Vacation time is coming

Posted by on Jul 11, 2008 in Uncategorized | 2 comments

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.

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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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Free wallpaper textures

Posted by on Jul 9, 2008 in Textures | 12 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...

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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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Taking your textures to the next level part 2

Posted by on Jul 7, 2008 in Tutorials | 3 comments

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...

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grates and grids

Posted by on Jul 5, 2008 in Textures | 6 comments

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...

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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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hrt texture mixtape vol. 3 – guest edition

Posted by on Jun 30, 2008 in Textures | 8 comments

This guest edition of the mixed texture pack series has been contributed by my dear friend Martin, whom I know since university. He always has some good advice for me when it comes to photography or the Search Engine Optimization of this website. Thanks a lot for that! Make sure to check out some of his stunning pictures, which he showcases on his...

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industrial decay part 1

Posted by on Jun 30, 2008 in Textures | 6 comments

Last saturday, I bought a new lens for my camera (Canon EF 50mm 1:1.8 II) and I immediately had to try it out. So I went to an old industrial area nearby, where some of the properties are already abandoned. This was the perfect spot to get some shots of rusty metal, cracked paint and broken glass. I am more than happy with the results of this session and as a...

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Some statistics: the 1st month of highresolutiontextures.com

Posted by on Jun 27, 2008 in Textures | 3 comments

Roughly one month ago, I started this website, so it is time for a small re-cap by looking at some statistics: I have written 10 posts so far 53 free high resolution textures are available for download 7248 people have visited this site those visitors were responsible for 18376 pageviews at the moment, 43 people subscribed to the RSS feed Next to that, the...

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hrt texture mixtape vol.2

Posted by on Jun 21, 2008 in Textures | 3 comments

In order to continue the series of mixed texture packs, I herewith present you the mixtape volume 2 – a fine collection of various sorts of textures like wood, metal, bricks, concrete or stone. Grab this high resolution texture pack by clicking the download link below. mixed texture pack 2 (.zip file, 45...

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