This post will give you an example effect that can be acheived by using the Textures provided here at crazydesigners.net

One thing to remember when using textures is that it is all about experimenting. Once you’ve got the basic hang of layers and layer styles, colour/layer fills and opacity, you can achieve the exact feel of the image by using textures and other tools. And the best thing is, you’ll always end up with a unique effect!

In this post, we’ll be using a beautiful stock image provided by LadyDragonStock, to create a dark looking effect. The textures used in this example can be downloaded here:

• Texture Set 1
• Texture Set 2

Here is the before image:

and below is the image after textures have been applied:

1. Open the image in Adobe Photoshop, scale the base (original) image according to the size you want and then sharpen the image once or may be twice depending on the image.
2. Open Texture 1 from Textures Set Pack 2 (TEX2). Press Ctrl+A and drag it onto the base image. Set the layer style to be Linear Light with the opacity 71%
3. Then open Texture 2 (TEX2). Do the same, drag it on top of the previous texture and set the layer as colour dodge at 76% opacity.
4. Lastly, place Texture 4 from (TEX1). on the top and set the layer as soft light, 67% opacity.
5. Here is what your layer palette should look like:
6. If you want to achive a realsitic look rather than vintage dark, unhide the two layers, and just use the Texture 4 (yellow/golden) and set it to soft light at 67%. Click here to see this result.
7. Remember to experiment, feel free to download the textures provided here at crazydesigners (Pack 1&2) and use them to practise! enjoy!

This pack contains 5 vintage textures (1024 x 768). Please read the Terms & Conditions before downloading. If you have any problems downloading them, let us know. You can use these textures to create vintage effect images or to get more depth. Examples of usage will be shown in the next post so do check back! If you use any of our textures, feel free to show us the end result, you may be featured here on our blog

Download Link: here

Related Posts:

• Texture Set 1 Download
• Using Textures

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Sam’s doodle blog Explodingdog features simplistic yet original and cute drawings based on titles. Sam uses simple shapes and primary colours to create adorable drawings and characters with personalised font that give each drawing it’s unique personality. You can browse through the titles or view images with titles on explodingdog website!

A beautiful revolution blog is run by talented Andre Jordan. The doodles are simplistic with the use of black and white to create emphasis and the fonts are varied for each drawing to suit the image concept. Andre’s doodles are mostly based on love stories, poems, and words! You can see the different categories under ‘Stuff’.

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Simon Palmer’s Doodles are abstract and original. Simon’s sketching style, the use of repeating lines and subtle colours give the doodles a unique style. All the doodles can be recognisable by their style and often the drawing is based/inspired by a quote.

Botaday is a doodle blog with small funky doodle characters.The characters have a distinctive style and often use the same technique of rough thick black lines. The use of black and white makes the doodle more prominent. Other drawings of these funky characters can be found on the main blog.

Other Doodle Related Links:

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There are many websites that use this skinning technique for allowing the visitors to change the theme of their website and is particularly popular with those users who do not use wordpress - mainly because you can use the Theme switcher plug-in and in seconds, it will automatically allow you to change themes. Here is another technique of achieving the same result…

Skinning allows the visitor to change the theme/layout of the site by using cookies. The content remains the same - only the header and the footer of each skin or theme changes allocated in different folders. An example of a working website that uses this technique is Creative-something. You can see the different themes avaliable for the users to choose from on this page here ^^

This download file (in html format) contains a simple step by step instructions on how to skin your website. You can see a preview sample on the left. Please read the Terms & Conditions before downloading. If you have any problems downloading or want to report any errors etc, do let us know!

Download Link: here

This post will give you some basic info on Textures and how you can use them to achieve creative effects both in graphics and photography!

Textures are a great way to enhance a photo, using it to achieve a certain ‘feel’ and depth; to suit the concept of the image. Textures are also useful in emphasising the main object of the photo so that it is clear from its surroundings and can be used to get the right tone for a certain effect.

Take a look at the following example:
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This pack contains 9 textures (1024 x 768). Please read the Terms & Conditions before downloading. If you have any problems downloading them, feel free to contact us

Download Link: here

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