Example 009: Texture for Mood

Here’s a simple illustration made with paths and rough brushes.

A piece of canvas from Texture 125 gives it hand-made feeling.

Overlaying Ink 083 adds a subtle effect to the iron kettle.

Have you been experimenting with mood through inks and textures? Send us a link to your work and we’ll include it in the Gallery!

Ink 133: Set of 2

various marker lines and scribbles

4263 x 2668 – 3.4 Mb
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Texture 133

box of hundreds of circular metal coins

2592 x 1944 – 3.5 MB

Example 008: Textures As Masks

Here’s a bold text-based illustration using some of the wood from Texture 066 to mask in solid layers of cyan and magenta.

It’s all stacked on top of a tinted version of the wrinkled heavy paper from Texture 012.

The font is  called Stencil Gothic, widely available from most free font sites.

Got an example of inks or textures used as masks? Send them to us to include in the Gallery!

Ink 132

wet brushy scribble over ink wash

3508 x 2332 – 5.4 Mb

Texture 132: Set of 6

hundreds of long, straight scratches in damaged wood

4224 x 3168 – 9.6 MB

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Example 007: Double Exposure

Double exposures through portraits have been quite popular recently. See the opening credits for True Detective or any Google Image Search.

I used a portrait of Buska (a kaiju figure) and masked in some clouds from Texture 126A and some light effects from Texture 129B.

Have you used inks or textures in any photo-composites? Send us a link and we’ll include it in the Gallery!

Ink 131: Set of 9

large wet and dry overlaid brush strokes

3264 x 2448 – 3.0 Mb
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Texture 131: Set of 2

rough, scored plaster walls

2592 x 1944 – 4.3 MB

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Example 006: Photoshop Brushes

These Photoshop brushes are made from samples of Ink #127.

I played around with the settings in Shape Dynamics, including Angle Jitter, Minimum Diameter, and many others.

Have you made any brushes from the inks and textures we have posted? We would love to see them!

 

Ink 130: Set of 2

thick, rolled, rough black rectangles with great edges

2440 x 2418 – 3.1 Mb
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Texture 130: Set of 2

stained, aged wood panel

2592 x 1944 – 3.4 MB

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Ink 129: Set of 3

light, gritty, grungy dirt

3463 x 2469 – 4.1 Mb
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Texture 129: Set of 5

soft-focus streaks of light through rainy window

2592 x 1944 – 2.4 MB
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Ink 128: Set of 5

dry, heavy, circular brush strokes

2756 x 2657 – 2.5 Mb
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Texture 128

wall of glass bricks

2592 x 1944 – 3.2 MB

Ink 127: Set of 2

rows of regular, thin brush strokes

2710 x 1384 – 1.9 Mb
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Texture 127: Set of 2

leafy plants with flowers

2592 x 1944 – 4 MB

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Ink 126

rough, rolled, patterned ink

3160 x 1755 – 4.5 Mb

Texture 126: Set of 6

fluffy cloud tops

2592 x 1944 – 2.9 MB

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