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Playing with textures

January 29, 2011 by Barb 10 Comments

I saw this ship way off in the distance but by the time she finally got close enough for me to take a photo – her sails were down! A bit of a disappointment but I still thought she was beautiful. I’ve applied several of my own textures; rust, jacaranda trees, clouds and icy branches. A few different blend modes, a vignette, and done! I could tinker with it all day but you get to the point where it just seems to be right. For a complete tutorial on how to achieve this look, go on over to Digital Scrapper (aka Scrapper’s Guide) and check out the June 2010 Premier tutorial – A Touch of Texture by Jan Walker.

touch of texture

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Comments

  1. A Pretty Life in the Suburbs says

    January 30, 2011 at 1:48 am

    Love it. Looks like an old map photo!
    Jo

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  2. Susan says

    February 1, 2011 at 3:39 pm

    Wow, that was amazing. I’ve never tried textures.

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  3. Lizzi says

    February 1, 2011 at 4:04 pm

    That is gorgeous! Your beautiful edits make it look like ship out of a storybook from yesteryear.

    I really like how you incorporated unconventional (to me at least) textures. I never would think to us a jacaranda tree (one of my favorite trees) or icy branches. Thanks for a little inspiration this morning!

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  4. Courtney says

    February 1, 2011 at 5:27 pm

    very cool! i love the texture in the finished product

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  5. photosto40 says

    February 1, 2011 at 5:34 pm

    Great shot! I love what the texture adds to it, it definitely makes it look like an old nautical map!

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  6. deb duty says

    February 1, 2011 at 5:48 pm

    This is gorgeous. I had no idea such textures could yield such a beautiful result. Another thing on my long to do list to learn.

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  7. love and life ♥ says

    February 1, 2011 at 6:47 pm

    Gorgeous, love the texture you added to it!

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  8. Kristy says

    February 1, 2011 at 8:42 pm

    Wow, lovely texture application!

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  9. Mrs. H says

    February 1, 2011 at 9:49 pm

    Very nice – I’ve never been able to mess with textures (as I use Lightroom) however have been debating downloading Gimp just to have the (free) ability to try and see what it’s like. You texture-users sure do make it tempting! Great work!

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  10. Ocean Soul says

    February 2, 2011 at 12:49 am

    Very nice textures, almost makes it look like an oil painting!

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