Textures are so fun to work with when it comes to your photos.  Whether you start from scratch in photoshop, use actions, or a texture program….you can get some amazing results!

You can get a free texture action and free textures on the Pink Ink Studios Blog

Here’s a texture tutorial on Flickr…but there’s many tutorials out there, just do a google search and I’m sure you’ll find a lot of information.

Here’s a little texture inspiration from the Flickr Group Textures For Layers (see links at bottom to be taken to each texture’s individual page on flickr where you can choose ‘all sizes’ above the photo and download it):

1. Birch Bark, 2. 2706, 3. * Shattered Scratches Texture *, 4. amber lake, 5. * Australis *, 6. * Scratched Board *, 7. Sordid, 8. Photo Plate, 9. Box Bottom Texture, 10. Vampiric, 11. Painterly Effect2-10-12-09 TOTD # 82, 12. * Rusty Rockface *, 13. * Grunge Rain *, 14. golden paisley, 15. Scratches with vignette, 16. Scratches 1

And a recent textured image by me: