Textures posts

Most web pros can’t make it through a week without falling back on some else’s work: you may be a great programmer, but can you illustrate? You may be a great icon designer, but do you understand type?

We don’t all have a studio of colleagues to pass work off to. Some of us have no choice but to take the bull by the horns.

When you’re desperately...

Are those design resources drying up? Well, it’s time for more freebies!

This week’s freebie isn’t just a single freebie item, but a bundle of awesome design resources! The bundle is a teaser from the FanExtra designer members area which contains over 2000 quality design files, plus weekly advanced Photoshop tutorials!

This bundle includes: A grungy rock texture set (6 high res textures), a high res watercolor Photoshop brush set (10 brushes), a set of 9 red vector ribbon illustrations (fully scalable) and a set of 6 web icons (fully scalable).

Each of these freebies, as with all FanExtra resources are free for use in personal and commercial projects,...

Stock leaf textures could be very useful to have on hand if your design is nature-related. Green is perfect for creating calming and relaxing effects, and it can bring a comfortable experience to visitors of your website.

Proper use of these high-resolution textures can make your artwork or web design look more natural and realistic.

While most textures in this collection are green, there are also yellow, red, orange, and purple leaves that can be indispensable for indication of seasons or adding bright...

Today we have some an awesome set of Grunge Concrete Textures from Vandelay Premier where you can get awesome resources for designers for a very low cost.

This texture set is normally for sale only, but you can download it today absolutely free!

These textures were designed by Caleb Kimbrough and can be used for both personal and commercial projects, including theme and template designs. Please...

We all know texture is used a lot in both modern and vintage design, although in many cases of design produced many years ago, noisy and grungy textures were unavoidable.

When it comes to wooden texture in design, though, whether in a print product, a web or mobile user interface element, or general layout, it is always used to enhance visual appeal.

In this article, we will look at five common elements in UI design that use wood textures to do just this.

In addition to discussing these...

Textured backgrounds in website design are common, especially in grunge designs. But they’re used in a variety of other design styles, too.

Textures can add visual interest to an otherwise-minimalist design, or can add that extra bit of detail that really makes a design pop.

Paper textures are by far the most common, but other regularly-seen textures include stone, concrete, rust, and fabric. And they’re not just used for backgrounds, either. Some sites incorporate textures into every aspect of their...

If you ever heard the phrase ‘you can find inspiration everywhere you look’, then this article is for you. Today we look at rusted metal textures as both an unusual source of inspiration as well as an option for unique backgrounds.

Textured backgrounds are a great way to add an extra dimension to any graphic design project. Magazines and printed media can resort to textured paper for added impact however, this is impossible to do on the web, and the closest we can do is adding texture to simulate this effect.

We’ve compiled a list of 50 free rust metal...