Great locations for taking texture photographs

Posted by on Jul 29, 2008 in Inspiration | 5 comments

Today, I would like to share a few locations, which I think are great for texture photography. Natural textures Picture taken by g.naharro From personal experience, the most productive photography sessions I had so far, took place in the forest. Most of the times, you have a great variety of bark due to the diversity of the trees. Next to that, if you are in a...

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Please share your designs with the crowd!

Posted by on Jul 24, 2008 in Inspiration | 6 comments

It’s been almost 2 months now, that I am supplying my readership with all kinds of textures. Apart from Lawrence, who told me that he used one of the textures in one of his wedding photo books for a client, I have no clue what you guys are doing with all the images. However, I would love to see some samples of your work, so if you made something creative...

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Streetart: hrt graffiti pack

Posted by on Jul 11, 2008 in Inspiration | 4 comments

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...

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Texture and pattern showcase on Smashing Magazine

Posted by on Jul 10, 2008 in Inspiration, Tileable Patterns | 3 comments

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. Check out the article...

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Design inspiration: 3 more websites with excellent use of textures

Posted by on Jul 8, 2008 in Inspiration | 3 comments

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...

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Feature: grunge paper texture tutorial at bittbox.com

Posted by on Jul 2, 2008 in Inspiration | 4 comments

One of my favorite resource websites bittbox.com has a great tutorial on how to enhance paper textures in order to create a unique grunge paper effect. Head on over to the tutorial. Next to that, the website has a great freebie section with lots of Illustrator and Photoshop brushes and a few more tutorials on how to create you own textures in Photoshop....

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