around here lately (which I’ll probably make textures out of soon). These were created by layering together a few different textures in Photoshop and combining them at different opacities and blending…

  • Free Texture Friday – Brown Paper

    Free Texture Friday – Brown Paper

    Today I’ve got a nice set of scanned brown paper textures for you. These will really come in handy when trying to add just a little bit of texture to your designs of photographs. I’ve always considered paper textures to be the most useful ones of all. Enjoy and let me know if you make…

  • Free Texture Friday: B&W Grunge

    Free Texture Friday: B&W Grunge

    Today I’ve got a unique set of five black & white grunge textures. These were made by combining several different types of textures in Photoshop,  in various blending layers. I hope you enjoy them and have a Merry Christmas!

  • Free Texture Friday – Fabric

    Free Texture Friday – Fabric

    I’ve got a highly useful set of subtle fabric textures for you guys today. These will come in handy for everything from website backgrounds to adding texture to your designs in Photoshop. I actually created these for my own personal use on a logo I was working on. I thought they were so handy I’d…

  • Free Texture Friday – Concrete

    Free Texture Friday – Concrete

    Concrete textures are some of the most ubiquitous and useful textures available, they’re perfect for adding just a hint of textures to your designs or for giving them a distinct urban feel… it’s up to you! Today I’ve got a set of five fairly clean and simple concrete textures. In the coming weeks I’ll post…

  • Free Texture Friday – Stone

    Free Texture Friday – Stone

    This week I’ve got a set of high-resolution stone textures for you guys. These were all pieces of stone leftover from a neighbors bathroom renovation. It’s really amazing the places that you can find useful textures to shoot. If there are any certain textures you’d like to see featured in this series just leave me…

  • Free Texture Friday – Inaugural

    Free Texture Friday – Inaugural

    Hello everyone! My name is Caleb Kimbrough, you may know me from sites such as Lost & Taken and Bittbox where I release free, high quality textures for designers and photographers to use in their work. I’ll be starting a new series here on the StockVault blog called “Free Texture Friday”. As you guessed, each…