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5 Free Digital Backgrounds for Your Creative Needs

Jason Marti — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:05:57 +0000

Well it’s summer here in the northern hemisphere and to cool things down a bit, I designed 5 free digital backgrounds for your creative needs with a wintry feel. Each of these digital backgrounds are sized at 8×10 @300 ppi. Download them below!

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If you find these free digital backgrounds useful, please leave your comments below and share a link with any work you have created with them.

PIP Free Digital Background Winter Blue 001
PIP Free Digital Background Painted Winter Blue 002
PIP Free Digital Background Winter Blue 003
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PIP Free Digital Background Painted Purple & Gold 005

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10 Examples of How to Use High Res Textures in Your Designs

Jason Marti — Fri, 28 May 2010 19:02:42 +0000

Textures are all around us. We feel them when walking barefoot across a plush carpet and see them when gazing upon a jagged hillside. Each one provokes a mental and physical response different from the next. In design you can easily add richness and dimension to your work with high res textures, separating your work from the crowd.

Textures in web design– In web design, textures are so versatile because they can be used in all elements of CSS and layout design. Depending on your audience and mission, you can use textures in all aspects of header, footer, sidebar, content and background design.
Textures In Modern Web Design (Smashing Magazine)
Textures in photography– By adding a texture to a photograph using an image editing program like Photoshop, you can easily give your image a “vintage” or completely distressed look. Be careful not to go overboard with your textures, not every image will benefit, but a little goes a long way and can add big impact to your photography work.
The Inspiring Textures Gallery (Flickr)
Textures as brushes– Most every image editing software allows you to create your own custom brush set. Making your own set of brushes out of textures will grantee your work Will have a unique style.
Free High Res Photoshop Brushes: Grungy Texture (Bittbox)
Textures in textures– By using multiple textures and different blend modes in Photoshop, you are able to create a limitless library of textures to use in any of your projects. There are many advantages to creating your own textures, like speeding up your production work.
36 Cool Free Textures (Abduzeedo)
Textures as patterns– Photoshop patterns are versatile and powerful. They can be used as seamless pixel fills, as a pattern stamp tool, fill layers, and layer styles to name a few. Seamless patterns are by far the most sought after due to the skill required to create them. Web designers love seamless patterns because they can be placed as a background element and not display the dreaded and very distracting seam.
Textures and Patterns Design Showcase (Smashing Magazine)
Textures in typography– Textures in your typography, graphic and logo design can change the mood of your work and even the way people read the design.
Watercolor Typography in Photoshop (Texture Lovers)
Textures in abstract designs– By using a variety of textures, filters, brushes and lighting effects, you can create some beautiful abstract designs and wallpapers simply with textures alone.
Tuesday Total Textures #12 (Abduzeedo)
Textures in backgrounds– As a digital painter, I use a lot of textures in my backgrounds and have both sold and given away a few. Removing a subject from a distracting background is a great way to place the emphasis where it belongs–the main subject.
Digital Backgrounds (Photo Into Painting)
Textures as papers — The ability to create papers from textures is one of my favorite features in Corel Painter. Just like in traditional media, your choice in substrate can greatly enhance your Corel Painter projects.
Wood Grain Paper Textures For Corel Painter (Photo Into Painting)
Textures in digital scrapbooking– Another big community that uses high res textures are digital scrapbookers. I’ve seen them used as full page layouts, edging effects, paper creation, and accenting photographs, to name a few.
Scrapbook (flickr)

By no means is this an exhaustive list. There are countless ways in which high res textures can be used and created. As an element of design, texture can add impact and your bring designs to life through variation and relief. They are fun to create and even more fun to use. Please share your thoughts on how else you use high res textures.

Feel free to check out some of my design freebies here. Besides designing freebies, I also offer custom digital paintings to the public and provide special services for photographers.

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5 Digital Muslin Backdrops for Photography

Jason Marti — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 21:12:50 +0000

Here for you to enjoy are 5 Digital Muslin Backdrops for Photography to use in your photo projects.

If you find these free digital backgrounds useful, please leave your comments below and share a link with any work you have created with them. I would love to see what you have used them for! Each of these Digital backgrounds are sized at 8×10 @300 ppi. Download them below! Have Fun!

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5 Free Blue Green Digital Backgrounds

Jason Marti — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 08:18:15 +0000

Enjoy 5 Free Blue Green Digital Backgrounds to use in all of your digital art needs! Have fun using them as photography backgrounds, textures or anything your creative minds can dreams of.

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5 Free Cross Hatch Digital Backgrounds

Jason Marti — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:21:56 +0000

Here are 5 Free Cross Hatch Digital Backgrounds for you to enjoy! Have fun using them as photography backgrounds, textures or anything your creative hearts dreams of. As always these are free for both commercial and personal use. They may not be sold or repackaged.

If you find these digital background downloads useful please leave your comments below and help me spread the word.

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Blue Cross Hatch Digital Background
Magenta Cross Hatch Digital Background
Soft Magenta Cross Hatch Digital Background
Pink Cross Hatch Digital Background
Greeen Cross Hatch Digital Background

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Purple and Blue Victorian Background

Jason Marti — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:42:38 +0000

Today I wanted to share with you 5 Victorian Backgrounds I played with over the weekend intermediate changing diapers, hosting a three year old birthday party and visiting with family, I squeezed in some time to visit another favorite designer’s website and downloaded a few of the textures I used to create these modified backgrounds. Mainly using Adobe Photoshop, I combined multiple Vintage Damask Textures, changed the blending modes, added various brushes strokes and tweaked the color balance to achieve the look I was going for.

The original files along with a plethora of other great free resources can be found at LostAndTaken.com. Please feel free to download these backgrounds for your photography and any of your digital art needs! Each of these Victorian backgrounds are sized at 8×10 @300 ppi.

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PIP Victorian Background 003
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PIP Victorian Background 002
PIP Victorian Background 004
PIP Victorian Background 001

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4 Rust Color Digital Backgrounds for Your Photography and Portrait Needs

Jason Marti — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:50:04 +0000

Here are 4 rust color digital backgrounds for you to enjoy. Feel free to use them on any of your photography and digital art needs. I want to thank Bittbox.com once again for providing the nice grunge music textures. If you enjoy and download any of my backgrounds please take a moment to give a thumbs up on Digg, StumbleUpon or any of your favorite networking sites. Thanks and enjoy!

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PIP Digital Background 24 Musical Horizontal
PIP Digital Background 23 Musical Vertical

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4 Free Digital Backgrounds for Your Photography and Portrait Needs

Jason Marti — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:48:20 +0000

Today I created 4 free digital backgrounds for you to use and enjoy. Using various brushes, blenders, textures and layer modes in both Corel Painter and Adobe Photoshop I was able to create these painterly digital backgrounds. Each of these backgrounds are sized at 8×10 @300 ppi.

Please feel free to use these backgrounds on any of your digital art projects. Do you like what you see? Leave a few words below to let me know what you think. Thumbs up and pats on the back are always welcome!

I would love to see any work you created with these backgrounds. If you have any request for future backgrounds such as color schemes or a particular theme, I will do my best to get them out to you. Enjoy the free digital backgrounds and have fun!

Oh… Would you rather download all the files in a ZIP or individual JPG format?

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