textures

  • Free Paper Textures – 20 Useful Examples
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    Free Paper Textures – 20 Useful Examples

    If you’re a designer you’ve probably used paper textures in your design work before. They are a wonderful resource that you can use to overlay photographs, create vintage backgrounds and many other visual elements to make them look great. Images of free paper textures aren’t hard to come by on the internet, there’s plenty of…

  • Free Volcanic Stone Textures

    Free Volcanic Stone Textures

    Today I have a set of really nice and grungy volcanic stone textures from Iceland. We have these large cliffs by the sea in my hometown where the walls have been crumbling for decades, exposing some interesting rock surface. I played around with the colors in post-processing to create a mystical mood for the textures.…

  • Free Black & White Stock Photos
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    Free Black & White Stock Photos

    In this post I have selected 20 impressive free black & white stock photos from our gallery that you can use for your next project. Black and white photography, also known as Monochrome photography is when an image shows a different amount of light but not colors, containing tones from neutral grey ranging from black…

  • Free Rust and Concrete Textures

    Free Rust and Concrete Textures

    Today I have a really nice set of free rust and concrete textures from an old stone wall down by the sea. The textures are dark and gloomy with a lot of details and rust bleeding from the cast iron in the walls. The grunge effect from the cracked concrete walls are perfect for creating…

  • Free Subtle Grunge Textures

    Free Subtle Grunge Textures

    I’m starting this week with a nice set of free subtle grunge textures, perfect to use as overlays to add a worn and vintage effect to your designs and photos. Adding textures like this is easy, even if you’re a beginner with Photoshop, or any other major photo editing software. Here are a couple of…

  • Yellow Grunge Concrete Textures

    Yellow Grunge Concrete Textures

    Today I have a new set of yellow grunge concrete textures from an old building down by the sea in a town close by. The old and weathered walls of this building have some leftovers of peeled yellow and orange paint along with some graffiti. The old concrete has also started to crackle and brake…

  • Free Rotten Wood Textures

    Free Rotten Wood Textures

    Today I have a brand new set of free rotten wood textures that I shot this weekend. These images are from an old driftwood that I walked upon by the sea. The wood has been rotting away for years and is filled with holes, cracks and other wonderful details. It’s probably been a while since…

  • Free Dead Coral Textures

    Free Dead Coral Textures

    Hey guys! Today I have a set of free dead coral textures from Iceland that probably washed ashore many years ago and is now displayed at a rock and mineral museum in the east part of the island. I believe this is the first time we post coral textures, but if you need more images…

  • Free Gritty Colored Rock Textures

    Free Gritty Colored Rock Textures

    This week I have another one of those interesting texture sets that look like something else. I’ve been testing some of the Lightroom Mega Bundle Presets from PhotoWoah and I must say there are some really cool ones in there. I’ve just scratched the surface of the 11.000 presets in that bundle. Anyhow, for these…

  • Free Alien Rock Textures

    Free Alien Rock Textures

    Today I have a new set of 10 abstract textures that look like surfaces from alien planets. These Free Alien Rock Textures are from icelandic rocks such as jasper and quartz. I did apply some color changes to create the red and bluish tone, and toned down the brightness to make them more dark and…

  • Free Grayscale Crystal Textures

    Free Grayscale Crystal Textures

    I have posted a few interesting crystal textures in the past and today’s post is no different. These free grayscale crystal textures are from natural quartz stones found in the east part of Iceland and are made of silica and oxygen over a long period of time. These rock crystals are full of sharp edges…

  • Free Worn Wood Textures

    Free Worn Wood Textures

    Wooden textures are always useful for backgrounds and overlays and they just look so cool when done right. Today I have a set of 8 free worn wood textures that I shot of an old footbridge in East Iceland last summer. The wooden panels are really worn and chipped, with sand and gravel stuck in…