Traditional Textures

[Alexandra]

As I do a lot of mixed media work, I make a ton of handmade textures with watercolour and ink, to use as backgrounds and patches of colour.


So, I figured I'd stick some samples up here in case anyone was interested.


They're only low-quality snippet examples, to save space, but I have high-res versions of all of them. If anyone wants to use them in artwork, or as backgrounds for Photoshop or vector work, PM me and I can link you to where I store the high-res ones.


All I ask is to be credited


I'll add more over time, which will definitely be happening, as I use these a great deal in my illustration work.

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For more complicated and varied textures, LostAndTaken is the best *completely*free* resource out there I have ever seen...

 

[Alexandra]

Some more tasty textures for you folks; mostly monochromatic this time ~

 

[aizo]

These are... in short, amazing. You clearly have a good sense with regards to value and color. They're quite evocative, like there's something more just underneath the surface. Thank you for sharing!

 

[Alexandra]

Woah, thanks for the feedback.


Always nice to see someone get as excited about textures as I do. I mostly use these for backgrounds in mixed media and collage work; this one, for instance, used the orange yellow from my first post above ~