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New Category: Vector Graphics!

Check out the new Vector section in the categories on the Textures page, or right here! I definitely have a newfound appreciation for anyone who creates packs of vector shapes… building up the library from scratch took longer than I had imagined! I tried to create a nice variety of assets for the first round … Continued

Build a Photoshop Action to Create Dramatic Light Rays

Below are step by step instructions to create the Light Rays action seen in this tutorial. You can download the finished action on the tutorial page, but building it by hand can definitely be a valuable exercise in expanding and customizing your toolkit in Adobe Photoshop. Tips for experimenting and customizing the action: -Try adjusting … Continued

New Textures Alert: Gold Ink and Foil

These high-res gold ink and foil textures work incredibly well for creating a screen printed or spot color offset print look. It was a little tricky to figure out how to categorize these… I decided to put them in the Metal section with a new subcategory called Foil. The sparkly ones are great at the … Continued

Awesome New Textures: Detailed Cracked Paint

White tempura and acrylic paint on black canvas, left in the sun for 2 months, then rolled and cracked to perfection! Shot on the A7r II with the Voigtlander MACRO APO-LANTHAR 65mm f/2. I output a few of these textures with the paint value at white, which works well for multiply mode and masks. A … Continued