Please share your designs with the crowd!
Posted by Vincent 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...
Read MoreFree water texture pack
Posted by Vincent on Jul 23, 2008 in Textures | 1 comment
Take the following ingredients: a wild creek, sunny weather and a bridge and you can end up with a nice collection of water texture pictures. I could aim the camera at the same spot and take completely different shots every second. This resulted in the first water texture pack, which you can get by clicking the download link below. water texture pack (.zip...
Read MoreFinally – the long overdue wood texture pack
Posted by Vincent on Jul 21, 2008 in Textures | 8 comments
I guess that you are hungry for new textures and now that I am back from my little trip to the Austrian Alps, I have plenty of new material. To start off a new series, I present you the first free wood texture pack: 9 high quality shots of different kinds of wood including stacks, benches and shingles. All you need to do is to click the download link below....
Read MoreFree stone texture pack – 2nd edition
Posted by Vincent on Jul 16, 2008 in Textures | 1 comment
Although I am still on vacation, I did not want to abandon this blog completely, so I prepared this little post in advance. This way, you don’t have to wait too long for new high resolution textures. So here is the second edition of free stone texture packs. Again, I tried to include a diverse selection of stones in this collection, which contains 7...
Read MoreVacation time is coming
Posted by Vincent on Jul 11, 2008 in Uncategorized | 1 comment
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.
Read MoreStreetart: hrt graffiti pack
Posted by Vincent on Jul 11, 2008 in Inspiration | 0 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...
Read MoreTexture and pattern showcase on Smashing Magazine
Posted by Vincent on Jul 10, 2008 in Inspiration, Tileable Patterns | 2 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...
Read MoreFree wallpaper textures
Posted by Vincent on Jul 9, 2008 in Textures | 4 comments
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...
Read MoreDesign inspiration: 3 more websites with excellent use of textures
Posted by Vincent on Jul 8, 2008 in Inspiration | 1 comment
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...
Read MoreTaking your textures to the next level part 2
Posted by Vincent on Jul 7, 2008 in Tutorials | 1 comment
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...
Read Moregrates and grids
Posted by Vincent on Jul 5, 2008 in Textures | 1 comment
Originating from the same photo shooting as the industrial decay pack, here is a nice variety of grates and grids. This texture pack contains 6 high resolution pictures and I hope you find them useful! grate texture pack (.zip file, 23...
Read MoreFeature: grunge paper texture tutorial at bittbox.com
Posted by Vincent on Jul 2, 2008 in Inspiration | 1 comment
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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