Featured Art - Visions

Helena Markos, has created a wonderful work of art depicting a mischievous cat snooping around on the kitchen counters.

Note her use of browns and yellows to indicate background elements. Rather than outlining everything in black, she's outlined it in a midtone brown to allow that black cat and the steam to really pop. She's also got a grunge texture going on with the background elements that kind of makes it appear like it was all done with a silk screen process. The shaded areas are also created with a screen tone adding another layer of texture. Be sure to check out the original so you can see it in its fully textured glory.

>Visions

Also check out her website.

Foliage Textures and stock

38 free stock images and textures of ivy, plants, grass, leaves, and other foliage. These were intended for use for 3D textures. But there's no reason you can't use them for other things like backgrounds, brushes, and photoshop textures.

> Foliage Textures

Paper & Plastic Packaging Textures

Wow... 30 fantasmic textures, and at high resolution to boot. This is a great find. Very versatile high resolution paper and plastic textures.

> 30 High Res Paper & Plastic Textures

Vintage Texture Pack

A sweet collection of fancy vintage motifs. Great for that wedding blog. You can use these without citing credit. Check cloaks' terms for details.
> Vintage IV

Check out Cloaks' other vintage packs as well:

Vintage I, Vintage II, Vintage III

Stock Music Texture

Musical notation on a textured piece of paper. Great for that new band website. Details on usage linked from the original entry.

> night-fate-stock's music texture 8

Chalk Brush [exclusive]

Here's a brush you can use to mimic chalk or pastel mediums. This .abr file comes with two variants of the brush. Blend with other brushes in your arsenal for even more variants. Brush available under Creative Commons.

> Chalk Brush

Featured Art - After the Rain

Check out the nice crosshatching work that Dienle has done on her art piece "After the Rain." The crosshatching technique creates a nice texture, especially onthe mushrooms and on that really awesome umbrella.