Monday
08Jun2009
16 Free Hand-Dyed Paper Textures
I have a pretty epic set of textures for you guys today. I spent a lot of time, dirtied a lot of dishes, and went through about 40 tea bags for these hand-dyed paper textures. Staining paper can be a little tricky and I plan on writing a tutorial on how to properly go about doing it, just in case anyone wants to try. I think the key is using good quality paper, I personally used watercolor paper for most of these.
Please note: a few of these textures were posted on Zen Textures but I thought I'd include them since they've never appeared here on Lost and Taken.
Click on the textures below to download the high-res version or download them all in a zip file at the bottom of the post. Enjoy!
Caleb Kimbrough
Reader Comments (35)
These are sick. Thanks! Downloading them now :)
That's a really lovely collection. Really imaginative and very inspirational - much appreciated.
You inspire me every time I visit your site. These are lovely textures and I have a new project in mind for them. I have been giving you props on my blog.
These are awesome! Thank you so much.
Just found your website. Thanks for all your hard work sharing your talent with us! You are great! Thanks again!
These are awesome! Thanks so much for sharing!!
Lovely stuff! I'm packing up my next pack now, I'll be sending it over soon! :D
Wonderful textures! Thank you
Fab as always. TY!
This is gorgeous and you are a texture-saint. Great stuff! Thank you infinitely!
Thank you so much. Excellent textures!
Thank you so much for all these. They are priceless. :)
Thanks for putting so much work into this site, it's really amazing. These are so beautiful!
thanks! These are awesome... I've already put them to work:)
These are fantastic, thanks so much for sharing them!!
These are beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing your textures.
gosh, these are AWESOME! thank you so much! you ROCK!
thanks~
Paper is the most useful testures for me :)
Would love to see a tutorial on your method for this... in the meantime, thank you!
Thank You! It's very helpful!
A tutorial? Good idea :D
Wow, these are gorgeous! Thanks much for your generous sharing!
I don't remember if I left a "thank you" last time I dropped by... if not... THANKS! Your textures continue to luscious-ize my web design.
WOW - these are awesome - thank you!
Thank you for these fantastic textures!
These are (- I am singing this -) -> AWESOME :) I carried the last note pretty long, that's how much I like them, thanks so much:)