A few weeks back, I went to an antique market in Belgium and besides looking for some hidden gems at the different stands, I was able to take some nice pictures of old wooden chests and antique chairs. I really love, how colorful some of these textures turned out to be, but look for yourself…
At the beginning of october, I moved into a new house with my girlfriend and as we made quite some renovations, I wanted to document those with a special texture pack. This pack includes high resolution images of carpet, tiles, wood and wallpaper. Enjoy!
Here is an excellent collection of 7 high quality drapery textures, which were created by one of my readers. Danny C Boyce asked me, if was interested in publishing these and as the quality of the images is really good, I am more than happy to oblige! Just look at the brilliant colors of the first image – really quality material. Many thanks to him, for letting me publish his photos! Be sure to check out his blog “The Quality of Light”. And feel free to follow his example and contact me, if you want some of your textures published on here. Of course, you can find a zip file, which includes all of the images, at the end of this post. Enjoy!
UPDATE: Lawrence made a good point by saying that the copyright for these fabrics is probably still with the manufacturer. Therefore, I am not sure, if these textures can be used for commercial designs without problems.
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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.
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 photoblog!
Due to the different camera involved, the pictures have a slightly smaller resolution than normal, but 3072 x 2304 pixels can of course still be considered as being high resolution. Grab the free texture pack, which contains 9 pictures, by clicking the download link below.
mixed texture pack 3 (.zip file, 34,5 MB)
If you would like to send in your own textures, feel free to contact me through one of the channels listed on the contact page.
In case you downloaded a few of my high resolution textures and you don’t know how to implement them in your designs, I would like to present you a small list of hand-picked websites, which all make superb use of various sorts of textures.
Now it is time for you to get involved and let me know what you think about the websites displayed above. Or you can share some of your personal favorites in the comment section as well.
