Play with blend modes and opacities as well as layer masks and adjustments to get the most out of textures! Try using several similar textures on lower opacities rather than one on 100% to get more subtle effects. Texture Gods & Goddesses People whose galleries will make you drool and squeel with textured delight: :devtexturemattic:, :devpendlestock:, :devexchanged-stock: Stock Rules What you can do: :pointr: use my stock anywhere you like, on and off dA, for whatever you like (including webdesign, manips, references and in a journalistic fashion to illustrate an article) commercially or non-commercially as long as you: a) Credit me with a link to this account! b) Show me what you've done (if you're not a dA Member you can e-mail me at kuschelirmelgooglemail.com) What you can't do: :pointr: No redistribution as stock or photography in its own right, meaning: no upload to the stock or photography gallery and no giving away my stock anywhere the way it is. Not on Stock CDs (including for magazins), not uploaded to stock sites, not on a personal basis via your website or instant messenger. If you want people to get my stock, send them here so they can download it! :pointr: No "stock from stock". No premade backgrounds, no brushes. My full rules can be found here