Textures are neat way to add extra punch on your artworks. They're fun to create yourself or you can use endless resources various artists here in dA are providing. If you're using textures made by other artists, always remember to read and follow their stock rules and credit your source!
This feature consists of two different parts: At first I am introducing tutorials teaching how to create textures yourself; both traditional and digital methods. In the second part of this journal I am featuring tutorials advising how to use textures in your artworks. The tutorials are mainly using Photoshop to create and edit pictures but there are similar tools in most of the photoediting programs.
Creating Your Own Textures
Traditional Textures
a) If you want to learn how to create your own textures in traditional way, this tutorial gives you all the advices you need. Just follow the instructions, scan the results of your experiments and voilà - you have pile of cool textures to use to spice up your artworks.
(I know I have featured this tutorial also earlier in my Watercolor Tutorial Feature but I totally love this tutorial and think everyone should see it. Many times.) b) Really thorough tutorial how to dye you own paper. It explains everything from tools to creating process and shows examples of finished papers. Also includes a cure for wrinkling paper syndrome from which we traditional artists often suffer!
c) Intesting tutorial showing how to combine traditional textures in one digital texture. In addition to showing how to create complete resource of your traditional textures, this tutorial also explains how to use textures in your artworks. I also suggest everyone to read the last sencente of this tutorial very carefully.
Couple of cool traditionally created texture packs:
Digital Textures
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Sirius-sdz creates the most awesome textures, I highly recommend you to check his gallery! In this step-by-step tutorial he is revealing some secrets how he is creating his breathtaking artworks. The tutorial is easy to follow and makes creating textures look like an easy job... but after I have tried myself I can just say that it isn't as easy as it looks. However, definitely worth of trying!
e) A cute tutorial showing how to make textures with brushes – no photos needed with this technique! It also advises how to add texture on your artwork.
f) An elegant tutorial teaching how to make a vivid and colorful texture from a single photo by using filters and brushes. The text includes many useful tips!
g) A step-by-step progress of ten different digitally created textures from a source photo to finished texture. Beautiful and fascinating – like the whole gallery of
mercurycode.
Using Textures in Artworks
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h) This brilliant tutorial shows illustratively how to choose a texture for your artwork and which settings to use when adding the texture. The pictures showing difference between
multiply,
screen and
overlay are really useful for newbie texturizer (like myself).
i) An easy and clear step-by-step guide how to apply textures on images from placing and sizing the texture to adjusting colors. I love the little row of pictures showing what kind of effects changing texture color does for the whole image!
j) This versatile tutorial is showing how to change and adjust colors of your textures, use different layer modes, enhance the textures and finally use them in your artworks. Cool tips how placing the texture layer creates different effects and impressions.
k) Download to see this tutorial. At the beginning of this tutorial are entertaining and informative steps how to make an old looking paper and the last step introduces how to use that paper you created.
l) A hilarious but totally informative tutorial teaching how to add textures on your artwork – not just one texture over the whole work but texturizing different parts of the work with different textures.
Happy texturizing!
