Textures have become more popular and been put to greater use in recent years. They’re not limited to Web design either; textures of all kinds are used in print design, illustration, traditional art, TV commercials… you name it! Texture is one of the best ways to add depth to your design, whether it’s subtle noise on a clean vector illustration or a lot of grunginess throughout a layout.
Over the last weeks we collected numerous examples of beautiful textured Web designs to inspire you, followed by a small collection of links to help you get started in using textures in your own designs.
If you like this post, you may be interested in reading some of our other texture-related articles:
Textured Web Designs
Loukotka
The Klog
Alex Coleman
Boerne Wild West Day
Cubeclub Chemnitz
Douglas Menezes
Introzo
Le Web Défi
Love Freelancing
Markup & Style
Meson Projekt Blog
Stack Overflow
Story Pixel
Tony Chester
THS
Texture Downloads
- Texture Lovers
- Lost and Taken
- Zen Textures
- Love Textures
- WebTreats ETC
- Circlebox Textures
- Texture Vault
- Textur.es
A community-driven growing gallery of freely available textures.
Texture Tutorials
- Create a Cartoon Grunge Website Layout
- Create a Green Grunge Web Layout
- How to Create a Textured Grungy 3D Type Design
- Texture with Layer Modes
- Design a Stylish Retro Game Boy Poster
- Add Visual Texture in 3 Easy Steps
- Create a Texture Based Poster
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