Behind the type — Photoshop & Textures

Using London Brick Textures as Better Design Backgrounds. See how Bricktop can bring stronger character, clearer purpose and a more human finish to the work.

How to Build Layered Spray-Paint Graphics in Photoshop. See how Spray Paint Bundle can bring stronger character, clearer purpose and a more human finish to the work.

How to Fake Less and Print More with Letterpress Texture. See how Letterpress Textures 1 can bring stronger character, clearer purpose and a more human finish to the work.

Create a convincing letterpress texture in Photoshop using layer masks, rolled ink and imperfect edges—without buying a printing press.

Quick Spray-Paint Details for Posters and Album Covers. See how Spray paint pack can bring stronger character, clearer purpose and a more human finish to the work.

Create a realistic cracked plastisol texture in Photoshop using real printed ink, layer masks and brushes—without the usual fake grunge effect.

How to Use Ink Splatters Without Ruining the Layout. See how Paint Brush Splatter Set can bring stronger character, clearer purpose and a more human finish to the work.

Plastisol ink textures made from real screen-printed ink. See how I created cracked vintage T-shirt effects for Photoshop and Illustrator.

Never even gave it a thought. Funny that as I was asked by the Fontself team if I would be interested in trying out their new Fontself Photoshop extension. It makes creating color bitmap fonts in Photoshop a breeze. I've been using Fontself Maker for Illustrator for a while now. It really helps speed up my workflow when creating fonts in Illustrator. No more copy, paste, copy paste. I thought this new Photoshop extension sounded interesting, I was intrigued—let's take a look-see. Color Bitmap Font - Let That Sink In I quickly realized that the Photoshop extension won't just create...

A step-by-step look at creating a realistic oil-painting portrait in Photoshop using colour matching, blending, cracked-paint texture and a modern portrait photograph.