This is just to let you know that from today onwards I will take a 10 day vacation and therefore will not be able to post as much new content as usual. I am going hiking in the Austrian Alps, so after this short break I will come back with loads of fresh rock and wood textures. Until then, take care.
These pictures probably don’t qualify as normal textures, but I wanted to share this nice streetart anyways. All photos have been taken at the Landbouwbelang, an old warehouse building in Maastricht, which functions as a cultural center and hosts some exhibitions and other art events from time to time. I hope you enjoy these 10 high resolution images.
Famous Smashing Magazine published a huge inspirational post, which showcases loads of websites that use either patterns or textures as a background. And the best thing about it – highresolutiontextures.com has been included in the “wood” category! This is smashing news and such an honor.
A while ago, I attended a workshop that took place in an old Belgian Cafe and inside, I came across these 2 beautiful French wallpapers. Luckily I had my camera with me in order to capture these magnificent textures and this is what they look like. The zip file below contains 3 high resolution images (2 close-up images and 1 taken from a slightly greater distance). Enjoy!
In order to mix it up a little, it is time for some more inspiration. The following websites illustrate, how one can achieve beautiful results in web design through the use of textures.
slabovia tv: it has a nice wooden background and contains some concrete and paper textures as well. It is hard to describe, what this website is about, so you have to see for yourself. If you want to kill some time, the Monster pig game can help you with that!
decay of intent: this is the portfolio of Italian freelance graphic designer Alessandro Cammarota. He uses a grunge style concrete background on his website.
brainwash factory: design related blog of German freelance designer Ines Opifanti. I like the fabric background in combination with the well-crafted logo.
In addition to the 3 handpicked websites above, here is a link to a post on designerside.com about 42 websites that make use of wood or grain textures.
One of the readers requested there should be more tutorials on this blog, so here is a little piece of advice, how you can improve your texture photography.
The devil is in the details! Therefore, carefully check your desired motive when looking through the viewfinder or at the live screen of your camera. I learned it the hard way, when I was looking at some of the pictures I took in Dresden a while back. Have a look at the picture below.
This would make for a brilliant texture photo, if there would not be one little object disturbing the picture. Look at the lower left corner and you will see what I mean.
I only noticed this plastic cup when I was already at home browsing through the shots on my computer and then of course it was too late. The only solution at that point would be some photoshopping and artificially removing the cup from the photo, but this mostly results in inferior pictures after all. The better option is to double check before taking the shot and remove the object.
I hope this tip was helpful. You might also want to look at the first post of this tutorial series.
