http://www.texturelovers.com Free textures, texture tutorials and texture inspiration collections from the web Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:00:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.texturelovers.com/texture-tutorials/ultimate-guide-for-creating-high-quality-textures/ http://www.texturelovers.com/texture-tutorials/ultimate-guide-for-creating-high-quality-textures/#comments Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:56:17 +0000 Max Stanworth http://www.texturelovers.com/?p=1494 One of the biggest trends in web and graphic design in the past couple of years has been the use of textures in websites, print design, and everything in between. Textures help give designs a more “real world” feeling by incorporating surfaces that we are all familiar with.

]]> http://www.texturelovers.com/texture-tutorials/ultimate-guide-for-creating-high-quality-textures/feed/ 0 http://www.texturelovers.com/texture-tutorials/how-to-create-a-somber-composition/ http://www.texturelovers.com/texture-tutorials/how-to-create-a-somber-composition/#comments Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:44:16 +0000 Max Stanworth http://www.texturelovers.com/?p=1479 In this tutorial you will learn how to manipulate stock images and turn them into your puppets to express your desired feelings.

]]> http://www.texturelovers.com/texture-tutorials/how-to-create-a-somber-composition/feed/ 0 http://www.texturelovers.com/texture-tutorials/how-to-create-an-energy-sci-fi-scene/ http://www.texturelovers.com/texture-tutorials/how-to-create-an-energy-sci-fi-scene/#comments Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:29:10 +0000 Max Stanworth http://www.texturelovers.com/?p=1477 Use Photoshop to combine 3D renders with stock images and light effects. The creative process is not so easy to be turned into a tutorial, so is not detailed. This is an unconventional Photoshop tutorial because it is focused more on the process rather then the technique.

]]> http://www.texturelovers.com/texture-tutorials/how-to-create-an-energy-sci-fi-scene/feed/ 0 http://www.texturelovers.com/texture-tutorials/candy-coated-text-effect/ http://www.texturelovers.com/texture-tutorials/candy-coated-text-effect/#comments Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:06:49 +0000 Max Stanworth http://www.texturelovers.com/?p=1472 Serve up some glossy pink candy coated type. Delicious.

]]> http://www.texturelovers.com/texture-tutorials/candy-coated-text-effect/feed/ 0 http://www.texturelovers.com/texture-tutorials/manipulate-smoke-to-create-hyper-real-images/ http://www.texturelovers.com/texture-tutorials/manipulate-smoke-to-create-hyper-real-images/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:05:05 +0000 Max Stanworth http://www.texturelovers.com/?p=1402 Learn to apply the Warp Tool effectively and a few other tricks to make smoke look like a skull. This technique has a variety of outcomes and works well with water, clouds and a whole bunch of other stuff.

]]> http://www.texturelovers.com/texture-tutorials/manipulate-smoke-to-create-hyper-real-images/feed/ 0 http://www.texturelovers.com/texture-tutorials/3d-text-with-some-extreme-lighting/ http://www.texturelovers.com/texture-tutorials/3d-text-with-some-extreme-lighting/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:51:34 +0000 Max Stanworth http://www.texturelovers.com/?p=1399 Today we are going to take an object/text, change it from 2-D to 3-D and give it some realistic effects. We are going to be using Illustrator to create the object, then bring it into Photoshop to add highlights and shadows.

]]> http://www.texturelovers.com/texture-tutorials/3d-text-with-some-extreme-lighting/feed/ 0 http://www.texturelovers.com/texture-tutorials/abstract-web-background-from-texture/ http://www.texturelovers.com/texture-tutorials/abstract-web-background-from-texture/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:44:18 +0000 Max Stanworth http://www.texturelovers.com/?p=1396 I would like to share one simple but interesting way to create cool textures for your website in minutes.

]]> http://www.texturelovers.com/texture-tutorials/abstract-web-background-from-texture/feed/ 0 http://www.texturelovers.com/texture-tutorials/creating-an-abstract-watercolor-wallpaper/ http://www.texturelovers.com/texture-tutorials/creating-an-abstract-watercolor-wallpaper/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:03:36 +0000 Max Stanworth http://www.texturelovers.com/?p=1370 There are plenty of ways to create a Watercolor Effect in Photoshop. Some are very cheesy and you can easily tell that a simple filter has been used. In this tutorial, we will be using Layer Masking.

]]> http://www.texturelovers.com/texture-tutorials/creating-an-abstract-watercolor-wallpaper/feed/ 0 http://www.texturelovers.com/texture-tutorials/create-a-realistic-grunge-peeling-sticker/ http://www.texturelovers.com/texture-tutorials/create-a-realistic-grunge-peeling-sticker/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:57:22 +0000 Max Stanworth http://www.texturelovers.com/?p=1367 In this tutorial, you will be learning some basic to intermediate techniques which you can make use of in your future designs!

]]> http://www.texturelovers.com/texture-tutorials/create-a-realistic-grunge-peeling-sticker/feed/ 0 http://www.texturelovers.com/texture-tutorials/how-to-use-textures-to-enhance-your-photographs/ http://www.texturelovers.com/texture-tutorials/how-to-use-textures-to-enhance-your-photographs/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:58:25 +0000 Max Stanworth http://www.texturelovers.com/?p=1295 Adding textures to your photos to create different details and effects.

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