I just discovered a resource for excellent quality free wood textures for 2D or 3D use. The resolution of the scans are very high - all around 2100×3300 pixels. They range from subtle, light colored grains to some dark knotty woods. It helps to speak german if you’re looking for a specific type of wood. Below are just 3 samples of the 90 currently available files that you can find here at defcon-x.de.
Attention students- take your seats, just in time for Lent, we have these Ten Tantalizingly Terrific Textures Totally Free, whew… Tongue Twister. Check out these ten jpeg images (2200 x 1700 pixels) of random textures great for use as Photoshop layers to add some life to those dull designs, or use them for whatever your little artistic heart desires, enjoy- and remember to Keep Designing!
Visually combining opposing forces or ideas is a common artistic technique. I can’t help but to think of the Modest Mouse cd cover design where you first see the hot air balloon, then you see the passenger ‘basket’ that’s actually an anchor. It reflects well the title “We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank”. Along the same lines, the following photos shown at boredstop show mastery of this concept, demonstrating that opposites still share commonalities. It’s worth noting that poet Eli Siegel, who founded the philosophy Aesthetic Realism, said “‘all beauty is the making one of the permanent opposites in reality”.
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