Texturelabs

Beyond Patreon (Tutorial Ideas?)

Well, so far, so good with the switch to Non-Patreon Texturelabs :)

Just as a reminder, repeat billing here has been turned off, so you shouldn't see any charges from Patreon. I'll wait until the end of this month to actually unpublished the Patreon page - in case there's any funny business with Patreon, I want to be able to access my dashboard here!

I'm excited for the future and am already looking forward to 2024. My goal is to keep Texturelabs thriving with new free textures an...

Just about to push the new site live...

Hi everyone, been a long day of dotting I's and crossing T's - now it's a matter of crossing my fingers and hoping everything works with the new site...

However, I did want to send you a quick note before the month ends (in about 20 minutes here!)

Payments on Patreon are turned off, and it's set to not accept any new members, but I'm not deactivating the whole thing quite yet. First, I figured I'll make sure it all works.

Plus a few more details I'll send out to you early...

Thank you!! (And a word of safety advice)

Hey everyone,

Getting close to the end of the month and I just wanted to send out a quick video with a huge THANK YOU for being part of the Texturelabs Patreon! As you likely know, at the end of this month, the project will shift entirely off of Patreon. It's a bittersweet moment - however, as mentioned in the video, it’s not goodbye - just a goodbye to the Patreon platform.

I'll follow up at the end of the week before pulling the Patreon circuit breaker, but here's what to anti...

Last month of Texturelabs Patreon!!

Happy Halloween!!!

A couple fun things to share with you guys, but first - November starts tomorrow... Yikes, the last month of Patreon!!!

UPDATE ON THE MOVE OFF OF PATREON

I created a long Q&A post with all of the details of the switch off of ...

New Things on New Texturelabs!

Hey everyone,

Some cool items to share with you as the month wraps up!

I’m gonna throw caution into the wind and see if I can deliver them to you via a secret Patreon-only version of the updated website:

https://staging2.texturelabs.org/

It's currently password-protected, but I’ve created a login for all active Patrons (as of Thursday, Sept 28th at 2PM PST) using the follow...

August Update - 3 more months on Patreon!

Hey everyone, hope you're well! It turned out August was the month that I finally caught THE BUG...

First-time Covid-getter here, so it pretty much wiped two weeks off right the face of the Earth! Feeling better now and I did my best to catch up on messages, but apologies if you reached out to me and it slipped through the cracks. The brain fog is clearing up and I’m around now :)

Outs...

July 2023 - Automatic Texturelabs!

Hey everyone,

Hope you had a fantastic July. A few Texturelabs creations that I’m excited to share. I’ve been continuing to go through the techniques/tutorials catalog with the goal of jam-packing each of them into a template, plugin, preset for tight deadlines.

This month - PHOTOSHOP ACTIONS! I love building these things - they’re like simple little machines, where the goal is to achieve an adaptable result using the most clever techniques I can muster. I’ll attach each o...

June 2023: Two Brand New Texturelabs Tools - Patreon Bonus!

Hey everyone, Wrapping up the month with a couple of brand new goods for you to check out!

Texturelabs Distressor for Photoshop

As you might know, I’ve been trying to convert many of the Texturelabs tutorials into more accessible templates. While revisiting the old pre-2020 GrungeStamp tutorial, a bunch of new ideas started sparking. The result, I’m excited to anno...

New Tutorial Alert! + Summer Plans...

Hey everyone,

Alright, finally wrapped up this new tutorial! That was a nasty bug going around - I think my voice is still a little rough in the video, but what can you do?

EXPAND YOUR MIND with Psychedelic Radial Displacement in After Effects!

I hope the After Effects users enjoy this one. Of particular interest is the focus on using the Red/Green Channels. This vi...

May 2023: 101 New Textures + Next up...

Hey everyone,

Hope you’re looking forward to the summer! Here’s the latest from the lab:

Very soon: Next-Level Displacement Maps - AE Tutorial!

I was aiming to have this tutorial wrapped up for this update, but I caught a bug this month though that knocked out my voice and threw off my whole flow! I’m just about clear now and I think I can get this one recorde...

April 2023: Illustration Tutorial Prerelease, Gradient Maps and more!

Hope you’ve had a great month of April! New tutorial alert, gradient maps, new textures, and all the rest below….

NEW PRERELEASE TUTORIAL:

The ultimate Photoshop challenge - creating detailed, convincing illustrations with no tablet and only general drawing skills!

We'll take a crack at it with a tool that's long been the weapon of choice for illustrators with...

March 2023 Wrap-up + Instant Custom Neon!!

Hey everyone,

Hope the month of March wrapped up nicely for you. Here's the latest at the lab!

1) NEW!! Texturelabs Neon Yard: Action for Photoshop

I’ve been putting some energy into building out a few more Texturelabs Tools that will show up on the next round of updates to the site. This one is pretty fun! A Photoshop Action to generat...

New Prerelease - Animated Ink Bleed!

Hey everyone, Just finished uploading a new one!

ADVANCED BLEEDING INK in AFTER EFFECTS

We’re diving back into CC Time Blend FX, the “Secret Effect of After Effects”, which continues to be both the most confusing and the most awesome effect in After Effects! So confusing/awesome that you have to jump through a few hoops just to use it.

2023-03-27 19:46:51 +0000 UTC View Post

February 2022 Wrap-Up: Vintage Ink and More...

Hey everyone, hope you're well! Couple quick updates:

NEW TEXTURES - BEHIND THE SCENES - CMYK ULTRACHROME UPDATE

Quality over quantity this month... 14 new textures, and I gotta say, these are some of my favorites so far. A few HIGHLIGHTS:

Grunge 296: One of several super detailed vintage screen...

New Tutorial Prerelease: VINTAGE TEES in Photoshop!

Hey everyone,

First, thank you for the feedback and messages on the longer-term shift off of Patreon. Lots of valuable ideas - much appreciated!

New tutorial prerelease alert

A variation on some of the techniques from the Halftone and Vector-Style tutorials, with 1980’s Vintage T-shirts in mind. (Thanks to Luke for the inspiration)

2023-02-15 19:53:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Important News - The End Is Near!! (+ new textures)

Hey everyone! Ok. Announcement. A big change to the project. In 4 to 6 months, I'm gonna be moving the project off of Patreon. That's tough to announce; there are a lot of things to love here on Patreon, which I’ll mention. But it’s all about sustainability. I’m ALL-IN on keeping Texturelabs alive and thriving... but I do need to adapt to survive!

It's a ways out so I’m still working ou...

Prerelease - The Analog Monitor in After Effects!

Hey everyone,

Well I set myself the deadline to get this tutorial wrapped this week.. right down to the wire (you know the feeling), but it’s done!

This thing was a beast. It’s a great After Effects project though - a fairly straightforward project in Photoshop, but in After Effects I’d label this as advanced. But that's when things get interesting!

2023-01-27 21:09:26 +0000 UTC View Post

Ultrachrome Update + Next Up...

Hey everyone, I hope your year is off to a great start! Things got a little hectic here in Northern California, where the weather came down with a vengeance over the last few weeks. 4 days without power plus a few blackouts.... Can't complain though - no leaks, no damage to the house, I count us pretty lucky.

Figured I'd send out a quick update though since it's been tricky to stay on a strict schedule. Two pieces:

ULTRACHROME UPDATE:

2023-01-20 20:32:59 +0000 UTC View Post

2022 Texturelabs Gift Basket for you!

Hey everyone - Hope your year is wrapping up nicely!

It’s been an awesome year here at the Texturelabs headquarters (aka my house) and you guys have been a HUGE part of that. So, I send my most sincere thanks for supporting the project, for the kind words, interesting questions and messages, fantastic suggestions and feedback, and all the awesome artwork you’ve sent my way.

If I caught you in time before you clock out for the year, I’ve got a few cool things bundled together...

Retro-Futuristic Photoshop Monitor FX + November 2022 Wrap-Up!

Hey everyone - wrapping up the month another new one!

We haven’t exhausted HARD MIX yet…

In this tutorial, we’ll use that sneaky blend mode to send Photoshop into the future. Or is it the past? Maybe some alternate timeline….

VIEW ON YOUTUBE 

2022-11-30 19:37:39 +0000 UTC View Post

New Tutorial Prerelease - Keeping It Simple (sorta!)

Hey everyone - just uploaded a new one that'll go to the public feed next week!

It started off as a pretty straightforward Channel Effects video, but I decided to take it a little further... So in this video, I'm aiming to push the envelope on two things:

-Manipulating the RGB channels to generate color out of nowhere, and

-Generating a live glowing text ef...

OCTOBER 2022 Wrap-up / 70 NEW TEXTURES!

Hey everyone - Hope you’re well and gearing up for a great Halloween!

I was excited to get back in the zone for a MEGA TEXTURE MONTH…. 70 new elements just uploaded to the site. I put extra focus on generating elements that I’ve gotten requests for. I love hearing what you guys find useful - the goal is to expand on the best stuff, fill in the gaps where we need 'em, and experiment with new ideas. Definitely shoot me a message when you have an idea or need and I’ll do my best.<...

New After Effects Pre-Release... DRIPPING BLOOD!!

Hey everyone,

Just in time for Halloween… we’re back in After Effects for a HORRIFIC new tutorial - a disturbingly realistic dripping blood effect!

It’ll be released on the public feed next week, but you can check out the prerelease vid and project file now.

2022-10-11 19:41:16 +0000 UTC View Post

August 2022 - The Latest

Hey everyone,

Thanks so much for the positive feedback on the InDesign screen - I was really excited to share that with you guys and your feedback means a lot! A quick monthly wrap-up:

NEW TEXTURES

I devoted most of my "texture-time" to creating a handful of new collage images. The original ones were a big hit, and and think these will be a nice addition.

2022-08-31 21:26:17 +0000 UTC View Post

Drop Shadow SUPER HACK Tutorial + The Rings of Power Hair Brush!!???

Hi everyone - New Photoshop tutorial prerelease!

I love it when this happens… I recently took on a project that required REALLY pushing the boundaries of layer style effects and ended up having a few Photoshop revelations.

Here's one... the live adjustable cast shadow!

It’s a simple, classic graphic style, but I found that when you actually have control over a cast sh...

New tutorial pre-release... Putting DIFFERENCE to work!

Hey everyone - New tutorial for ya!

Recently, this image popped up on my TV, which I really loved:

Such a powerful image, relying entirely on a single treatment.

Scrubbing through Instagram and taking a close look at @prentlers awesome work:

It occurred to me - complete...