Texture Tutorial

Everybody has a different way of creating textures, and I thought I'd showcase mine. It's pretty simple actually, but there's a secret involved in the last step.

I create a fairly dark textured layer, and then apply a mask to it. And I fill in that mask with a striped pixel pattern (basically something like this) to get that final textured effect.

The cool part is that varying the pattern you use as a mask changes the texture completely, give it a try!

Oh, and the brushes I use are of course the wonderful Function Subtle Grunge Brushes.