I hope everyone’s 2016 is off to a great start so far. I thought I’d treat my readers and make this year’s first post a new free design resource for everyone to download! This collection of grain textures features 9 high resolution scans that help you add grungy distressed effects to your artwork. They’re actually made from scatterings of tea granules, which turn out to make great design resources as well as hot beverages! Each of the 9 textures has various levels of dispersion and is available in JPG and PNG format with transparency to allow you to find the best texture to work with your design.
Use these high resolution grain textures to erode your artwork with aged weathered effects. They work best when overlaid onto a background to add some subtle texturing to an otherwise flat colour, or applied within a layer mask to erase all the tiny particles from your design elements. Use the Screen blending mode to render the black area transparent, or inverse the JPG textures and use Multiply for lighter background colours. When using the textures within Layer Masks, the PNG versions are easier to select in order to fill the selection within the mask, or the entire texture can be pasted in directly by holding ALT and clicking the Layer Mask box within the Layers panel.
Download the free grain textures
Want more? Check out these great related products
The following resources cost a little money, but I definitely recommend checking these related products out to complement my grain textures.
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First of all, Happy New Year.
Thank you so much for all your amazing content… and the tips!
Thanks for these great textures! Have a great 2016!
Thank you and Happy New Year! ;-)
thanks for your great article and it’s Pretty nice !!!
Awesome textures…Thanks for this collection..
Same here
Love this collection
Thank you and Happy New Year!
that is brilliant use of tea granules! liking it! thanks for freebie :)
Thanks bruh, happy new year.
Hai very good images.Thanks for share scattering designs of tea granules
Thanks for the fun textures and Happy New Year Chris!
Thanks for the freebie, and Happy New Year! I always look forward to your articles, I learn so much!
Thanks for all the freebies Chris, I’m just now learning Photoshop and your downloads are helping me move along quickly and efficiently. Keep up the good work!
“Made with British Tea…” love it, a really good idea, so simple… and ironic…
Thanx, and happy new year, Chris…
Nice pack Chris, cheers :)
Happy New Year.
Thanks so much for these! Pretty nice!
Thank you very much for sharing, Chris! Have a very happy textured year 2016. Greetings from Spain :)
Thanks for a great support to the designer area and beautiful
year 2016!!!
That is brilliant use of tea granules.
They look brilliant and the best part of it is you can get it for free!
Thanks so much!
thanx for your grattutorials!.. spoon..
Love it! thank you so mutch!
Thanks for the textures! Great freebie :)
Incredible quality of this textures! Thanks!
Super…thanks!
What is it about grainy textures? I can’t seem to get enough of them, which is good, because you do awesome textures anyway. Tea leaves? How clever. Did you take the time to ‘read’ the leaves? If you did, I’m sure they would say you have a promising career that will only get better!
I think textures probably account for the largest portion of my files. Those or brushes. LOL
Thank you so much!
Su
Terrific & truly British! Thank you1
Thank you very much!!